Terrible distortion AT-LP3

[adann]

Getting terrible distortion on the Audio-Technical LP3 on majority of my vinyls. Have tried the recommended weight and anti skate but sounds even Worse.

Have the weight counter on 3 and anti skate 4 which is giving the best results but still nowhere near perfect.

Turntable is connected to a Cambridge Audio AXA35 amp and Q Acoustic 3030i speakers. Have played music through other sources and there are no issues.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Ugg10]

What cartridge do you have and how old is the stylus, is the stylus bent?

 

[adann]

It’s the standard cartridge. Stylus would be from August but not been used much in that time. The stylus isn’t bent.

 

[camcroft]

Have you tried rebalancing the arm from scratch with the counterweight. Sorry just a thought

 

[lee711]

Also check all the connections, start by removing the headshell and check there, then work your way back to the amp.

 

[adann]

Thanks for the replies all.

Have done a rebalance and slight improvement but still not great. All the connections are fine.

 

[Lotusj oey]

If you are using the phono stage built into your amp, you don't have the phono switched on on the TT or vise versa?