Recent content by Rob Jenkins

The amp is actually set to 'Recorder 1' when I want to listen to vinyl, as that is where the preamp is connected. That caused me some confusion initially, as explained above. But yeah, I only get the jolt when the amp is set to that. I've never noticed it until now. Although I was just...

So my setup now is the Marantz PM6005 amp, the Musical Surroundings preamp, Clearaudio Concept and Tannoy XTF8 speakers. Everything's been fine until now, but I've recently noticed a hum from my speakers when the amp is set to the turntable. Also powering the preamp on and off causes the...

Great, thanks for the replies. It makes sense now - I wasn't sure what they meant by 'line level input' but your comments have cleared that up! I'm going to go for this. Thanks, Rob

Hello, My current set up is a Marantz PM6005 amp and a Clearaudio Concept with the Performer cartridge. Will I get much benefit from adding a Musical Surroundings Phonomena II preamp? The reason I ask is this line from the Phonomena manual; "DO NOT PLUG THE PHONOMENA II OUTPUT INTO A “PHONO”...