Woofers Gone Wild

I agree with the above post. Filters are useful, but they do filter, an Hi Fi is about running it all out , or as close to the performance limit as possible. Plus this does not remove the sonic problem in the system , just removes the results of the problem. Same as painting over a garden window with a view you don't like instead of doing the yard work.

It could very well be a straight mechanical problem, a compliance mismatch with the cart and arm. If this started with a cart change, or any other change , well it doesn't take Sherlock to come by and point out a few things. If your beer is empty by now, this has already occurred to you. Acoustic problems could also be in play, and are easy to finger, but tougher for some to understand.

I would point out that the more modern resonance understandings take the limit up a little higher than the above poster recommends. If my recent reading is correct to 15hz is the new deal.

Is this happening with all LPs? Cone weaving occurs at a few hz is likely caused by warped LPs. You can see the disk surface ripples whils spinning. Other cause could be grossly mismatched arm mass and cartridge compliance. If you use Rega and Sumiko it is not likely the case. Personally I would not use rumble filter to cure cone weave.

I have woofer pumping too. My TT is well isolated. Although it is very near one of my speakers it is on a sandbox. I tried an experiment, bought a cheap very long cable, and put the TT in another room. It didn't help at all. The thing is that the pumping I get is different depending on the record being played. My solution was to stop worrying about it although the KAB rumble filter does look tempting - do you put it between the phono stage and the amp?

DS

Davidsss, my suggestion is the same for you; if you can, try a cartridge that has a lower compliance figure. That will reduce the woofer 'wobble' and actually improve the bass at the same time.

whatever you do, contrary to what some people might say, though not on this thread yet, it can damage your speakers. I blew out a woofer on an Aerial 10T twice because of infrasonic info being passed to my speakers. Mike Kelly had to chastise me to use the rumble filter on the pre I had at the time