To: Albertporter, I appreciate the advice. I'm wondering, however, what you mean by: "...you may ultimately wish to upgrade the turntable to one of the later designs..?" Do you mean a better 'table? As far as I know, the Mk V is the latest Oracle Delphi. Thanks again.
Mating a Frog with an Oracle...
I own an Oracle Delphi Mk V/SME 309/Goldring Eroica H combo running into an EAR 834P. As tragic as this is to admit, we are approaching the twlight of analogue replay which makes it excruciatingly difficult to audition equipment. I would like to upgrade both my tonearm and pick-up cartirdge, but I would like to spend some time listening to these thousands of dollars worth of gear before I commit! These are my three questions: 1.) Is the tonearm or the cartridge more important and why? Which should I spend more on? 2.) Is the Graham 2.0 a good match for this 'table? Mikey liked it, but I've never heard it. Any other suggestions? 3.) Is the Frog a good mate to either of these? Again, any suggestions? Thanks.