martinman
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| Best phono preamp under $500? I've been on the same quest for the past few months. So far, I've tried a few different ones:$200 Cambridge 651p $200 Musical Fidelity V-90 LPS$450 (Original) Jolida JD9 (used, from the Maryland factory)For the money and performance, you can't go ... | |
| Optimal Phono Stage Output? 1Khz test tone, measure the output in mV. Should be around 200mV.Done deal. Sounds pretty good. With a 5mV cart, I would not go this route again... It sounds good, but I think the sweet spot for this preamp is is a lower output cart. I'll get some... | |
| Optimal Phono Stage Output? Apologies in advance, I'm not a EE, so i'm not probably making a whole lot of sense. The measurements I provided was a signal to ground measurement for each low-output jack. So, 18Kohm for the left, and 12 for the right. I used the trim pots to br... | |
| Help for a vinyl novice Technics vs. Linn:Used Technics $500 w/ cartUsed Linn LP12 Sondek $1k - $1.5k w/ cart (or more)For me, the difference in price was why I went with the technics. I couldn't justify the expense right out of the gate of the LP12. I wanted a good plat... | |
| From small speakers to floorstanding Hmm. The Tannoy's are way out of my price range. I gave the 5Ts about 2 hours. I bought them openbox, so I assume the breakin period is well on it's way. I wouldn't imaging that open box is a fresh set of speakers, but I could be wrong. Maybe I'll... | |
| Help for a vinyl novice Hi Simao,I was in your position only a few months ago. Here's the thread I started:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1388455928&&&/Turntable-suggestion-budget-or-not-My suggestion:Linn LP12Technics 1200Mk2VPI TravelerFo... | |
| Jolida JD9 Mk2 vs MS Phonomena II Phono Stage Secretguy: I messed with my setup -- sounds a bit better now. I think the hiss was a turn table issue. The 641 sounds pretty good now.There seems to be a ~$400 and a $649 Jolina JD-9... (China and US product respectively). Apparently there was som... | |
| Jolida JD9 Mk2 vs MS Phonomena II Phono Stage Other tube options (lower cost) are the bottlehead reduction (seduction). There are some other DIY setups bugle2 and the more expensive cornet2. Thoughts on any of these? | |
| Turntable suggestion -- budget.. or not? Hehe -- thanks polk! | |
| Turntable suggestion -- budget.. or not? Thanks for putting things in perspective Polk :)So, what would be a D-28 Marquis w/ Madagascar rosewood ?? That's kind of what I'm looking for. LOL.mm | |
| Turntable suggestion -- budget.. or not? Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Definitely not the same cart on the 8 vs 3. I asked what would it sound like if they were swapped. They guy said that a 'better' cart (referring to whatever was on the RP8) would highlight the shortcomings of t... | |
| Turntable suggestion -- budget.. or not? As promised I went to demo the RP3 w/ (i think was the) Elys2 cartridge. When I got there the room was occupied, so the guy asked if I wanted to be 'ruined'. Of course I said 'yes', and then we headed into he high-end room. :)Long story short, I l... | |
| Turntable suggestion -- budget.. or not? To answer some questions, the cartridge in the 1.3 is a Sumiko Pearl Phono Cartridge. TW ACUSTIC? The raven one is $6500 -- prolly not :)I'm not quit sure on the budget yet. At first, I was looking at entry level tables, so ~$500. After the commen... | |
| Turntable suggestion -- budget.. or not? Arg -- sorry Sbrownnw -- that was your setup I was looking at w/ the TV. (a topic for another thread, but...) Subconsciously, I think I want to ditch my 5.1 setup. I always have problems with the center channel -- the dialog is never crisp enough.... | |
| Turntable suggestion -- budget.. or not? Thanks for the suggestions so far everyone. Yah, I didn't think the entry level stuff would cut it given what I'm after. Mattmiller -- agree on the $200 preamps -- tube all the way. Also appreciate the Rp3 suggestion. Seems like the next step up i... |