mijostyn,
Surprisingly good, exactly my point. Also, it’s small size, and linear cables in/out arrangement make it easy to fit out of sight. Wall wart transformer avoids interference concerns.
UNTIL you find something better. That’s not easy with phono stages, I advise having the option of return.
Cambridge Duo cost 10 x as much (still only $276.), and didn’t better it, that surprised me. You would think the McIntosh C28 Preamp’s phono would be preferable, but no again. It’s possible to spend a LOT of money and get nothing great to your ears. The phono in my mx110z is the Primary reason I love it; spending $ having it messed with by Audio Classics; and would replace it with another if something tragic happened to it. Using it’s phono is why I use a SUT for my MC rather than a separate MC phono stage. It’s FM is awesome also, but I don’t spend much time listening to the radio. Let’s not forget it’s full set of features, that Mode Dial which helps me refine my system, and, full of tubes yet no noise.
All my listening is focused in the main system. Office and Garage/Shop is personally selected, enjoyable, but I am giving my mind to projects, pausing when something grabs my attention. Luxman’s phono is no doubt preferable to the Pyle in my office. The Pyle is perfectly acceptable for my Garage/Shop TT. It might not have been.
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There are many who simply want to get a simple TT going in a system without Phono. Perhaps they will progress to more refined TT system, many will not. It will not be because the Pyle sounded bad
Surprisingly good, exactly my point. Also, it’s small size, and linear cables in/out arrangement make it easy to fit out of sight. Wall wart transformer avoids interference concerns.
UNTIL you find something better. That’s not easy with phono stages, I advise having the option of return.
Cambridge Duo cost 10 x as much (still only $276.), and didn’t better it, that surprised me. You would think the McIntosh C28 Preamp’s phono would be preferable, but no again. It’s possible to spend a LOT of money and get nothing great to your ears. The phono in my mx110z is the Primary reason I love it; spending $ having it messed with by Audio Classics; and would replace it with another if something tragic happened to it. Using it’s phono is why I use a SUT for my MC rather than a separate MC phono stage. It’s FM is awesome also, but I don’t spend much time listening to the radio. Let’s not forget it’s full set of features, that Mode Dial which helps me refine my system, and, full of tubes yet no noise.
All my listening is focused in the main system. Office and Garage/Shop is personally selected, enjoyable, but I am giving my mind to projects, pausing when something grabs my attention. Luxman’s phono is no doubt preferable to the Pyle in my office. The Pyle is perfectly acceptable for my Garage/Shop TT. It might not have been.
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There are many who simply want to get a simple TT going in a system without Phono. Perhaps they will progress to more refined TT system, many will not. It will not be because the Pyle sounded bad