Why Does My Vinyl Sound Distorted

A few days ago my pro ject debut carbon came in the mail.

Why does my vinyl sound distorted.

As needed to get good sound quality. Inner groove distortion is an audible deterioration in sound quality that sometimes occurs when playing tracks close to the end of each side. Vinyl can sound bad for all sorts of reasons chief among which. If you have a spare stylus i d try that or at least get a good magnifier to.

Phono cartridges are incredibly sensitive transducers. Way too light a tracking force can sometimes sound a little like your video. Cartridges can pick up all vibrations including those caused by footsteps and all other unwanted movements that reach your tonearm. To my ears this doesn t sound like an electronic issue it sounds like an issue originating with the stylus vinyl interface.

The record is damaged the turntable is cheap and nasty the tonearm is incorrectly calibrated correct balance tracking force and anti skate forces are critical to clean playback and to avoid damage to records. They don t just convert the microscopic grooves of your vinyl records into sound. Setting the tracking force too light causes distortion and excess record wear. They have become too thin to fill the entire groove width and bump against the wall where the groove modulates causing damage.

Check and adjust if necessary the stylus pressure. Bad tracking indeed damages the vinyl as your stylus bumps agains the groove walls in stead of actually accurately following them. It is usually best to use the manufacturer s highest recommended pressure but no higher. Let s dig briefly into some light physics.

Those unwanted movements result in distortion which muddies the sound. But what causes it. Definitely no fuzz distortion there. Problem with a record skipping or distortion here are some things to check.