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| Looking For A Dialogue Around Using An Ortofon MC2000 In My Current System @lewm I would love to hear more about your Slagle head amp | |
| Looking For A Dialogue Around Using An Ortofon MC2000 In My Current System standard Lundahl's are available with 32db... | |
| Looking For A Dialogue Around Using An Ortofon MC2000 In My Current System using the Graham as a head amp will give the Esoteric input a nominal 6mV which is high but not crazy high...Try it! As for SUT Jensen or Lundahl for standard high gain ( ~32 db ) choices or call Slagle and get one custom wound that should sur... | |
| Turntable and cartridge setup known for a marvelous bottom end. You are right when you leave the avr for your new gear it will be a great upgrade in everything- the phono section in most avr are horrible. Next you may wish to play with speaker placement now that the system performance allows you to hear diffe... | |
| MC cart recommendation max $2000 for 1200G stock @luisma31 you asked also about the fr64- 'S' ? | |
| Next TT for what carts? synergy is important | |
| How To Safely Ship Cartridges For Retip I have had some recent bad USPS experiences so +1 on something weird going on in that organizationI have also had a hard time collecting on ahipping insurance so now consider it of little value... get a cheap 'flight case' from say harbor freight ... | |
| Allocation of analog resources Similar to what has been stated, my take on it is:Table- learn and discover what basic sound quality the three drive types offer and to which you gravitate towards ( belt, idler, DD ). then get the best ( and best built ) you can now you have a fo... | |
| Project Tube Box DS2 vs. Hagerman Audio Trumpet MC Hagerman has been killing it with his phono preamps for many years now. I haven't heard this newest version with the 'reduced' PS but I have heard the prior Trumpet sound awesome with a very good front end. ( Ortofon A90 with Durand tonearm etc. )... | |
| Technics SP10 MK3 Restoration As usual this thread kinda veered off topic. OP wants a plinth. It sounded at first like OP wants to remove the outer chassis and just use the motor? Iirc...There was a guy in Japan that did this using a light weight balsa like wood. Anyone rememb... | |
| Complimentary 2nd Cartridge/Tonearm for Dr. Feickert Blackbird Maybe you have the Schick 9" already? If so bear in mind the 9" Schick is medium mass not high mass...when matching carts.If not, consider an FR64S as the basis for the cart search. Seems perfect for your goals. | |
| Help Me Improve My Turntable Set-Up Are you analog only? If there is a dac too do you feel the same re shortcomings from both formats? I agree Harbeths are tough on amps ( which is not a great trait for a loudspeaker imho ) although they can sound nice. | |
| Next step in Turntable Next step is a bit of a large one imho. Double on everything? Maybe more... If it were me I would start with the turntable/arm if doing things in pieces. | |
| How do you know what your weakest link is? Both matter ( of course ) but when in doubt I always lean towards turntable upgrades ( vs cart or phono ). I know some will disagree but the table sets the fundamental quality level imho...As to which is weaker in your system I cannot say. | |
| How many vinyl albums do you own you listen to? My collection is both small and large. Its missing so much of what I would want. Yet I have at least 800 classical records I have not even listened to yet ( bought a huge lot at auction ). Anyways its probably around 3500 |