Is there any Technics SL1000R owner? I would like to know if it's easy to match with a phono pre or are any brands to avoid.
You're looking for the phono stage for your cartridge, not for your turntable. What is your cartridge ?
Phono pre for Technics SL-1000R (Esoteric E-02?)
Hi Chakster, you’re right :) Using 2 turntables with 4 tonearms i have Gold Note PH-10 with two inputs and each input can be set to MM or MC with adjustable gain and loading. This is one of the modern high-nd phono stage i could recommend for use with a turntable with 2 tonearms connected to one phono stage (balanced output is also there if needed). This is solid state phono stage with optional external power supply PSU-10. If your line level preamp has many inputs you can buy many phono stages (just like you gonna do with tonearms and cartridges). There are some very modest but high quality phono stages on the market. I like JLTi for example. If you have unlimited budget and like Japanese high-end you could try this VIDA. |
It is not necessary to use ONE phono stage for all your cartridges, especially if you don't know yet which phono stage you like the most. It's much better to try at least a few separately, because it can be a Solid State, Tube, Current-Injection, Hybrid .. etc ... and they are all different. Also it can be an MM phono and external SUT or Headamp for your MC cartridges. Nobody knows what you like and no one can tell you what's the best. |