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| Suggestions for phono preamp for LOMC's Phono stage might be more important than TT/arm. If I had $10k in TT/Arm I would be looking at something like an Allnic H5500 or Sutherland Duo minimum. I would consider a $2500 phono stage a bottleneck. | |
| Phono preamp for a Denon 103R cartridge. Darlington Labs | |
| Turntable suggestions for a newbie I have an older VPI Prime and enjoy it. I think your other choices would do you well also. Your choice of phono stages bothers me as you would be sending the signal from a $3k TT (more with cart) through a $400 phono stage. Maybe for the Mofi b... | |
| Integrated Tube Amp approx. $2,500 If you only need an integrated for component switching and not a DAC or phono stage, I would go with a small builder like James Burgess. Ask him to install a selector switch, shouldn't be hard. I just had a Burgess and it was a very very nice s... | |
| Need to purchase a separate ground cable - from my TT to my Phono Preamp Generic hardware store copper wire is fine. | |
| Phono Preamp Selection Yes, Hagerman Bugle MC is probably a good option also. I built 2 Bugle 3s kits and liked them. About as good as the EAR clone. Lounge Audio I believe has a large lead time, like a couple of months. | |
| Phono Preamp Selection Darlington Labs | |
| Is the Hana SH being discontinued? I think I read somewhere it's being replaced, a new and improved thing. I could be wrong. | |
| VPI TNT 3 Nice table! | |
| Rays Tubes Man I'm having trouble getting a grip on all these Chinese tube and the good reviews. I'm an NOS kinda guy! My experience with Chi tubes was from back around 2000 and I never went back. Now you got PSvane, Linlai, etc all getting some love. I ... | |
| SUT Demo - Atlanta Probably hard to find one to borrow as I assume most are inline and in use. Maybe just purchase an inexpensive Denon or in my case I got a Fidelity Research FRT3 for the work rig. IF you go used and decide to sell you won’t lose too much turning... | |
| DH Labs - Shunyata Cable Comparison Boy, I was just thinking of 'upgrading' from Q10s to Shunyata or Nordost etc. but I think you might have put a damper on that!. I do run Pro Studios also, but not the cryo; maybe I look into that! | |
| Recommendations for a phono stage: Gold Note turntable w/ MC cartridge to ARi50. Darlington Labs | |
| Integrated S.E.T Amp and Bookshelf Speakers Recommendations Analog Ethos James Burgess not integrated but they have volume knobs speakers: Klipsch RP600 | |
| Cartridge upgrade I would worry more about the phono stage rather than the TT although arm does matter. With the Chinook you should be good to go! |