Recent content by Entrigo

Not quite but not too far. Have had tinnitus in my left ear for most of my adult life and it has been increasing lately - and that of course brings with it progressive hearing loss. I can now hear up to 10/10.5khz on my left ear. I had an ENT visit a while ago for an unrelated issue and they...

See? I didn't even know you had a business! And don't get me wrong, I am OK with the occasional plug - but when it is constant.....

🤣 oopss.... Yeah to be honest I find that really off putting. It's meant to be a group for people to discuss, share etc not a platform for businesses to constantly promote their stuff. I have to say I've hardly if ever come across it here thankfully.

As you want minimal but not basic, I would suggest the Technics SL1500C. It has a decent built-in phono preamp, so no need for an external unit, as you would with Rega or Pro-ject. But if you fancy Rega, then the P3 is going to be a very safe choice - and to that you would need to add the Fono...

Yup. I am in a particular brand of turntables Facebook group and two of the admins own an accessory shop (weights n stuff) and one of the most regular posters own a specialist shop... I love how they are CONSTANTLY plugging their stuff and - exactly as said above - answering people requests for...

Following from above suggestion, I would look at a Marantz SA8005. You can find it in your budget and a very good player (also SACD, as the name suggests). Rega Apollo sounds good but it seems they suffer from a few issues - had looked at it earlier in the year when upgrading from my Marantz...

"which means the CD Box RS2 Tube is now effectively a CD player, too" 😂 Yeah. So how about we call a spade a spade?

Good point. Well I have no real experience of any other haha - and actually misspoke. I meant the lack of screen rather than the UX (wasn't it UI?)

Well if the OP sticks to the built-in phono, the Ortofon would probably be better. I remember some people saying it is tuned for Ortofon. And the blue it's often cited as on a similar level to the AT-VM95ML. I went straight to the latter just as I already had it from my previous turntable -...

Yeah I see that. And the Wiim doesn't offer much in terms of interface at the very least.

Sorry for the potentially philistine question but - can't you use a Wiim as a transport anyway, just plugged into a DAC?

Agree with the above, the Technics is a superb turntable. I had it and just upgraded to the considerably more expensive SL1300G - did some A/B before dropping the SL1500C off to its new home and it really held its own, which is remarkable considering the nearly £2k price difference. Main thing...

I appreciate it's been a while and you've had a few responses but my two cents: the VM540 (ML? SH?) should be set with maximum capacitance of 150pF, the Elex-R has 220pF - add the tonearm cable and RCA you are over double that easily. That said, in-between phono stages, during the several I...

Ah great thanks. They are out of stock but will keep an eye on the seller.

It's really good! I bought to have something different from the AT33PTG2 which is my main, and expecting a trade off in detail for more bass and "slam" but there's not that much of a trade off. Certainly it's not a soft cartridge. I tend to gravitate back to the AT but they are very close. It...