Occasional loud pops when playing vinyl on LP12...

Posted by: Top Cat on 02 January 2004

Hi.

I've noticed a few big pops lately when playing vinyl on the LP12. It usually starts off fine, I'll get maybe to the end of a side and then POP! I think it's static, but everything is connected properly and the records themselves don't seem to have any static when I place them on the deck.

Could it have something to do with the fact I've got a living flame gas fire on in the room at the same time - maybe the hot dry air or something?

Any suggestions? It's spoiling my enjoyment of the vinyl right now...

John

TC '..'
"Sun went down in honey. Moon came up in wine. Stars were spinnin' dizzy, Lord, the band kept us so busy we forgot about the time."

Posted on: 27 April 2004 by Top Cat

Update: I've now got a Dynavector P75 which I'm evaluating. Initial results were very promising - it sounds better than the internal K boards and better than the 52-powered Prefix (pops and RFI aside), but whether it's worth the extra cost is another matter.

I'll have more of a chance to listen tonight and will report back...

John

Posted on: 27 April 2004 by Eric Tang

I have my swiss physics pre-amp back.
Voltage stablizer is fixed but the pop from MC probably not. The engineer mentions the pop is from malfunction of the related phono modules. So I have to use step up transformer with MC head and MM pre-amp.

I have an on-loaned from my friend a RWR Audio Ltd stepup transformer, may need to buy one, any experience on Dynavector DV/6A stepup transformer?

Regards,
Eric Tang