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MMF 2.1 and Audio Technica AT-95E

Hi folks,

I am in the process of burning my albums to hard disk. I have a low-end $150 turntable (Denon DSP-27J) and the cartridge it came with. Purchased new, less than 25 hours on it. It sounds surprisingly good (I rewired it to bypass the built-in preamp entirely and replaced the hard-wired interconnects with RCA connectors).

I have a chance to buy the table and cartridge mentioned above (used) for $135. Wondering if this is likely to be a noticeable improvement over what I have now.

Thanks!

- Eric
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armstrod
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I've owned the MMF 2.1, and while it's a nice deck for that price it won't be a huge improvement over the Denon. Plus, it's manual only, which might be a pain if your main purpose is digitizing your vinyl.

The AT-95E is a very nice budget cartridge, but you can buy one for $50 brand new. I'd vote for keeping the Denon and fitting a new cartridge if it needs it.

David
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