One turntable with two arms, or two turntables with one each - which would you prefer?
Which would you prefer, if budget allowed: one turntable with two tonearms or two turntables with one each? What would your decision criteria be?
And the corollary: one phono preamp with multiple inputs or two phono preamps?
Assume a fixed budget, but for the purposes of this question, the budget is up to the responder. Admittedly for this type of setup, there will be a sizeable investment once all components of the chain are factored in.
I'm curious to hear how people would decide for themselves the answer to this question. Or maybe you've already made this decision - what do you like about your decision or what would you differently next time?
Cheers.
I've one turntable with 2 arms (and another turntable with one arm.) Initially, I didn't really use the second arm much but thanks to a generous gift from @tomic601, I now have two phono stages and switch between arms all the time. Turntable 1 > 12" arm 1 > phono amp 1 Turntable 1 > 9" arm 2 > phono amp 2 Agree with @ghdprentice that one good table is best. |
@pindac Have you tried slate? I have a 50mm Pennsylvania slate plinth under my rebuilt Garrard 401 with excellent results. interestingly, I tried granite and found it to sound quite poor. |
