Doctor please...

Posted by Ehien (A) on November 11, 2002 at 09:52:30

Over the weekends I finally replaced my flimsy home-made tt wall mount with a much more beefier (3/4" MDF and solid steel brackets mounted on studs) one.

Compared to my CD rig (Copland CDA288), my analog rig sounded diffused and undynamic on previous shelf. Witht the new shelf I heard improved dynamics and focus. The soundstage depth that was hardly perceived before was now better presented.

However, I'm still not satisfied. Compared to CD my records still sounded less dynamic and less transparent.

Any suggestions on what next move should I do to make my analog playback better?

My analog setup is:
Rega Planar 3 (not P3) on PS audio PP300
Stacked Vibrapod/AQ Sorbothane cups (or BDR cones) under tt
RB300 stock arm
Grado Platinum regular output
Lehmann Black Cube phono preamp with upgraded OPA627/OPA6234/AD825 opamp

What change can I make to most effectively improve the current setup

I relied on a acknowledged dealer in tt tuning but plan to buy tools for further adjustments/verifying.

Also, what about the flimsy gray stock phono cords on Planar 3? Will rewiring it with better cables vastly improve it? From my past experience with CD-amp interconnects I'm expecting the transparency to be improved.

Any comments welcome!

Ehien

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Topic - Doctor please... - Ehien 09:52:30 11/11/02 (23)

Rega tt - hukkfinn 11:21:27 11/12/02 (6)

good advice - jlee 16:48:24 11/12/02 (3)

priority - Ehien 19:07:02 11/12/02 (2)

grado - hukkfinn 17:41:17 11/13/02 (0)

Re: priority - jlee 20:13:37 11/12/02 (0)

Re: Rega tt - Ehien 12:57:00 11/12/02 (1)

black diamond racing cones or shelf will suck the life out of a rega. strongly advise tossing them. - hukkfinn 17:43:21 11/13/02 (0)

a picture is worth a thousand words or, what I've done so far - hansolex 05:12:34 11/12/02 (1)

Re: a picture is worth a thousand words or, what I've done so far - Ehien 09:12:30 11/12/02 (0)

Rega 3 upgrades - jgbeam 17:45:32 11/11/02 (0)

10x4 - Naimster 13:52:08 11/11/02 (6)

4mm spacer - Ehien 15:36:22 11/11/02 (5)

Re: 4mm spacer - Naimster 15:50:29 11/11/02 (4)

Re: 4mm spacer - Saurav 16:44:54 11/11/02 (3)

Saurav's right, it's the 2mm spacer ... n/t - JR 06:52:04 11/13/02 (0)

bicycle headset washer - Ehien 16:57:47 11/11/02 (1)

2mm for the 10 X 4 II on the P3 <nt> - Ken Lyon 20:51:27 11/11/02 (0)

Re: Doctor please... - draganM 11:19:48 11/11/02 (3)

Grado - Ehien 15:41:05 11/11/02 (2)

Re: Grado - draganM 16:29:27 11/11/02 (1)

Goldring Eroica - Ehien 22:46:04 11/11/02 (0)

here are a few things to try - ramossp 11:08:29 11/11/02 (1)

Great! - Ehien 15:16:52 11/11/02 (0)

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