That s also the main reason you should replace worn styli.
Why does my vinyl sound distorted.
It is usually best to use the manufacturer s highest recommended pressure but no higher.
Way too light a tracking force can sometimes sound a little like your video.
Check and adjust if necessary the stylus pressure.
Vinyl can sound bad for all sorts of reasons chief among which.
The record is damaged the turntable is cheap and nasty the tonearm is incorrectly calibrated correct balance tracking force and anti skate forces are critical to clean playback and to avoid damage to records.
Bad tracking indeed damages the vinyl as your stylus bumps agains the groove walls in stead of actually accurately following them.
Phono cartridges are incredibly sensitive transducers.
Problem with a record skipping or distortion here are some things to check.
Cartridges can pick up all vibrations including those caused by footsteps and all other unwanted movements that reach your tonearm.
Setting the tracking force too light causes distortion and excess record wear.
Definitely no fuzz distortion there.
They don t just convert the microscopic grooves of your vinyl records into sound.
They have become too thin to fill the entire groove width and bump against the wall where the groove modulates causing damage.
But what causes it.
To my ears this doesn t sound like an electronic issue it sounds like an issue originating with the stylus vinyl interface.
Vinyl playback fuzzy distorted first system.
Let s dig briefly into some light physics.
A few days ago my pro ject debut carbon came in the mail.
Inner groove distortion is an audible deterioration in sound quality that sometimes occurs when playing tracks close to the end of each side.
If you have a spare stylus i d try that or at least get a good magnifier to.