which turntable or how to convert to balanced phono setup?

Do you know for a fact that the RCA jacks on the TEAC offer input to the balanced circuit? More likely the RCAs ground the negative phase of a balanced signal inside the chassis and convert to SE operation. That’s what Atma-sphere does with their amplifiers, so those who have SE components upstream can stay SE in the amplifier.

lewm

Do you know for a fact that the RCA jacks on the TEAC offer input to the balanced circuit? More likely the RCAs ground the negative phase of a balanced signal inside the chassis and convert to SE operation.

I've not examined a Teac PE 505. But it's shown as "dual monaural and fully-balanced input/output circuit design" on the manufacturer's page. It would be most odd if it unbalanced the inherently balanced (floating) signal that it gets from a turntable. But I suppose anything is possible.

Thorens TD-1600 or 1601.  I have the auto lift/shutoff 1601.  I like it, and had to wall-mount it to tame footfalls.

I just wanted him to understand that with his Teac phono preamp he'd get the same result whether using RCA or XLR connectors.

That's guesswork on your part. You said you've never heard it. Why do you post speculative brouhaha about something you've never heard.

As I posted above actual users of the PE505 have found using their moving coil cartridges the xlr inputs results in significantly audible improvements over the same cartridge into the RCA inputs - contradicting your speculative post above.

The Audio Reference phono stage you refer to is quite different to what's being discussed here. Personally, I rate them 3rd class - crass, noisy and fragile compared to top units available today.

dover

You said you've never heard it. Why do you post speculative brouhaha about something you've never heard.

That is the logical fallacy known as the excluded middle:

... the principle of excluded middle states that for every proposition, either this proposition or its negation is true ... Another Latin designation for this law is tertium non datur or "no third [possibility] is given". In classical logic, the law is a tautology.

Audio Reference phono stage you refer to is quite different to what's being discussed here. Personally, I rate them 3rd class - crass, noisy and fragile compared to top units available today.

Would you please tell us about your experience with ARC reference phono stages? I'd be happy to share mine.