piedpiper
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| Best head amp of the market ? A "pre preamp" or MC head amp functions in place of a "step up transformer" but is an active powered circuit adding gain, usually in the 10-20dB range, but no RIAA equalization, allowing an MC cartridge with an output of less than say .8mV to be u... | |
| Air kills cartridges? don't know what you just said but if "sic" has anything to do with "sick" I'd say you're not far off. ;-) | |
| Do you have any suggestions? "Im afraid that these low end turntables are going to sound really tinny and cheap"the issue is often not so much "tinny" as muddy, although id you're really lucky you can have both. ;-) | |
| Do you have any suggestions? Pro-Ject Debut III (Sumiko), MMF-2.1, Rega P1, the direct drive Technics SL-1200 mkII, and for auto operation, Thorens TD 158 are your options new in that price range, which is actually from $300-400. They represent the bottom of the line options ... | |
| Stand out phono stages "I guess it all depends on what each of us is looking for."well said. I used to think there was "an" answer. Perhaps I have grown up a bit afterall. ;-)...and then there's the amp speaker relationship, and the cartridge phono stage relationship, e... | |
| Stand out phono stages I'm sure the MBLs are wonderful, but so are a dozen others. | |
| Stand out phono stages oh, and at the same price as the Nova Phonomenon, the Heed, although it would be silly to consider either of those as a contender for best at any price.dealer disclaimer, although not necessarily for all of my above suggestions. | |
| Stand out phono stages add Lyra Connosuer, Wavestream Kinetics, VivA, and if you're on a budget, Artemis Labs and Hagerman Trumpet. | |
| my beautiful table isn't behaving after our move definitely not a loose cartridge lead in that both channels are out. It's not likely the cartridge is at fault either. Time to work backwards from the spekers and make sure each item is working. Does the system work with another source? If so it i... | |
| Grand Prix Monaco review in new Stereophile- OUCH Dlanselm,FYI "Mikey" is Michael's well known moniker made famous to all here but you in the pages of Stereophile by its editor....and I agree completely with your assessment of Mtkhl567's remark. It is this slanted assumption of cynicism, only som... | |
| New analog system disappoints, please help congrats! sounds like you're on your way. | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice Oilman,Looks very interesting. You may want to experiment with the angle of your counterweight. Lloyd recommends either down or even depending on the weight of the cartridge but never up. | |
| Bellari with medium output cartridges? Depending on the gain of your preamp and amp, the sensitivity of your speakers, and your listening habits, you could be very satisfied with a 2mV cartridge with that amount of gain in your phono stage. That would be analogous to what I have in my ... | |
| Grand Prix Monaco review in new Stereophile- OUCH Raul, LOL! I guess the operative word is "should"! | |
| Grand Prix Monaco review in new Stereophile- OUCH The three things that stand out in my mind here are the stand issue, which has been fully discussed, the assumption that the sonics can be traced primarily to DD vs. BD, and the fact that aside from the Monaco's many obvious strengths, one way its... |