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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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’Since my post, I did bit more research and found out EQ-100 would be beneficial for early mono records that used non-RIAA EQ curves’

I agree with above statement regarding non-RIAA EQ curves. My phon preamp is a Graham Slee Revelation C (similar functionality as the Aurorasound EQ-100. Cartridge used: Ortofon MC Cadenza Mono).

I do favour this setup to any other setup using other phono preamps and stereo cartridges because of sound quality. I have a lot of old mono records with pre RIAA EQ curves. As per advice of Graham Slee, I am using only Input Right, bridging Input Left with an ’inactive’ plug.

https://www.hifisystemcomponents.com/phono-preamps/revelation-mm-revelation-mc-archival-phono-preamps.html

The Revelation C was designed for archivists with a preference for low-output moving coil cartridges, and is based on the Reflex C hi-fi RIAA stage moving coil phono preamp.

As well as being a stereo RIAA preamp there are settings for other types of record, so rather than guessing the tonal balance, the Revelations have all the EQ settings you should need arranged on a three switch front-panel matrix.

 

 

 

 

 

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