No, this will not come close to sustaining you. Try a thread from just yesterday, "Lost sheep, getting back to turntable." Lots of great advice there. If you can go used, VPI Junior with Rega RB300 arm or Audioquest arm. Price is $650.00, alternatives, Rega P3 ($450.00) or Technics SL1200 ($550.00). Would suggest the VPI only because, although there are great upgrades and tweeks for all three, only the VPI will allow you to build it, with a series of small investments, into a VPI HW-19 mk 4, which is on a whole different level than where you will be starting out. All three sound really differnent from one another and if you tell your musical tastes it may be easier to nail it down. I have owned an OBH-8 and would suggest instead the Musical Fidelity X-LP, $135.00 used. Several advantages here. It is much smoother, will accomodate regular moving magnet cartridges and medium output moving coils. Additionally, for another $25.00 or so you can buy the excellent Ault high current power supply which really adds to the definition. So here we stand at $795.00 and the time comes to talk cartridges which is a little like talking shoes; what fits me will not necessarily fit you. New cartriges should only be considered. I like the Audio Technica AT440ml. It is really cheap at under $100.00 with this combo we can pay for the shipping and a few albums. If you get the Rega arm and can spend a few extra bucks, the Denon 103D is under $300.00 and will work with the MF preamp but you would have to go with the OBH-9 if you want a Creek. Many like the Blue Point, at $250.00 a little stretch, and it will work with any of the combos but really too lax for my tastes. The new Shure is a corker, M97he, it is also under $100.00 and will work with any of the combos. It is a tad warmer than the Audio Technica and may well be the best all around compromise while still keeping you within budget. I'd buy the AT though, thrills and spills. Best of luck.
Looking to get TT
I seeking getting into a first TT and would like help!
My current system is Classe 25 amp, Classe CP-60 pre, Sonic Frontiers SFD-2 D/A, Sonic Fontiers SFT-1 Transprt
and Martin Logan Ascent. My preamp doesn't have phono so I would need phono preamp to hook into my CP-60 so having explained my set and only wanting to spend no mor than $1000 on TT and phono pre can it be done?
Was thinkng going with music hall MMF-5 andCreek OBH-8 as this would be my first TT set up and total cost would be around $700. Is this going to give me many years of good sound? in the future I can go with phono card for my preamp.
My current system is Classe 25 amp, Classe CP-60 pre, Sonic Frontiers SFD-2 D/A, Sonic Fontiers SFT-1 Transprt
and Martin Logan Ascent. My preamp doesn't have phono so I would need phono preamp to hook into my CP-60 so having explained my set and only wanting to spend no mor than $1000 on TT and phono pre can it be done?
Was thinkng going with music hall MMF-5 andCreek OBH-8 as this would be my first TT set up and total cost would be around $700. Is this going to give me many years of good sound? in the future I can go with phono card for my preamp.
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