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CAN TURNTABLES COPE WITH LARGE CLASSICAL WORKS
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<blockquote data-quote="fdlsys" data-source="post: 1110174" data-attributes="member: 2310"><p>^ If you are only hearing it on some records, then it's not IGD but probably groove wear from prior use on incorrectly set up TTs. If you are hearing it on some but not all *new* records, then it's the pressing or other manufacturing process defect. </p><p></p><p>People blame IGD way to often for what they think they hear. IGD is a permanent characteristic resulting from specific arm/cartridge misalignment. If it's present, then it's present on all records. </p><p>Of course, there are many other factors than affect tracking in a permanent manner that are not not IGD but may be contributing to what people (think they) hear. Anti skating. TT level. Platter level. Arm level. Azimuth. Condition of arm bearings. Mating between the cartridge and the headshell incl bolts torque. Vertical tracking angle. Condition of the stylus. Tracking force...</p><p></p><p>Simple test. Play the offending record on a linear tracking TT. </p><p>If you can still hear *it*, it's not IGD. </p><p>But even if you don't hear *it*, it doesn't mean it was IGD. It could still be any of the other 1000 reasons (*1) specific to your TT but absent from the another one. </p><p></p><p>*1:</p><p>Lid; open or closed? Hinges. How often to you clean the stylus. Do you brush the surface before play. </p><p>Anything left on the TT while it plays like </p><p>carbon fibre brush or little water level? Stand type and rigidity...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fdlsys, post: 1110174, member: 2310"] ^ If you are only hearing it on some records, then it's not IGD but probably groove wear from prior use on incorrectly set up TTs. If you are hearing it on some but not all *new* records, then it's the pressing or other manufacturing process defect. People blame IGD way to often for what they think they hear. IGD is a permanent characteristic resulting from specific arm/cartridge misalignment. If it's present, then it's present on all records. Of course, there are many other factors than affect tracking in a permanent manner that are not not IGD but may be contributing to what people (think they) hear. Anti skating. TT level. Platter level. Arm level. Azimuth. Condition of arm bearings. Mating between the cartridge and the headshell incl bolts torque. Vertical tracking angle. Condition of the stylus. Tracking force... Simple test. Play the offending record on a linear tracking TT. If you can still hear *it*, it's not IGD. But even if you don't hear *it*, it doesn't mean it was IGD. It could still be any of the other 1000 reasons (*1) specific to your TT but absent from the another one. *1: Lid; open or closed? Hinges. How often to you clean the stylus. Do you brush the surface before play. Anything left on the TT while it plays like carbon fibre brush or little water level? Stand type and rigidity... [/QUOTE]
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