It's also possible there's something amiss with the phono section of your MAC. Have you tried connecting another turntable?
Perhaps taking your MAC to The Old Man and trying it in his system (or someone else's locally) would enable you to rule out the MAC as the cause of the problem.
Methodically eliminate the potential causes before you spend money upgrading a table about which you have yet to learn the basics.
Perhaps taking your MAC to The Old Man and trying it in his system (or someone else's locally) would enable you to rule out the MAC as the cause of the problem.
Methodically eliminate the potential causes before you spend money upgrading a table about which you have yet to learn the basics.