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| Best Tonearm and Cartridge for 4K or under for restored Garrard 301 To add. My dynavector XX2 sounds great on the Ikeda. Good drive, full powerful bass and not as tipped up in the high frequencies as most others so it’s better for rock and your Indian music. A good friend of mine listens mostly to Indian music. Ma... | |
| Best Tonearm and Cartridge for 4K or under for restored Garrard 301 The Reed is an excellent choice. To save money, Reed 2a isn’t far behind according to people that I respect their opinions. I have an Ikeda it407 on my grease 301. Another good choice. Maybe getting out of price range though. FR 64s also cool with... | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital @millercarbonYour last post, I didn’t understand what you meant. Sorry but I have to ask. Did you agree with me or was that a disagree. Either way. All good. | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital Yes. 1/4” tape. I’ve never heard any debate from the vinyl crowd on which is more superior, many discussions though. All seem to agree that tape is the best. I don’t know if this is also the same consensus the digital crowd shares too. | |
| best phono stage under 10k @atmasphere i got this off a Stereophile review:In MC mode, the switch controls a "variable-load auto tranny" (more Manley lingo), which is the Steel-head transformer/autoformer that gives the preamp its name. The switch controls five taps on the ... | |
| best phono stage under 10k @car123 Is it enough gain in the mm input? Your Benz is quite low input. If it is, it would maybe make sense since your bypassing the first stage. If I am remembering correctly, there’s step up’s at the input. | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital Yes. For people that can’t hear past the ticks and pops, digital would be the better choice. As with many others, I’ve learned to be able to tune out the noise and just focus on the music. If you’re able to do this, vinyl I believe will always b... | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital I used to listen to CD and vinyl equally for many years. Although I always thought my turntable sounded better, I really enjoyed my CD player too. Very similar to what Mikel stayed about his digital. I then sold my CD player about 6 years ago and... | |
| Cartridge suggestions @chakster I’ve read you and others quote market prices for cartridges. Are these prices good used condition or NOS? Anyway these discussions got me curious and I bought an NOS 881s for $300. I have some expensive MC cartridges too. I put it on my... | |
| Best 6NS7 Preamp for a Pass Labs XA25 amp Atma-sphere MP1. Any version. Balanced or rca option. Both excellent. | |
| best phono stage under 10k Hi Ralph. I’ve had my MP 1 in a few times for updates. Last time was about 4-5 years ago. One day maybe I’ll be lucky enough to own a mk 3. The only preamp right now that I think I would trade mine for. | |
| Old vs. new I have found that even if a reissue is done directly from the original master tape, the original lp can still sound better. The reason is that a 50-60 year old tape can degrade. A 50-60 year old record doesn’t. It will just suffer play wear if ... | |
| best phono stage under 10k I should add that I only ever had radio interference when using one certain phono cable. And had it bad. I could distinguish the song playing. Changed that cable and gone. Also, I had a Tom Evans groove. No problem for me, but the new owner has is... | |
| best phono stage under 10k I have had an Atma-sphere MP1 mk2 for 16 years. The only piece that’s lasted so long in my system. I’ve compared it to many other line stages and this is always the one I prefer musically to the others. I’m such a huge fan of the MP1. As far as t... | |
| Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design Doesn't using zero transformers defeat the whole point of an OTL amp? It's putting a transformer in and makes it similar to a non OTL push pull tube amp. |