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    Recommend a headphone amp for me?

    I think I'll try out from the port first before splitting. Thinking of the signal path. The p1+ has its own phono stage so I guess we're Analog as it spits it's signal down the wire. When it hits the sonos port it obvi has to go digital to go to the sonos speakers. If I use the rca outs...
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    Recommend a headphone amp for me?

    Must the P1 go to the port first was a question I toyed with but without introducing a splitter into the equation, how else would I do it? Current setup is P1 > Port > Sonos. That's it. Obviously only one RCA out of the P1. I'm open to suggestions but surely splitting the signal would be...
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    Recommend a headphone amp for me?

    Ooh look at that. I was looking for tube initially. What did you upgrade it with? I'll take a serious look....
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    Recommend a headphone amp for me?

    Sorry, in respect of price, ideally up to the £400 bracket, maybe more if the difference is audible, given my meagre setup.
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    Recommend a headphone amp for me?

    Hi Gray, Well spotted, indeed I did, and read your response thank you. I'm revisiting that exact question again, Christmas out of the way and all but yes, without the restriction of valves being in the equation. Based on your previous answer I'd love to now hear your recommendations as...
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    Recommend a headphone amp for me?

    Hi all, I'd appreciate your input on this. I'm looking to purchase a set of headphones, wired, as yet undecided and need an amp in order to do so. Use case is listening to vinyl on a rega planar p1+ via a sonos port. I'll be taking either rca outs or digital out from the port to feed the...
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    Rega Planar 1+ built in phono stage wanting to add headphone amp - Advice required pls

    Hi, I have a RP1+ (so built in phono stage) this then feeds a SONOS PORT. I'd like to incorporate a nice valve headphone amp into the equation. I have a few questions. In order to get the best quality and undisturbed Analog path from the RP1+ I'm guessing I need to intercept the...
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    Should I empty my spin clean rcm?

    That seems expensive! To have one with just distilled water for rinsing. That aside, my pads within a month had shrunk to the degree that they no longer contact thinner vinyl at all! Hence the question as to whether I should empty it inbetween cleans.
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    Should I empty my spin clean rcm?

    As per the title. I've just cleaned literally 6 albums. Should I leave the fluid in which is apparently good for many more albums yet or empty the bath? No such advice is given in the Cheers instructions. Any pointers? Will it shorten the life of the cleaning pads? If so this seems a...
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    RP1+ Sonos Port Cartridge upgrade

    Im not finding it noisy, but like @Al ears said, possibly reacting to the state of the record more. Certainly far from unlistenable, the polar opposite. I love this cart, it brings the music to life and is So much better now it's broken in. I've always believed this to be true, trusting my...
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    RP1+ Sonos Port Cartridge upgrade

    Happy to say that now the ML has had, ahem, a few hours put through it.... It's sounding like a different cart again. Regular sessions of Pink Floyd until 2 AM have made a world of difference. Once again. AT-ML95 makes a VERY nice upgrade to the RP1 /+. Literally the only downside is that...
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    RP1+ Sonos Port Cartridge upgrade

    Hi everyone. Job done. Setup wasn't too difficult at all. It needed the mandated 2g tracking force. Even at 1.9 things just didn't seem quite right, lacking. It needs to break in to widen out a bit, as things currently sound a little more compressed but not unpleasantly so, it makes the carbon...
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    RP1+ Sonos Port Cartridge upgrade

    I certainly shall do. It seems that the nominal tracking force for this cart is 2g anyway which is the RP1 default. Would you recommend starting at perhaps 1.8 and seeing how it goes?
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    RP1+ Sonos Port Cartridge upgrade

    That, sir is a thing of beauty...
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    RP1+ Sonos Port Cartridge upgrade

    I have to ask now what this is...