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Help with uninspiring sound with my turntable.

Can anyone give me some suggestions what to do to improve my vinyl sound - I purchased a Wilson Benesch TT with their .05 arm and a Sumiko Celebration cartridge here on Audiogon. I have a Mac c500t pre-amp that is still breaking in . The sound quality is lac-luster, and particularly annoying is the vocals can sound "crunchy" and extremely edgy. I don't know how many hours the cartridge has on it. I have tried different loading impedance's - but something is so off I would really appreciate any ideas. I listen to Jazz and Rock albums mostly. Thanks for your input!
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narrod
1,064 posts
 
The alignment is most likely incorrect. That has to be corrected before you do anything else.
lwood
61 posts
 
Alignment is a good suggestion, but don't expect much until the Pre is broken in.
mred
88 posts
 
Does your pre-amp have a MC/MM setting? Are you using the correct setting?
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mapman
15,679 posts
 
Make sure its aligned properly and give it time to break in and get used to it.
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ejlif
1,243 posts
 
check that your Vta is correct. If your arm is quite a bit higher in the back then this might be your problem. If it is closer to parallel to the platter them most likely not.
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