table, phono preamp or cartridge?

The Rogue 99 Preamplifier is a Tubed Design, isn't it??

Mswobo already has Tubes in his system.

--Charles--

My dealer suggested I go with a preamp also..

Going to call tomorrow and take a Rogue home for a demo.

Is there a way to get better cabling on a RP1?

I agree with Raulirugas.A good phono preamp would be my first choice. If phono is your only source check out the E.A.R.834P,it has a volume control so you can go direct into your amps . BTW tubes is the only way to go!

Dear Mswobo: IMHO try to have the best phonolinepreamp you can get because it's there where that precious cartridge signal is proccessed and where that cartridge signal " suffer " or can " suffer " a very hig degradation, so as better your phonolinepreamp as better quality performance level you can achieve for any cartridge you own.

Latter on you can go for the Black or whatever knowing that you have the " right " phonolinepreamp to honor that cartridge.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

the Rogue he owns has a tubed stage, no?

I tend to lean against tubes in a phono stage due to tube noise issues, especially if you are running an LOMC. Due to the small signal sizes involved. This from someone with tubes in both my preamp and amp.

Get some tubes in there. A nice tube phono stage would be nice :)

65db gain on a 5mV output cartridge strikes me as excessive. How far up the volume control do you get?

If you like MM carts then you couldn't do better than spending some quality time on Raul's big MM thread. Find one of those recommended carts and enjoy the ride. Or, given your price range, buy an AT 150 ANV MM cart and be done with the cart deliberating part of it.