grubscrew
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| Best phono for a Merrill MS2/Triplaner/Ort. AC90 ? I would say the Whest PS.30RDT Special Edition OR MC REF V MK4 depending on budget. They are both stunningly transparent, musical and highly detailed buit not analytical. They are extremely popular in Europe and Asia but not so in the USA because ... | |
| Stand out phono stages another vote for the Whest Audio PS.30RDT Special Edition and what I now own which is their MC REF V MK4. Excellent all discrete Class-A no BS stage which sounds unlike any SS state I compared it to. gain and load from the factory can be changed o... | |
| Tonearm choices mmmmuch more to think about. I have taken the unipivot thing onboard and will be listening to a Basis Vector but it will take a couple of weeks. I think the Orpheus/TW Arm works differently to the Phantom/ Orpheus. The diffences we observed we wro... | |
| Tonearm choices Thank you all for your responses and varied ones at that.Well folks I've managed to listen to listen to 3 tonearms on my AC. The Phantom, TW Raven tonearm and a Jelco 10" To answer a few questions first:I'm not a fan of unipivots so the Basis was ... | |
| Phono Input or new Phono preamp? Generally MMs are considered about 5-7mV. The 20XH is about half the output of a 'normal' MM with just 2.8mVA good example is the Goldring 1042 at 6.5mV.My son uses the 20XH into a Whest Audio whestTWO phonostage and produces a far better sound th... | |
| Tonearm choices Thanks all.I am about to try out the Phantom and TW 10.5. I spoke to a 'friend of a friend of a friend' who uses a Phantom/Transfiguration Pheonix on a TW Raven and says the combination sounds GREAT! We'll see. It now comes down to how soon these ... | |
| Considering analog...but nervous You don't NEED a vacuum cleaner. I've lived without one for 40 years and my record collection (5000 LPs) still sound great and crackle free. | |
| Considering analog...but nervous I think that Mitch4t response is the very best I have ever read EVER!Mitch4t :-'Don't do it dude! Stay with digital, you will listen to a lot more music that way. Digital will continue to get better, analog now is as good as it's ever gonna get.'I... |