OMC
Well-Known Member
Have you tried swapping leads at the cartridge pins to eliminate the cart as a problem? Doubtful, but an easy test. I can’t remember if you have swapped tonearm leads at the phono input - l to r and r to l - but that will isolate the tonearm cable as the culprit. My apology if that has already been discussed.It could be. I’m finding the Luxman tonearm cable to be a little suspect, for no real reason other than its meager diameter. A small diameter to me suggests lesser shielding. On the other hand, Luxman is not known for cutting corners.
It’s a tough DIN cable to replace due to how it’s connected to the table, but I’m also not anxious to spend hundreds on a replacement.
I may see what Blue Jeans could do for me if the problem persists; it is intermittent. The intermittence does imply a cable/placement issue. It also only shows up for MM carts; the MC carts are not a problem, even with more amplification. Peculiar.