Recent content by BenWatts

Impressed this afternoon after a P3 and AT VM745xml listening session ! Cambridge amp and Triangle speakers. Quite humble set up if you consider the bill but I sounded very nice. I did not challenge the cartridge with another one through an AB test. Only what I had in mind from home (Thorens...

Who are you to wave your finger? You must have been out of your head Eye hole deep in muddy waters You practically raised the dead Rob the grave to snow the cradle Then burn the evidence down Soapbox, house of cards and glass So don't go tossin' your stones around You must have been high You...

Ho ok. You have to prove things.

Tisbury Domino. Noise, cold, lower volume, missing details. One of the Project first price. About 100€ the phono stage. Worse than the Tisbury. Another cheap Cambridge. This one was not that bad but only MM. The heed phono board appeared to be once again better. A nice Musical Fidelity. I...

Modern jazz / contemporary jazz, prog rock and a a bit of roots

The red and blue bodies are different than the bronze and black one. The stylus won’t fit in correctly with the huge negative impact you may imagine. The 2M red is an awful cartridge with a lack of details, far too high frequency oriented and the blue one is not far better. Thakker will...

Super relevant question ! Today : Thorens TD-1500 + 2M Bronze plugged into an Obelisk SI3 with its heed power supply. The project would be to swap the excellent 2M Bronze for a Hana (EL, ML…?) or the brand new X (20, 30…?) Ortofon. As you can see the optional phono board is very small...

I have been planning to add a phono stage for more than a year now. I cannot buy an MC cartridge and a phono stage. 1. Get a good phono stage by summer 2. Get a nice MC later Several tests : Rega, Cambridge, Project, Tisbury with no satisfaction. Vertere (orange one) and a quite recent...

No one owns a TD-1500? I guess nobody would have listened to their latest phonostage : https://www.thorens.com/en/mc-1600-eng.html

Edwards manufactures great TT. Lucky UK, serious manufacturers. Look at these beauties: https://edwardsaudio.co.uk/product-category/turntables/ Wide range of prices. Each one can find a nice TT.

4h by car far away

Actually the owner of the company (two brothers) have retired. They are selling their stock.

In touch with the manufacturer. I have to make a decision but no chance to try it before.

I have no clue on what it worths. Poor feedback except from sellers as usual. https://tmraudio.com/consignments/audiomat-phono-1-7-mkii-mm-mc-phono-preamplifier/ An opportunity to get one for half the price.

Thank you so much for your feedback. A nice opportunity appears to me : an EA-320 for 2300€ new.