Selection of the right cartridge
Dear Friends,
This is Sumit from India.
I am having a Rega RP1 and the preamp is CA551P.
The TT has a factory fitted Ortofon OM5e. I generally listen to OLD, worn LPs, which I am use to buy from second hand sales.
Want to change my cartridge, because, I am not getting the right feel of the venyl except severe clicks, pops and surface noise.
I have tested those records to other TT (Technics with same set up) and those are sounding quite well.
My choice of music is classical, rock(alternatives),disco,vocal and instrumental.
Want to change my cartridge to get the right sound with less clicks,pops and surface noise.
Please suggest... 
Chebby...Already did that. Those records are performing nicely in Technics (with the same set up), but the cartridge is different.
Please suggest...which one, I should buy
Please suggest 
Blimey ! you dont ask for much do you 
. Well, with no budget to play with but considering your set up perhaps a Nagaoka MP110. Nagas, by all accounts, are pretty kind in the surface noise dept.
Of course this depends on how the Naga + your arm TT and phono get along. No guarantees in this vinyl mularky.
Get your records cleaned and exercise more care when choosing old LPs. Buy the ones in the best condition and clean them/have them cleaned before playing them. Buy anti-static inner sleeves.
Yeah but yeah but !!. I've bought some s/h albums that looked absolute minters. Then i dropped the stylus on em 
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Visual condition accounts for jack 's' in the s/h dept. You never can tell tbh.
Floyd,
You are absolutely right. Actually in our country record pressing is closed from 1990, so We need to go for the S/H LPs only. I have also heard about Nagaoka MP110. What do you think, is it an upgrade over Ortofon OM5e, in terms of the total performance?
Floyd,
You are absolutely right. Actually in our country record pressing is closed from 1990, so We need to go for the S/H LPs only. I have also heard about Nagaoka MP110. What do you think, is it an upgrade over Ortofon OM5e, in terms of the total performance?
Hi Sumit. I have ammended my first post so have a look. Would the Naga be an upgrade ?. Well being as i think Ortofons are rank,then i will say yes,lol.
Thanks..
Any more suggestions for the better sound quality?
Please advice..
Its a tricky one is this sumit. Some carts dig deeper into the groove thus enabling them to cope with groove damage better, but they come at a price. Without spending huge amounts of money,which quite frankly would be silly, perhaps you are in the postion to buy a couple of cheaper carts and try them side by side. Grado's Prestige Black may be worth a try.
Benz are excellent in the record condition /noise dept, but i think even the Ace would be over the top for your TT/arm.
It may be a daft question but what cartridge was fitted in the Technics?? 
Now you see I was going to ask that but I couldn't stop it looking patronising.
Now you see I was going to ask that but I couldn't stop it looking patronising.
Somebody had to, and maybe I'm a bit less tactful.
Technics is carrying Audio Technica AT120E.
In Technics, I was gettting much better sound but the clicks, pops and surface noise was almost the same.
I think we're struggling with the language barrier, Sumit, because up to this point I thought you were telling us the Technics gave you the sound you were looking for. Now I'm a bit lost.
Lol. I got lost anaw so i came to the conclusion that Sumit meant the same records, and totaly ignored the technics bit.
Friends,
I have never mentioned, in Technics, no noise had been obtained. The same record was sounding much better.
I know, it's a better turntable than Rega RP1, but, I think, the cartridge is playing a vital role, where as sound reproduction is concerned.
I had started this thread to get the suggestion for the right cartridge for my records.
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Get your records cleaned and exercise more care when choosing old LPs. Buy the ones in the best condition and clean them/have them cleaned before playing them. Buy anti-static inner sleeves.
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