Audio Technica AT440MLa

[Pure_Brew]

Well I did try a pinchy clip in various areas but that was with the ground still connected to the pre. I'll try removing it then, and then I'll retry in a couple spots.

 

[Elite-ist]

Once your SX-1280 is back from servicing, try the turntable through the phono section to hear if there is any improvement. You aren't constrained by a need to exchange the cartridge very soon, are you?

Nando.

 

[Pure_Brew]

I have have tried more then 1 preamp but I am curious about sound through the 1280. The 1280 didn't resolve as well on most things vs the denon pre + any amp. Not that it was bad.

I'm in no hurry on the cart exchange/return, AT would certainly look at it. The main concern is where and when it's an issue, and for listening purposes, through speakers, it's not -usually.

When I tried some recording trials, the old AT70 had some hum, although lower. I think this is Likely due to being less sensitive. This is why I suspect the table/arm/wires. Frustrating as I want to get the tape going but I might end up doing mostly CD-> tape anyway...

 

[speakerman1]

If you want to try rewiring the arm PM me.

Larry

 

[Pure_Brew]

I'm trying a real taping session now, see how it goes....

 

[Pure_Brew]

Ive been using this since November regularly, and I'm starting to think about replacing the stylus. Seems about as much as the cart itself and I'm now considering different options. I have enjoyed it, but I think I'd like to take a step up. Concidering the 150, but not for a bit. I got Lol'd at by the wife as a fathers day gift suggestion.

 

[laatsch55]

Because she already bought you one, but it was the "entry" model.

 

[Gepetto]

Or maybe she got you the OC9...

 

[Pure_Brew]

Nah she steers clear of the gear, really. She doesn't know the model of anything I want. If I wrote it down, and told her where to get it, then she might. I'm going to ask her for a VPI traveler for Christmas or my b-day in feb. but that's pushing it.

 

[Gepetto]

Know exactly what you mean...

 

[Pure_Brew]

Parallel Resistive Loading

http://daveyw.edsstuff.org/vinyl/loading/

I got this link in a forum awhile back, somewhere.

Truth is that this does work. I tried this last night with good results. I have only listened to a few records, but the 100k ohm resistor for the AT440mla seems to be just what the doctor ordered. Definitely smoothed out the top, which has always seemed a bit tipped toward brightness. Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" is one of my favorite jazz albums, and changing the balance has left a very positive impression on me. Cheers.

 

[mlucitt]

I like Birth Of The Cool also. That one and the Kind Of Blue, Bitches Brew, and Hard Bop records are a good start in the foundations of Miles Davis Jazz.

 

[laatsch55]

Joe--thanks for the link, good reading.

 

[Gepetto]

Hi Joe
Is the 100K in parallel with the 47K loading or in place of. The link you provided had the author liking 32K instead of 47K for the 440ML

 

[Pure_Brew]

Joe, I'm using a 100k ohm resistor in parallel for 32k, with the same configuration that the author suggested with the Y connectors, but I did not measure the values. However, still listening and loving it so far.

I like Birth Of The Cool also. That one and the Kind Of Blue, Bitches Brew, and Hard Bop records are a good start in the foundations of Miles Davis Jazz.

I have Birth of the cool on CD, one remastered by Mark Levinson on Cello equipment. Would be nice to compare the LP. I got into Dexter Gordon this year, managed to find some decent LP's. One Flight Up is amazing to me.