Much depends on the size and condition of the stylus tip. One record which I thought I'd wrecked with a chipped and blunt stylus (see below) sounded better with a new stylus on a superior record deck, as the distortions were higher up the groove.

Beware of increasing the downward pressure: vinyl is an elastic medium, but even with the proper weighting, the pressure of the stylus as it's deflected from side to side can stress the vinyl beyond its elastic limit. That's why vinyl recordings slowly lose the higher-frequency elements with repeated playings.

I discovered the hard way that this is not just a theoretical risk. When I put the stylus of my first record machine under a microscope, I found that the tip was chipped; that explained why the vocals on some of my more often-played records sounded distorted.

Hope this helps.