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What does you reference rig do better than your vintage rig or vice versa?

I’ll be spending some time over the next few days with my vintage rig. The Cult Love album, which I bought on CD when it was released, sounded terrible on the main rig after I bought a vinyl copy a few weeks ago. So the album was demoted to the vintage rig discography because I love the album. Here the album has the bass I remember from decades ago. It sounds awesome! 

The vintage rig plays less than stellar vinyl pressings better than the reference rig. I greatly enjoy listening to these albums on this rig! 

However, I noticed that the vintage rig is far behind the reference rig regarding turntable quality. There could be other factors at play regarding the turntable.

I want keep turning up the volume on Love. It sounds so good that I want moreI However, I’ve reached that critical point where flutter can be detected if the combination of phono pre output level and receiver volume are too strong. I don’t have that problem with the reference rig. 

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vuch OP
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@dover, I’ve got an AKAI AP-A50 Linear Tracking tt with an Audio-Technica DR250 cartridge. 

Unfortunately, my room is less than stellar for hifi playback. I’ll mess with speaker placement and consider adding bass traps. I’ve added a thick, heavy slab of calico hickory underneath the tt. That helped to be able to increase the volume before the flutter shows up.

I could also upgrade the tt. However, I have been impressed with generally how good the tt does sound. I also love the automatic return and stop!

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vuch OP
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@dover, @jsalerno277, Yes, my mistake. It definitely was loudness feedback rather than flutter. 

I moved the speakers towards the front wall 1 foot, they're still almost two feet into the room. I’m able to listen now still with great sonics. Now I can turn the volume nob to 12 o’clock where as before I could only get it up to 10 o’clock without noticing the feedback. I’m still getting a nice center image too. 

 

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