D.M. Procida wrote:
Laurence Payne wrote:

My record player sounds pretty good, on the whole (it's a Linn Basik
with Linn arm and cartridge that I got about 17 or 18 years ago).

However, on some records, it can sound a bit glassy. I don't know if
that's the right word. In louder passages - especially towards the end
of a side, I *think* - sustained notes seem to have a brittle edge to
them.
Newly set-up system or a gradually-increasing problem? You may just
be hearing one of the reasons we now use digital playback :-)

I've recently set it up after a year or so packed away for building
work. But I didn't do any adjustments.

I have noticed this glassiness before, but now I want to do something
about it.

Daniele

Try adding some capacitance to the cartridge load.
It may be that the cable and amplifier load doesn't provide enough for
the cartridge.

If you have a pair of F-F phono couplers you could easily add another
interconnect;
a metre or so would add 50-100pF and you could hear if it makes a
difference.

--
Eiron.