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How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl?

I am about to invest in MONO Vinyl playback setup.

The goal -  pure, undiluted music straight down the center. 

The plan - dedicated 2nd tonearm + mono cartridge + phono

After 6 long months of waiting, my Woodsong plinth with dual arm boards schedule to arrive next month. 

I came across a product that peaked my interest. The Monaural Phono Amplifier - Aurorasound EQ-100. No reviews, so I am wondering if anyone tried it yet? 

⬆️ Is EQ-100 or something similar, absolute necessary from a purist perspective or should I take the pragmatic path and use the ‘Mono’ switch on my Integrated with a built in phono?

There are ofcourse pros and cons to both approaches so I am seeking advice from folks who have  compared  both options or adopted another alternative in their vinyl setup. 

Thank you for your time! 

lalitk

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I have an SME-309 tonearm  which has a removable headshell. I have both the Orthofon Cadenza Black & the Cadenza Mono on different shells, with the same hardware on my GAE. When spinning mono's, I just change the heads, check the azimuth & toggle the mono switch on my ModWright 9.0.

I have  over 40 mono Lps & counting. wink

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@elliottbnewcombjr ;

danmar123

Nice setup!

for those here who want to know the difference, i.e. "that’s good enough for my small need".

You are a good one to tell us what happens in your system with your particular Mono LPs.

a. play the stereo cartridge with the preamp in Mono position

b. play the mono cartridge, perhaps name a few LPs it makes an ’easily noticeable’ improvement

b1. leave switch in Stereo position (no need to use mono position with a true mono cartridge) (especially interesting for others who don’t have a stereo/mono switch, i.e. you don’t need both

b2. move to Mono position, in your case, is it just habit, or do you hear a benefit?.

 

Thank You!

I’ll try this weekend & take notes. Recovering from spine surgery 7 weeks ago. I haven’t even turned my 2 channel system on since the beginning of March. To be continued. Dan

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