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| Phono preamp worth it with MM cartridges? Chakster sold me a very nice AT ML150-OCC MM cartridge that I would be willing to let go if you are interested? Send me a PM. He highly recommended this cartridge and it is a good one especially at the less than $500 price point. It betters mos... | |
| MC or MM + SUT? Most of the phono stages on the market are MM/MC.If your cartridge is 0.2 mV or higher you can use it with most of the MC phono stages, for lover output you will need a phono stage with higher gain.SUT is a different flavor, only you can decide wh... | |
| Which vintage direct drive? I read a lot about these TT-101 turntables being 100v etc. These turntables all have a voltage selector. Japanese turntables does NOT have voltage selectors, they are 100v. Regarding TT-101 JP Jones confirmed that a sample with voltage selector... | |
| High Compliance Cart on Heavier Arm You can buy Hi-Fi News TEST LP to measure tonearm/cartridge resonance, you will see if the resonance is out of recommended range. | |
| Isonoe footers have ball bearing feet, what keeps them from rolling off the platform? With those feet isonoe offering optional sorbothane/glass pads, but i don’t use them. You can try and later you can add those sobrothane pads if you wish. | |
| Upgrade my tone arm? For a low compliance cart you need a heavy tonearm like Ikeda, you can also look for 12” inch Reed 3P with the heaviest armwand (18g). | |
| Mono Cartridge You don’t need oldschool conical mono stylus if your mono records are not that old. For mono from the 60’s, 70’s etc you’d be better with advanced profile on a mono cartridge. Same about modern mono records (cut with stereo cutter head). Do not bu... | |
| Mono Cartridge For your arm you need Grace F14 MONO | |
| Deck selection 2 ~ 3k Brand new Technics SL1200 G (Direct Drive made in Japan)and definitely not anything from the list above, don't buy a belt drive turntable if you don't know what it is | |
| Phono preamp worth it with MM cartridges? @lewm MM cartridge manufacturers in the 80’s clearly stated 30k - 100k Ohm range for their best (top of the line MM) in the manuals. Why? Now it’s just 47kFlexibility is a range, so user can try what’s the best. @mijostyn You don’t have any of the... | |
| Phono preamp worth it with MM cartridges? Yeah, all you need for LOMC is sill a decent MM phono stage and external SUT to match cartridge impedance. I’ve been using this pair of SUTs and it can cover all types of LOMC (from low to high impedance).MM stage and SUT is a classic combo.A grea... | |
| Phono preamp worth it with MM cartridges? @lewm As I said 30-100k Ohm (which is from 30k to 100k). When you will look at the manuals for MM cartridges from the past you will see a range of recommended load from 30k to 100k. I'm not gonna say 30k is better, I prefer 100k Ohm nearly for ev... | |
| Phono preamp worth it with MM cartridges? what to your ears would be a better sounding MM? My local dealer offered me the 2M Black which I’m open to as a long time fan of Ortofon but he thought it comparable to the Exact. I guess there’s no point buying a better cartridge than the deck/ar... | |
| Phono preamp worth it with MM cartridges? There are some killer MM cartridges, but not your Rega, you'd better change a cartridge first.Some MM or MI phono cartridges are more expensive than MC. A phono stage is important for all types of cartridges. There are many inexpensive MM/MC phono... | |
| Vinyl collection, now what? Keep collection of your uncle, buy yourself a nice Direct Drive turntable like this (with a cartridge and phono stage), listen and enjoy! I bet all those tracks available for free in apple music or elsewhere.Owing a collection is not like owing a ... |