Being a relative new comer and, not having owned a t/t before my recently purchased Technics my expectations of what it should sound like are very low. From my distant memory, I remember my dads records sounding very scratchy and not at al inviting when played back on his all-in-one Phillips jobby and so have been pleasantly surprised listening to my (admittedly newer) records on the Technics.
Whilst on the whole my newer pressings are very enjoyable with little background hiss, crackle and interference, the older pressings are generally a pig in this respect. I understand that this is perhaps a failing of the material and you have to accept that this comes with the territory however, recently listening to a friends (newer and more expensive) belt driven t/t, i noticed a distinct lack of the aforementioned when playing the same exact same records on his t/t.
Briefly, his turntable is isolated on a Target wall shelf and is fed into the phono section of his Luxman amp. Mine unfortunately doesn't have the isolation (sitting on the same unit as the amp) and is fed into a lowly Cambridge 640p. Don't get me wrong, I don't expect it to compete sonically - why would it? However, I wouldn't expect to receive the level of crackle etc I do having heard his t/t.
Is it likely to be the fact that the t/t isn't well isolated or could there be something else (ie;electronic) which is causing the problem (or a combination of things)? To briefly advise, my t/t is a used SL1210mk11 with an Audio Origami re-wired (original) arm. I have a Isoplatmat and a Funk Achromat but no isolation per se and no damping trough on the arm. I have a Denon DL110 cartridge and have set this up using the protractor provided by J7 when he returned my arm.
Any tips on how to maximise the sound and minimise the 'feedback' would be appreciated.
Many thanks.
