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Analog upgrade time

Alrighty Minions of stereo nirvana, here's one I am struggling with the most. I need to upgrade my analog equipment (you guessed it digital side is now creeping past analog side). I have a Rega P6 turntable and a basic Mofi phonostage going into Audio Research LS17SE preamp and to AudioResearch Ref 75 amp. Yes I like tubes. Sadly I do not know the name of the cartridge company.  I want to upgrade cartridge and phono linestage as a set that match well with each other and are well suited for a tube system. I prefer MC vs MM.  Thoughts please. This is the one area that is my blind side. Thanks in advance.

milo0812

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Huge topic:)

I would think it through this way ( assuming P6 is staying )

Cart that is a good match to Rega arm > phono that is good match to cart / system gain.

This means ( to me ) a relatively light weight MC, one that can be set to a decent SRA/VTA with spacers ( assuming you didn't mod the arm with a vta adjuster ) and then ( since you like tubes ) a synergistic SUT + Tube phono.

Of course budget range needs to be at least loosely defined to get more specific. 

 

 

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