johnnyb53
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| How much am I missing with SL1200 mk2? 09-09-15: Zd542I have 2 of them. Whatever version of the 1200's I have, I know they have a built in phono stage.Unless they are custom built-ins, you are mistaken. You can even Google the entire WWW universe and you will not find any instance or m... | |
| How much am I missing with SL1200 mk2? 09-09-15: UncledempI didn't know the SL1200 had a phono section built in. That's because it doesn't. How can you know about something that doesn't exist?I've been using the phono input on the Anthem. Am I doing something wrong?Not only are you doi... | |
| How much am I missing with SL1200 mk2? 09-09-15: Zd542"09-08-15: UncledempI wasn't suggesting that you bypass the phono stage in your Anthem. That should work just fine for your needs. The TT itself has a built in phono stage, and if you can't bypass it for some reason, you can't use t... | |
| How much am I missing with SL1200 mk2? Uncledemp, you're right; the Anthem phono stage has a good reputation and adding an external phono stage complicates things--in added cost, compatibility, appropriate interconnects, and even shelf space.It may be something to keep on a back burner... | |
| How much am I missing with SL1200 mk2? Chakster: the OP is pretty clear that he's looking at a $1000-1500 budget tops. Can you realistically put together an SP10 mkII rig like you describe for that kind of money? In under 6 months watching auctions and possibly doing extended parts sea... | |
| How much am I missing with SL1200 mk2? Mmakshak: The strongest trait in quartz-locked direct drive turntables (including the OP's), it's a strong sense of pace as well as dynamics and bass extension. These are the very traits typical of direct drive turntables. Plus, the SP 10 didn't c... | |
| How much am I missing with SL1200 mk2? For two or three hundred dollars, you could upgrade your SL1200 to compete with $1500-2000 turntables, and exceed many of them in certain parameters.The SL1200's strengths are high torque combined with low noise, rugged construction, speed accurcy... | |
| Phono cartridge for classic rock Since the OP mentioned a desire for a classic high-performance MM/M cartridge from the height of the LP era: You can still get a NOS Stanton 681II cartridge. You can also upgrade it with a Shibata stylus.You can also still get a NOS ADC ZLM cartri... | |
| Sell a speaker you like but CANNOT optimize sound? If you "can't optimize the sound" in your home (assuming that's where the problem is), how was the sound different when you auditioned them? Maybe the speakers have a flaw that placement, room treatments, upstream componentry, and tweaks can't fix... | |
| Better than the Project Carbon TT for $ 500.00 08-22-15: MmakshakIs there a difference between DD turntables and belt-driven turntables(foot tapping?)?Very much so. To quote VPI founder Harry Weisfeld in an Absolute Sound interview: After studying the operation of belt-drive ’tables for 30+ ye... | |
| Denon 103S is a real good cartridge Are you referring to the DL 103SA that is out of production? The 100th Anniversary DL A-100 is still available and appears to be very similar to the 103SA, including a nude square stylus. It's also about $162 cheaper. | |
| Speakers for a large room I sold audio equipment in Sansui's heyday, along with Marantz, Yamaha's first wave, Kenwood, and Hitachi. The current BEE series from NAD is worlds better, and for your listening area size and musical tastes, 150w stable into 4 ohms is the way to ... | |
| Speakers for a large room Also, I'd recommend you upgrade your NAD integrated amp to the 150wpc NAD C 375BEE. These sound really great and have uniform current delivery throughout a variety of variable speaker loads. | |
| Speakers for a large room The PSB Imagine X2T towers seem made-to-order for your situation. They're $1298/pair, reasonably sensitive, have fairly wide, room-filling dispersion, and deep, strong, fast bass, a necessity for energizing large listening spaces.Crutchfield's use... | |
| cartiage for Kenwood L07D genuine tone arm Any and all low frequency "rumble filters" that I've tried robbed the musical presentation of a solid foundation and much of the life of the music.Those LF filters were mostly for attenuating the "rumble" or motor noise of idler-driven turntables,... |