Turntable Pre-Echo Sound....?


When I turn my system up fairly high, I can make out a faint "pre-sound" of what is about to play, with the beginning of the songs starting very, very quietly about 3/10 of a second before it actually starts.

At I thought it could be my stabilizer brush fibers accidentally acting as little styli ahead of the needle, but it does this even with the brush locked up.

Equipment:
Linn Basik TT
Linn Basik Plus tonearm
Shure M97xE cart
Pro-Ject Phonobox preamp
Harmon Kardon AV240 receiver
NHT 2.5 speakers
Cheap interconnects

Thanks in advance,
Dusty
heyitsmedusty

Showing 1 response by hifiguy42

for a clear example of this, listen to "More and More" from Blood, Sweat, and Tears from their self-titled 1968 release.  You can hear the intro horns very clearly just before the track starts.  I wonder if the end of LZ's "Whole Lotta Love" ("Waaaaay down inside") is an intentional effect or tape bleed.