Hi all
I’ve just got off the old Bay a Minty Pioneer A400 to replace my serviced, lovely but allegedly not as good Marantz PM6010 OSE. It drives a pair of Mission 752s and needs to cope with the output of CD/DVD/Sky/BluRay and a Revolver Rose RC with a AT95e cart. I’ve heard that the A400’s MM phono stage is weak and noisy – sounds OK and similar to the Marantz but lacks something my old Pioneer SA-508 phono stage has. The TT is closer to the amp then I’d like as well so I got thinking – what about an external MM phono stage? Like a NAD PP1 or one of those little Rega boxes? Something s/h maybe and sub £50 if possible. Even sub £100 at a push. Will this make any difference to the vinyl experience? Or just throwing money at a very minimal improvement only an engineer can hear?
Any advice greatly appreciated.
j
I’ve just got off the old Bay a Minty Pioneer A400 to replace my serviced, lovely but allegedly not as good Marantz PM6010 OSE. It drives a pair of Mission 752s and needs to cope with the output of CD/DVD/Sky/BluRay and a Revolver Rose RC with a AT95e cart. I’ve heard that the A400’s MM phono stage is weak and noisy – sounds OK and similar to the Marantz but lacks something my old Pioneer SA-508 phono stage has. The TT is closer to the amp then I’d like as well so I got thinking – what about an external MM phono stage? Like a NAD PP1 or one of those little Rega boxes? Something s/h maybe and sub £50 if possible. Even sub £100 at a push. Will this make any difference to the vinyl experience? Or just throwing money at a very minimal improvement only an engineer can hear?
Any advice greatly appreciated.
j