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Recommendations for MM Phono ~ Tube or Solid State

As title suggests, I am currently using a MC Cart - Etsuro Bordeaux and planning on adding an SUT. The TT is Garrard 301 with Reed 3P tonearm.

SUT under consideration,

1) Etsuro ET-U50

2) Swissonor PPP-PP Hashimoto HM7

3) EMIA Copper or Silver version

On top of my list is Leben RS-30EQ and Accuphase C-47.

Also planning on adding 2nd Reed tonearm with Miyajima Labs Zero or Infinity Cart. From a purist perspective, what would be your recommendation to get the best out of a mono cart.

Thank you!

lalitk

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dogberry
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It maybe true that well-made high-gain MC phono stages outshine an SUT. All I can say is that an SUT sounds better than the MC phono stages I have at hand. So unless I win the lottery (more unlikely than ever since I do not take part in the "tax on the mathematically impaired"), I'll make do. Your ears will tell you if you are in the same boat as me.

dogberry
793 posts
 

The farmer and the cowhand can be friends.

It's a scandal! It's a outrage!

dogberry
793 posts
 

I think that's a direct quote from "Oklahoma", music by Rodgers and Hammerstein.

Almost - the song says "should be friends." And my reply (It's a scandal! It's a outrage!) is another song from the same musical.

dogberry
793 posts
 

Btw, our ears are the worst tool to make precise comparisons, that " your ears will tell you " is full of subjective with no objective single parameters it's only: " I like it " and that's all.

We shall have to agree to disagree. For what shall I have gained if I have a system that is "perfect" in theory and I don't like it? I listen to music for pleasure, and any equipment I use is in the service of the music. If that makes me a music lover rather than an audiophile to you, so be it. I still appreciate your contributions here.

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