Sean:
Thanks so much on the 881s lead; I will check this one out. It sounds like a winner, though may end up being out of my budget. Arms are mostly the Micro Seiki MA404L on a MR-711 turntable and sometimes an older Technics, both use universal headshells so that it is easy to switch them out. I also have a Rega P3 that I occasionally use in this system. The Stanton may not be a good match to the more massive Micro arm, but we are talking a second, bedroom system here. The Ortofon's are on closeout and Jack's Music Factory has the OM20 for $109.00 delivered, though feedback indicates that this is probably not the right direction for me right now. Phono stage is the original Musical Fidelity XLP with XPSU power supply. I can't even get the thing open so any loading and capacitance issues are probably not addressable, or I am just too damn lazy. The MM stage on the XLP is pretty good, but the MC stage sucks. I have a Denon AU-320 transformer, but, for simplicities sake, I decided to forego the MC, though the Denon 103D from my main rig sounds OK through this setup. Thanks again for all of the input.
Thanks so much on the 881s lead; I will check this one out. It sounds like a winner, though may end up being out of my budget. Arms are mostly the Micro Seiki MA404L on a MR-711 turntable and sometimes an older Technics, both use universal headshells so that it is easy to switch them out. I also have a Rega P3 that I occasionally use in this system. The Stanton may not be a good match to the more massive Micro arm, but we are talking a second, bedroom system here. The Ortofon's are on closeout and Jack's Music Factory has the OM20 for $109.00 delivered, though feedback indicates that this is probably not the right direction for me right now. Phono stage is the original Musical Fidelity XLP with XPSU power supply. I can't even get the thing open so any loading and capacitance issues are probably not addressable, or I am just too damn lazy. The MM stage on the XLP is pretty good, but the MC stage sucks. I have a Denon AU-320 transformer, but, for simplicities sake, I decided to forego the MC, though the Denon 103D from my main rig sounds OK through this setup. Thanks again for all of the input.