Hi all
I've dug out my old Project Essential and - once I've found a replacement for the anti-skate arm that doesn't seem to have survived my house move - I'm hoping to get the turntable set up.
I've changed my amp to a new Denon AVR-X2000, which unlike my older Denon receiver doesn't have a phono input. I haven't the space or funding (or the courage to ask the missus!) for 2 main systems, but I have a small TEAC CR-H230 which I can set up in the study with some yet-to-be-selected bookshelf speakers through which I cna run the turntable. The problem remains that this TEAC also doesn't have phono input.
Would I be best off getting a phono pre-amp, or chopping in the TEAC for something else (other models of TEAC have phono)? Alternatives include something like an old NAD 3020 off ebay, although I remain open to suggestion!
Any thoughts on what is going to give the best quality for the most sensible outlay would be much appreciated - I realise quality isn't going to be earth-shattering, so a decent phono pre-amp with a microsystem and bookshelf speakers might not be best bang for buck. Rationale for the TEAC was that I'd only need a phono pre-amp.
Cheers
I've dug out my old Project Essential and - once I've found a replacement for the anti-skate arm that doesn't seem to have survived my house move - I'm hoping to get the turntable set up.
I've changed my amp to a new Denon AVR-X2000, which unlike my older Denon receiver doesn't have a phono input. I haven't the space or funding (or the courage to ask the missus!) for 2 main systems, but I have a small TEAC CR-H230 which I can set up in the study with some yet-to-be-selected bookshelf speakers through which I cna run the turntable. The problem remains that this TEAC also doesn't have phono input.
Would I be best off getting a phono pre-amp, or chopping in the TEAC for something else (other models of TEAC have phono)? Alternatives include something like an old NAD 3020 off ebay, although I remain open to suggestion!
Any thoughts on what is going to give the best quality for the most sensible outlay would be much appreciated - I realise quality isn't going to be earth-shattering, so a decent phono pre-amp with a microsystem and bookshelf speakers might not be best bang for buck. Rationale for the TEAC was that I'd only need a phono pre-amp.
Cheers