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Thank you all for the responses. I will try the suggestion on the downward pressure and anti skat settings as well as swap leads at the back of the cartridge, and check the VTA and VTF to ensure all in order. These only able to do a few days later when my friends come over to help me. My hands not steady any more due to advance age. I have also tried several records, the results are the same.

I will report the results accordingly.

Many thanks

LOU

I have tried with all the suggestions, it is an on and off problems, I think it is the leads at the back of the cartridge need replacement. Thank you all for the helps.

Kind Rergards

LOU

Dear Dougdeacon and all others who given me good advises,

Thank you all for your tips. I have the first taste of how difficults to get your system right for the modern LP system. In my old times (30 yeras ago), I am using the Lenco turntable with MM cartridge. It is simple and easy and it sound O.K. I have mess around the present system system for the last fews weeks. I managed to get both side of the speaker running, but it sounds so so only. I have some young friends come to help me adjustemt the SME V. It do improve a little, but still far from my liking. If I am younger with good eye sight, it might be fun and challenage to set up my system well with sounds that I would really like. I have well under estimated the difficulty of setting up Turntable system.

I am thinking to give up the venture of TurnTable and enjoying my SACD System which plain simple and easy and convenient and well sounded.

I appreciate the helps from you all and wish you all best of health and continue your musical ventures.

LOU

Hi Dougdeacon,

I am using Benz Micro Glider cartridge. I know Musical Fidelity X-LPS is nearly to be a minium centre level of phono stage. The reason I end up owning a Turn-table is due to the fact that I sold off my Byrston 7B-SST Monoblocks to a friend. As part of the duet, he trade-in his VPI HW-19 MK III with SME V arm and Benz Micro cartridge. I do not want to invest on LP system until I am reasonable sure it can work out fine for me. Some friends already warmed me that to play LP, it is not as easy as playing digital. It required a lot of attentions and adjustments before you can make it sound right. It required further investments before it sound well. To test out the sound, I purchased a used Musical Fidelity X-LPS to try out. In fact, I am planning to buy a better Phono stage at later stage. With all these problems, I do not think it worthwhile to invest further, because I know I am not able to handle the system and make it sound well. In the meantime, I am enjoying my SACD system so why so greedy to have the best of the two worlds.

I appreciated and enjoyed the responses from the forum. You all are great.

Kind Regards

LOU

Hi Dougdeacon,

I have additional information from my friend. The Benz Micro Cartrige is re-tipped model. He said the sensitivity is .53 mV? My X-LPS v3 have sensitivity of 3 mV for 350 mV output at 1 KHz and Input Impedance of 47K Ohms and Input overload margin of 30 dB. Does they match at all ?

Rdgs

LOU

My Cartridge is re-tipped. The top/front surface of my Benz have no codes on it. It might be the older version? The data are given by my friend.

LOU

Thank you for your reply. I do not think my friend would have more information. He said he have already gave me what he knew. Thanks for your helps.