I purchased an AT 440MLa cartridge to go with my SL 1400 turntable. Paired it with an Emotiva XPS-1 pre amp and running it through my Yamaha Aventage RX 3050. I am running through Audio 2 channel not the phono jack. Before I bought the XPS-1 I tried to just run the set up through the phono input. The sound was extremely muffled and no power at all, no highs. So I bought the XPS-1 set both left and right to MM and 47 ohm resistance. Still not happy with the muffled sound. The Yamaha suggests using Pure Direct setting, which I did. Still not good. Does anyone have any suggestions to improve the sound. All plug ins and hook ups have been double and triple checked. I am frustrated and willing to try anything to get what I expected with this set up. Please help if you can. Thank you, John
[QUOTE="John T, post: 24352276, member: 77388" All plug ins and hook ups have been double and triple checked.[/QUOTE] you sure the stylus is properly inserted into the cart? and the cart properly connected to arm?
Thank you for your help. I will try your suggestion tonight. I bought the turn table from a friend and it worked fine for him. The first thing I did was upgrade the cartridge. I don’t have the old cartridge to reinstall it (my fault) to try but I am going to try my brother in laws cartridge to see if there is a difference. I am open to all suggestions. Thank you guys, I will try your suggestions. John
To boyhitscar, I pulled everything apart gently brushed it and re-assembled it with no changes. The cartridge and needle are brand new (well out of warranty now). Next step is to try a different cartridge. I looked at the needle under high magnification and it looked good, no chips.
Well, I changed out the cartridge and no difference. I am truly stumped. I have a post on the Yamaha site also, thinking it might be a setting on the receiver. We will see. Frustration is setting in.
