"lordy" wrote in message

Just breaking in my Project Debut 3 turntable. Nice sound
but there is
a lot of turntable noise. Its been a while since I've
used a turntable in anger but I don't remember this much
noise on my old Dual 505.

I've uploaded a small mp3 clip (about 10secs) here
http://lordy.org.uk/rising_to_the_top_-_keni_burke.mp3 (*)

An ideal sample for this purpose would include segments with no music at
all, and music that was as loud as possible.

The background noise is only present when the stylus hits
the vinyl - so I guess its not a ground issue?

Agreed.

Does it sound excessive?

Not if the record is very dirty.