Hi, I've been having this problem on one of my turntables. A vintage Marantz 6170. Whenever the tone arm lifts it happens that at the very moment when the stylus leaves the vinyl surface that there is a noticeable static pop/click noise. I don't recall it always did that but it is something i started noticing a couple of months ago. Anyone had the same issue? Or any advice?
I don't think I've ever NOT heard a click when the stylus lifts off the record. When I used Rega Bias/Super Bias cartridges I always heard a sort of whooshing/rustling sound for a second or two as the cantilever settled back into it's position after being lifted off the record. You can hear this on the CD of Beck's Odelay - at the point where you'd turn the record over you hear record crackle, then the sound of a stylus being lifted and then put down again for side 2. Maybe Beck had a Rega turntable?
I just hear a slight pop as it lifts up stylus exiting groove, no electrical static on my model of the 6170 which I adore.
I had a P6 on loan that gave a loudish static pop when I lifted the tonearm at the end of an LP. Since it was on loan, I never worried about and it never really bothered me for the time I had it. Haven't experienced on any other TT though ( including the P6 I owned myself ).
