mcintosh c49

Does anyone have any experience with DBX decoders and the basic wiring set up? I can't tell whether I have a bad unit or I've somehow set it up wrong. When I found a DBX NX-40 on ebay for $25, I thought it was worth an experiment. I normally run the turntable directly into the phono input of a...

I recently received a record from Discogs and it had a sticker on the sleve: "Use only with a Dbx Disc Decoder." I had no idea what the heck that was about, so I naturally cued it up on my turntable (Rega Planar 3 / exact ii), and oh wow was it awful, like my system had been transformed into my...