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Old 04-23-2011, 01:07 PM
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Default Clearaudio Concept.
Purchased this Turntable for my office and it really sounds good.
I use a Phonomena 2 and the Concept tables MC cartridge, with a McIntosh MA2275 Int Amp.

Not near as noisy as my Pro-ject, Perspective TT (blackbird)in regard to: (Pops and clicks). I was happy with that, before I heard this.

Jeff at A/V solutions is like Ivan when it comes to after the sale help. Perfect!
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Old 04-23-2011, 01:30 PM
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I have one I use as a mono only deck, and think it's a great table for the money; sounds amazing for it's price class. Quality control seems to be variable; I've read of and have personally encountered some (in my case, minor) quality issues, but if you get a good one, enjoy it.
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Old 04-24-2011, 12:33 AM
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Solid on day 3.
What should I look for?
I have only read excellent reviews and agree.
Now my MA2275 did visit the shop...
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Did you guys have to tweak anything or was the setup good right out of the box?
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Old 06-08-2011, 01:09 AM
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No, I just installed the cartridge and then used a protractor to check alignment.
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I ordered one about a month ago but it was on backorder. I think it should be here next week. I'm new to turntables so I don't know that much about proper setups, I need to learn somehow though.
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I ordered one about a month ago but it was on backorder. I think it should be here next week. I'm new to turntables so I don't know that much about proper setups, I need to learn somehow though.
Did you order with or without a cartridge installed? If the latter, you should not need to worry about setup as it will be ready from the factory.
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Did you order with or without a cartridge installed? If the latter, you should not need to worry about setup as it will be ready from the factory.
I ordered it with the MC cartridge. I checked the setup with the HiFi News test LP and protractor. The lines on the protractor are slightly off but probably isn't an issue. It passed tracks 6 & 7 on side one, had distortion in the right speaker on track 8, and totally jumped track 9. I don't expect it to pass track 9. Evertythig was good on side two except the last track (innermost trackability) had some distortion in the right speaker.
I'm not sure if I should try to adjust the anti skating until track 8 evens out the distortion to both speakers or just leave well enough alone. All of the lp's I've played so far sound alright. I just want it set up to play the best it can.
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I would also let the cartridge run in a bit as well.

Most importantly, how does it sound?
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The Concept sound amazing!
I could not be happier for the dollars spent.
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