Vinyl***What If***


Hypothetical here:
My new incoming Cayin integrated has a built in MM stage..IF I convinced myself I wanted to try vinyl & knowing absolutely nothing about set up,care etc..& do NOT like to constantly fiddle recommend me a complete,bare minimum setup...
Speakers are Harbeth M30.1 & cables are Nordost Lief Series Red Dawn...Thanks much..
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Showing 3 responses by roberjerman

For LPs I recommend buying brand new reissues - to avoid the hassle of dealing with cleaning and the search for better condition used copies. Add an RCA record brush and fluid (cheap) for dusting. And some Magic Eraser for stylus cleaning - plus a bottle of Stylast preservative.
Connect the Empire/Grado straight into the mm phono inputs on the Cayin. No need at this point for a separate phono stage! 
Buy a vintage Empire belt drive for a few hundred and add a Grado Sonata ($350). You'll be good to go! Those old Empires are largely forgotten gems! I have four!