It's hard to say what will work well specifically on your Denon, but one suggestion is a Shure V15VxMR, connected to whatever Gram phono preamp you can buy with the rest. Since this leavs you with $300 - the Shure is $200 at Jack's Music Factory, this means you can get the Gram Phono 2 SE (or whatever the souped-up verison is called). The Shure is unmatched in certain areas, though it is reasonably-priced, performs very well in all kinds of areas, and does not have hum problems. Another more obvious suggestion is a high-output Denon, or a low-output Denon DL103, and switch to the Rotel MM/MC phono pre.
Cartridge & phono preamp for Denon DP-60L
A few years back I purchased a new pre-pro (Denon AVP-8000) for HT and music. I was aware that this unit had no phono stage so I had to pack my DP-60L turntable away until another day. Well that time has come for something new. I thought of setting up my old Denon gear (POA1500 & PRA1000) setup which had a very nice mm/mc phono stage, but I have no extra room to have two systems setup, well I do but try and tell my wife that. My question is I need to purchase a phono preamp and perhaps a new cartridge for my TT and get back into listening to my collection of albums. I have been using a Micro Acoustic mm cartridge, which is still mounted on the Denon and sounded very good, but it is old. I would like to stay under $700.00 for both pieces if possible. Any suggestions of what would work well on the Denon would be greatly appreciated.
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