Recent content by BenWatts

Oh just 18 years to achieve my quest ! Too much difficult to try these at home. For the moment the Hegel V10 has my preference. Known as super quiet and proposes a wide range of settings. 1100€ new shipped from Riga, easy paiment... Difficult to resist.

Thank you for your advice. The latest Thorens phoko stage is a bit expensive. The opportunity to get the Hegel V10 at1,1K€ is interesting. Soooo many phono available on the market : Audio Analogue AAPhono for instance..

And now the phono stage: https://www.thorens.com/en/mc-1600-eng.html Thorens leverages the LP potential

Actually : I do not know. I did not know this one. Too many phono stage on the market. I would like to ask why not my shortlist ? Not good ones ? Poor quality price ratio? They are renown : maybe easier to sell them someday.

Even with one less zero, it’s still too expensive. That one is more in my budget : View: https://youtu.be/k9vTGqoO0wk?si=CmaQ1ghG-77ww7Tl

Thanks. I am afraid the power supply will not match. I am located in France the Latvia solution is the cheaper for Octave, Lehmann or Hegel. I am worried because it’s expensive. I cannot go wrong for more than 1K€!

Oh really ? I have to investigate. The last run is between these two : You mean this one ? https://www.wittmann-hifi.de/Tom-Evans/Microgroove-Plus-MK2.5 https://exaudio.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/tead-mar-2023.pdf Never heard about Tom Evans.

Thanks for your proposal. The compact ones are on the short list. No room for large ones (Vertere…) despite its incredible tech specs.

Dear members, Now it’s time to reach the higher LP experience with a solid phono stage. 3 phono stage are now selected (compact, MM + MC, built in Europe). Hegel V10 : average compact, all settings available, super silent phono stage, wide soundstage. Quitte new, poor feedback. People who...

Best improvement can be free : shelves with books on walls, sofa and speakers positionning. Then, the phono stage. Tisbury Domino is quite good and afordable.

Apart from ideological stances driven by nostalgia for a purely hypothetical past glory, has anyone actually bought, assembled, and listened to a TAS-1500?

Dear TT lovers, Happy owner of a Thorens TD-1500, I am curious about the TAS-1500 cartridge dedicated to the same TT. No feedback on the web except on comparisons with the famous and appreciated AT-OC9. Both are competing in the 700€ areas. Thorens ...

For neophyte as me : Beware of your settings. I have wasted too much time in stupid settings. Personal device a Zoom H5 (as a guitar player and singer, I recorded a lot in the past with my GF). Preferences => input & output Select carefully the speaker you want to measure. At your...

Thanks Nopiano. You are too kind with me. I am not very patient with myself and cannot understand why I do not understand fast as I would like to. Anyway. Things are getting clear and I propose some support if anyone here is about to step into measures. One thing that is really amazing is the...

Thank you RoA for your reply. I am definitely not the brilliant guy I would have expect to be. What I learnt from this experience in addition to my hurry: - Plug the Zoom H5 and select: audio board, than phantom 48V supply from the device. - Apple: my preferences / sound : input -> H5 &...