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| Best Vinyl Bach - Solo Cello Suites recording? Casals' recording is no match to Staker's. I have both.The thing is, most Bach solo cello suite records are very expensive and sought after, especially those with good recording quality. For example, Starker's mono recording costs over $500. It is... | |
| Which phono preamps among these three? I did not know about Atma-Sphere preamps with phono unit. Pardon my ignorance. If its phono section is as good as $2000~$3000 external phono, I might consider it, well, in the future.Whest RDT SE is over my budget, as is NVO SPA. Bpoletti, how wou... | |
| Which phono preamps among these three? OK.When a used Herron VTPH-2 comes up for sale, it would be mine! I cannot afford a new one at the moment.I wonder if Herron's MC would be bettern than Herron's MM + Hashimoto SUT. Then, I can sell Hashimoto. | |
| Which phono preamps among these three? No particular reason. As I said in my first post, I just picked those three because1. They are on sale in audiogon2. They are within my budget (with stretch)3. They all seem to have very good reviews and followingsSo, I might go for any other phon... | |
| Which phono preamps among these three? So far, I've had (and heard extensively) Clear audio micro basic MM/MC, Cary Audio PH-1, Yaqin MS-12B, BAT VK30 with its phono, and NuWave Phono pre phono converter, and Plinius MP16P with its phono. MP16P is by far the best, far better than VK30'... | |
| Koetsu Jade v SPU classic v FR 7 fz cartidges I did A/B test on my system with SPU classic, Denon 103R, and Ortofon MC20.I could not tell the clear winner. However, SPU classic costs close to $1000, while MC20 and 103R cost about $300~350. It may be hard to find a new MC20, but a good used on... | |
| Which phono preamps among these three? Thanks for all tips.I don't mind to know more about other great phono stages at similar price points. The problem is, harder to decide with more to choose from.I one time listened to Plinius M16P preamp with phono. That phono was exceptionally goo... | |
| MC Phono preamp gains Al,My preamp's input impedance is 50K ohm, so I guess it would be fine? | |
| MC Phono preamp gains Chakster,I ended up having two turntables. One turntable has two arms. I use one arm for mono, and the the two for stereos. Some of my LPs are not in pristine condition, but I still listen to them. So I use more expensive cartridges (Ortofon SPUs)... | |
| MC Phono preamp gains Well, which would be better. One phono preamp with three inputs or three separate phono preamps, if the price is the same. If you go for three preamps, would you go for the same model for all three or different ones?How about additional cables? Ho... | |
| MC Phono preamp gains Here's the Rhea's spec:Gain settings (dB): 75, 68, 62, 56, 50, 44, 38, Off. Loading settings (ohms): 47k, 10k, 5k, 2.5k, 1k, 500, 250, 125, 75So, virtually any combination is possible for all three inputs? Like, having all three as MMs, all three ... | |
| MC Phono preamp gains Thanks for your response. I will check for the impedance.As for Aesthetix Rhea, all three inputs can be either MM or MC? Then, it would be an ideal phono preamp for me, except it is out of my budget at the moment. | |
| Stand out phono stages The best phono stage I have experienced is the built-in phono from Plinius M16P preamp. Has somebody gathered all recommended phono stages and ranked them yet? I wonder whether MAGI Phonomenal phono stage was mentioned at all. I have not used it, ... | |
| SUT Hum Good to know that there is nothing wrong with the SUT.Thanks. | |
| SUT Hum Thanks for all response.I connected the ground cable from the turntable to SUT and a wire from the SUT to the phono preamp.Then, most of the hums were gone. The level of hum was further reduced compared to the ground cable connected to the phono p... |