theflattire
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| Ultimate $10K home office system for vinyl? $3000 TT $3000 phono stage $2000 amp speakers of your choice | |
| Upgrading from a VPI Aries 1- is it worth it? I would upgrade the phono stage. I use a Modwright PH9.0XT with my Prime. | |
| Some cartridge recommendations Audio Technica OC9 or Hana | |
| A phono preamp with equalization selector Gold Note | |
| Bottleneck / Upgrade Recommendations - Yamaha RVX-475 Receiver, Pro-Ject Phono Box MM that phono box isn't doing you any favors | |
| Upgrade My Turntable - How Much Do I Need to Spend? @hikerneil IMO, most onboard phono stages are ok at best. Phono stages cost from $20 to $20k. I don't think you have a reference phono stage tucked away in your Mac. A good phono stage should also have a dedicated power supply, something an o... | |
| Upgrade My Turntable - How Much Do I Need to Spend? Get a good phono stage, something in line with the TT you get. My phono stage cost more than my TT. A used Rega P8/10 would be nice. RB880 and RB3000 are nice. I got a used VPI Prime for $3k and am happy. I think $3-4k is a good range; most o... | |
| Amp, Preamp, two volume pots, there can be only one! Like others have said, run up the amp to the noise floor. Let the pre do the rest. | |
| Amp, Preamp, two volume pots, there can be only one! My amp has a 100k volume pot and I took my preamp out. It had an Alps, but I changed it out to a TKD. Since I have two sources I got a custom switch box. Less stuff in the signal chain the bettter I say. When I did run a preamp, I believe I di... | |
| Started with $1k speakers … what now? IMO, your space is going to define what speakers are an upgrade. I sit about seven feet in front and my speakers, Klipsch RP5000s are less than four feet apart. I would upgrade them if I didn't feel it would be a waste of money, since the space... | |
| SUT experience 👍 | |
| EAR 834P - Sale or try and repair... @bigkidz Which Vcaps do you like? Right now I'm using a mix of Miflex and Mundorf on my clone. | |
| Seeking Legit Cartridge Expert? Harry Weisfeld | |
| Seeking Legit Cartridge Expert? I think HW said he heard no difference between the gimbal and uni-pivot. The difference I think is in the arm construction/thickness. Some folks just don't get the uni-pivot. | |
| EAR 834P - Sale or try and repair... @abp689 I have Hashimoto HM-7s and a James Audio SUT. I also had some Ned Clayton built Cinemag 1254s and they were nice too. If you google EAR upgrades you'll get a boat load. Minimum I would do the caps. |