Quote Originally Posted by Woochifer
I'm not sure if the turntable's the culprit here, you might want to look more at the cartridge. The Shure cart that you use is an excellent value, but Shures in general are sometimes considered bland. I think if you try a moving coil cart and/or any cart that uses a fine line or Fritz Geiger elliptical stylus, you'll hear an immediate increase in the amount of detail that comes out of your vinyl. Your Shure cart uses an elliptical stylus, which is pretty much the minimum that you would want to use to properly demonstrate vinyl's virtues.

But, as I've said many times on this board, the best turntable rig isn't going to rescue a bad pressing or poorly mastered record, and that inconsistency is the downfall of vinyl IMO.
I agree and that goes for CD as well as plenty of them are atrocious. Yes this fellow was using an MC cartridge with a box that powers the cartridge that acts a s a generator so it remains locked in all the way and boy what a difference that made with the LP's I brought over which had "issues" Even one LP which i played recently on a relatively pricey Roksan rig was blown out the door. I have been considering upgrading the cart for a while now but I will hold off until I can get something closer to what this fellow runs. His cartridge set-up cost more than B&W N801s. So yes one should expect better than the Shure M97xE.

Needless to say trying to express what is heard is like trying to describe sunsets to people who are and always have been blind. Words fail.