Recommend replacing the stylus as aerly as possible to enjoy clear tone for a long time and not to damge the disc grooves. From your date of purchase, your product is warranted against faulty materials or workmanship for a period of 24months.

The sound is very sweet, there's no audible distortion and one can listen for hours and hours without fatigue. Please send us your details along with details of the item(s) you'd like to trade in and we'll come back to you within 2 working days (but usually a little sooner) with a quote.Remove the headshell (The short wires in the headshell really shouldn't affect the reading/total capacitance value enough to do/affect anything. of Nagaoka's continuous pursuit of perfect sound reproduction will not fail to provide you with the utmost musical satisfaction.

In comparison, my memory of the Ortofon 2M Red (on a different table, mind you) was of a rougher sound. Only reviews that feature the label "Verified Review" have been checked to ensure that the author actually used or purchased the product. If your records are in rough shape or you don't have a real cleaning system for used records, I would stay away. We found its square casing easy to fit and align, and from the outset our sample gave a bright, immediate sound that would work well in pepping up a dull system. The bass and dynamics gradually improved after the first 10-15 hours of break-in, along with the level of fine detail.

OP didn't give a lot of background info, and I gave my "from the hip" opinion like everyone else to start with.

Sound is smooth with a good soundstage, tight bass, slightly recessed mid and detailed slightly pronounced treble. If I was forced to use a conical or elliptical (particular crappy bonded ones) for all of my records, I would have chucked my turntable out the window 6 months after trying to get back into vinyl 7-8 years ago and gone back to CD + digital only. I have both, and agree the 95ML is better, however, I also have the MP200 and in that case I prefer the 200s sound signature, but since it still uses a poor stylus I still rock the 95ML at the very least until I can retip a Micro stylus onto my MP200. The lack of info in the owners manual is frustrating if this is the issue, I feel like I have a pretty typical system.I didn’t find the VM95ml shrill or bright but I did change the capacitance on my preamp every time I used it.

VTA, it usually is best to start with a level arm and you should have a VTA adjustment by just turning the dial/ring at the base of the arm to raise it as some tables need to be raised to perform better, others, a little down at the back (also known as tails up/down). The replacement, the Ame's unit, also from Harbor Freight has been fantastic and can handle spikes well as it's been zapped a time or two when diagnosing my dryer on at least 120V and yet, still works great. According to that person, increasing the capacitance in the phono stage gave a brighter, less muddled sound.I was under the impression that I needed to reduce the capacitance to bring out the high end more but it appears maybe I was wrong. It faithfully recreates the depth and breadth of the original recording, ensuring a warm, full sound that’s as close to the artist’s intentions as possible. We are an authorised Nagaoka dealership so you can be assured of a genuine product backed by full manufacturer warranty. It was a given that the Rotel would be superior to the home theater receiver it replaced, but I had no idea it would be better to this extent.