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New turntable in vintage receiver issue
Michael L:
No insult taken. I appreciate all opinions. The cartridge is an Ortofon 2M Red. I carefully did the set up by the books. The volume difference as well as bass is more than double with a cd. I'm afraid that if I forget to reset the volume lower after each vinyl usage I will blast the house with a cd. The Yamaha receiver is a real beast.
Sir Thrift-a-Lot:
--- Quote from: Michael L on December 16, 2021, 05:41:02 PM ---No insult taken. I appreciate all opinions. The cartridge is an Ortofon 2M Red. I carefully did the set up by the books. The volume difference as well as bass is more than double with a cd. I'm afraid that if I forget to reset the volume lower after each vinyl usage I will blast the house with a cd. The Yamaha receiver is a real beast.
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Okay, now that you say bass specifically is lacking did you double check the tonearm wires? If you have one wired correctly and the other with the polarity inverted that would do exactly what you are describing.
Michael L:
The way the tone arm is pre attached there is no wiring visible. I just attached the headshell/stylus as described in setup. Only one way for connectors to connect. There would be no way to get the wiring mismatched. Just a thought: do you suppose there is a preamp in the cd player making it louder and fuller than the turntable that does not have one? And would a preamp for the turntable (despite one being in the receiver) be a solution?
Sir Thrift-a-Lot:
--- Quote from: Michael L on December 17, 2021, 01:40:44 PM ---The way the tone arm is pre attached there is no wiring visible. I just attached the headshell/stylus as described in setup. Only one way for connectors to connect. There would be no way to get the wiring mismatched. Just a thought: do you suppose there is a preamp in the cd player making it louder and fuller than the turntable that does not have one? And would a preamp for the turntable (despite one being in the receiver) be a solution?
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Fluance does not make a P-Mount arm to my knowledge. In the headshell (which I believe is removable on all of their models) there are four tiny wires that connect pins on the cartridge to pins on the headshell. If two of these are backwards you will get the symptoms you describe. Maybe let us know the model numbers of the table and the cart so we can be sure.
Sir Thrift-a-Lot:
I see you said 2M above. What's the model of the table?
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