What makes a tuntable sounds warmer?


Dear all,
I replaced my 8 years old nottingham horizon with a new tuntable which priced a bit more than double.
All components remain the same incl. tonearm and cartridge (ortofon as212 and delos which both clocked about 150 hours). But after about 50 hours of playing, it sounds much warmer and lose details almost sounds like there is a towel on my speakers. I have experimented all settings on my turntable set but still resulting the same.

I Also check the speed but it's good at 33.3 and 45 rpm.

I think the horizon sounds better :(

What makes a turntable sounds warmer? It has dc power supply, is it due to power supply? How to make it sounds less warm?

Thanks a lot in advance for any advice
gondo101

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Hi all,
Put it under the sun or playing it at noon indeed makes it warmer, physically not sonically, while scotch makes warm mentally haha

In serious side, its TW Acoustic 0.5 which I think not under production anymore, not sure if they discontinued it because it doesn't perform well like its big brothers.

I have checked all VTA, tracking force, azimuth etc.
I put living voice mat and still point cones but still doesn't affect much after tweaking it.

The phono amp is tron seven, amp is lavardin, speakers is totem forrest.

It lost some details, a bit bloated, and well... Warmer with emphasize on mid range very thickly.

Perharps maybe it's really personality of it