Month: March 2015
Turntable Hum
The Ortofon 2M Bronze is definitely a good cartridge replacement from my 2 years old Rega Exact2 stylus. One problem i noticed was a regular hum during playback with it. I tried to ground the phono amp but to no avail. After reading up on how to eliminate turntable hum, one of the article mention to troubleshoot against the cartridge itself as it might be picking up magnetic interference. This lightbulb moment immediately prompt me to remove the Rega PSU underneath the plinth. Lo and behold, the hum is gone !
And the my friend is audio for the win.
Ortofon 2M Bronze
Finally took the guts (or overcome laziness) to change the Rega Exact2 cartridge to Ortofon 2M Bronze. The Exact stylus starts to loose the brightness – sheen after 2 years of play. William recommend Sumiko Blue Point Evo III as my replacement. Due to consideration like no stylus cover and the fragility of the 4 bare wires connectors, i opt for Ortofon 2M Bronze instead.
Thankfully, no solders gave way from the dislodge and insert to new pin connectors. This is a huge sigh of relief !!! Right now, it’s the running it stage for the next 50 hours or so for the new stylus.
Sound wise so far is its a high resolving stylus, i can hear layers of the mid-high range, like shimmering cymbals, percussions. I hear less intrusive noise although i can pick up some hum signal (which i need to earth the phono preamp possibly).