So I have a Schiit Mani in a drawer. When I was running MM cartridges, it worked fine and lots of the music made its way through. Once I shifted to MC cartridges, it was unable to reject RFI from a nearby radio antenna. I spoke with Schiit and my local experts, but there was no solution that worked.
At that point, I started going up the price tree till I foundd a stage that could reject noise and sound superb.
I share all this so that you can think about down the road as well. If you live in an area without much radio interference or EMI, I would agree that the Schiit Mani is a respectable contender. It will get you into vinyl playback and will let some of that magic come through.
When and if you decide to upgrade, you won't be out much money.
If, however, you do live in an area with interference, you can either decide now to stick with MM cartridges and avoid MC or you can look now for a stage that can do a better job at rejecting such noise.
Hope this helps.
At that point, I started going up the price tree till I foundd a stage that could reject noise and sound superb.
I share all this so that you can think about down the road as well. If you live in an area without much radio interference or EMI, I would agree that the Schiit Mani is a respectable contender. It will get you into vinyl playback and will let some of that magic come through.
When and if you decide to upgrade, you won't be out much money.
If, however, you do live in an area with interference, you can either decide now to stick with MM cartridges and avoid MC or you can look now for a stage that can do a better job at rejecting such noise.
Hope this helps.