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I totally get it! I had an ma6100 with factory phono inputs and I had them switched to gold (before I figured out my school) when I got a TT that had gold rcas hardwired and it was noticeably better sounding. I later shied away from that because I thought upgrading was a slippery slope that I...

Where are my manners?

My comment is a little off topic, but serves as an effective analogy for you to ponder... In the 70s, Ibanez came out with a guitar pedal called the Tubescreamer, and they sounded INCREDIBLE. As a professional musician, I never once met a single person who knew what it was and DIDN'T want it...

Finally have an update... Table sounded fine at the shop, so he sent me home with one of his demo tables as a last ditch diagnostic effort and it sounded perfectly fine. My P6 working at the shop (think perfectly tuned listening room) but not at the house tells me that its overly sensitive to...

I know I'm a bit late to this particular party... but for what it's worth, McIntosh is (understandably so) extremely protective of its reputation. Next to hard quality, its arguably their most valuable asset as a company. It's one of the reasons they continue to command the trust and respect...

Hey all, just officially joined the club last night! Picked up a well tempered reference a few weeks ago and finally got it up and running last night. i haven't had a chance to do a ton of listening yet, but it's already surpassed my expectations by a lot. The tonearm was super intimidating, but...

I reread the original post and saw that I left out a detail... Most of the solutions my hifi guy suggested worked at first, then slowly failed as I used it. Some failed pretty quickly, while the butcher block in a small tub of sand on a wall shelf worked for almost a month. But they all failed...

I have my fingers crossed for a clean return, but yea that's my backup plan :beerchug:

Yea I agree, it's only a total loss if you didnt learn anything. I learned a whole lot about about shelf construction and studs and the like lol. But honestly I've learned a few things about my "style" of TT, which isolation method(s) appeal most to me and such. I did a lot of research I...

Ordinarily you'd be absolutely right, but that offer didn't come until everything else had already been tried. I opted to do it at the shop instead of my house because a failure there would (in my mind) confirm faulty equipment, thereby functionally eliminating all doubt. If it worked, then...

Thanks for taking the time to put all that tigrther, that would have taken me six months lol. I don't know which of those is closest in color to the Exact, but I really am happy with the sound it produced the few times it felt like playing nice. It's funny, I know exactly what you mean when you...

Yea no kidding, I'm super excited to hear what it thinks of it's new home, thanks for that tip. The guy threw in a Realistik rxt4, which is great since I don't actually own any except the one that's connected to the money pit. I don't know what kind of quality i can expect from it (TT aside) as...

Yea I'm not huge on clear plinths, but if everything else is on point I can look the other way. But those big tall opaque platters almost remind me of a nice whitewall. I can't imagine paying the markup for a McGreen platter as I'd rather reinvest said markup into more meaningful improvements...

Yea I agree, I'm very picky about shipping such sensitive equipment. After I had my turn opening up a box with a shattered McIntosh inside, I learned real quick that shipping is as important as any other parameter. This is excellent cautionary advice and I wish more of us took it seriously

The champion 2 looks so gorgeous with that giant platter, I can see why McIntosh wanted to paint it green. The evolution looks great too, but what's the rationale behind that bar the stylus rides? I'm not for or against it as I've never seen it before, but what needs/wants does the listener have...

Well the verdict is in, the exact cartridge is not the issue, as it worked fine on my buddy's table and his didn't work on mine. His marantz (the one clearaudio makes) worked like a charm in all the spots the rega was. Tonoje, I agree that it feels like we're sooo close to the finish line. Just...

Yea we were able to rule out grounding and motor hum pretty early on, we just haven't been able to find the source/point of entry for the feedback. It really is a great sounding table it's a shame

Look dude, I'm not sure why me continuing to hemorrhage money on this table is so important to you, but here goes my last attempt... Comparing this to a flat tire ot empty gas tank is borderline gaslighting. The TT equivalent was one of the first things I tried. This would be like the car...

Unfortunately, there really aren't more logical options. $3500 for a $2000 anything is unacceptable. You wouldn't troubleshoot a brand new Cadillac, you'd drive it.

No honestly it's a fantastic table, as long as you don't want to play records on it

Yea it can be tricky getting face time with him for that reason. He offered to come out with his things and calibrate it after this last phone call, but I said I'd rather bring it in to a professionally designed listening room to rule out environment beyond a shadow of a doubt. He said if it...

Yea we've been on the phone many times, and he's been an absolute saint. He's given me most of the suggestions that I've tried, and hasn't tried to sell me a single thing in the process. But yea 8 months man. Some solutions took longer to put together, and a few took a while to research etc...

Honestly you make excellent points, but this is brand new. I didn't buy this proverbial sports car toeeiatwlt crawl underneath it for the first 8 months I owned it, I bought it to cruise country roads and it won't even get out of the neighborhood if I were building this myself it'd be a...

I hear you, but the table's already dead to me. I'm still gonna get my hands on my buddy's cart as one last attempt to learn from this, but I've already spent my last dollar

That's kinda hard to answer... The sound of the needle actually landing on the record is what creates the initial sound that "feedsback." When this happens, the sound reaches catastrophic volume before the music starts. If I mute it until after, it's less severe. Once the music starts, it just...