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1.0 out of 5 starsJunk out of the box. Loud shotgun pops. It destroyed my phono preamp.
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2023
It’s rare that i will leave a bad review. I may have just got a lemon, but I know I’m not the only one. Just google search ‘nagaoka mp-110 popping noise’.
After approx 4 hrs of playtime, I heard an intermittent loud shotgun pop that came through my speakers. It scared the crap out of me. After the third or 4th loud pop, I switched I out the nagaoka with my old audio technical at95e, all of the intermittent loud pops were gone. I put the nagaoka back on and the loud pops were back. I’m sure it was static spark at the tip of the stylus cause it was violent enough to cause the stylus to jump out of the groove. Anyhoo, I shouldn’t have put the nagaoka back on because after about 3 more loud pops, I lost the sound out of the right channel. I picked up my phono pre which was a schiit mani 2, and it smelled like burned electronics inside.
I tried the nagaoka on a different turntable and on different preamps and different stereo setups. The loud popping noises went everywhere the nagaoka went. As soon as I changed carts to something different, all was good, no loud pops. I eventually gave up and threw it in the trash! Out $150.00 on this junk p.o.s. and out another $150.00 for the preamp.
Disclaimer….I do live in a dry climate. So either it was that or I just got a lemon, but I’m not the only one that’s had the issue. I’m not willing to gamble my money on another nagaoka. Buyer beware.
