Would you say a £700 Headphone Amp is overkill for the ProJect Debut Carbon?

[gooner26]

My main system is just a Meridian M80 and SqueezeBox Touch which I'm more than happy with, recently bought my first ever TT but i get the odd crackling and interference problem which drives me nuts, I've tried everything, bought a Atacama rack, elevated the TT up high, the only thing i haven't done is position the TT across the other side of the room away from my M80, I'm sure i noticed an improvement when distancing the TT as far from my M80 as it would go but I've decided to have my TT in a different room, preferably in a headphone set-up. There is not a fault with any of my LP's or the Turntable because I'm using an old ProJect headphone amp as a stop gap and it sounds good with no distortion.

Im considering a Graham Slee Novo, Lehmann Rhinelander, or the Black Cube Linear, i have owned a BCL some years ago and it sounded like heaven when switching the gain to 0 with Grado's, so that is what my heart want's. Could do without coughing up £650 though.

Anyway advice would be greatly appreciated.

Regards!

Danny

 

[Al ears]

Hi Danny,

Must be a bit early for me as I am confused. Why do you need a headphone amp to connect a turntable to the M80?

Surely the M80 has it's own headphone circuit / socket?

I could suggest a phono preamp to connect to the 3.5mm analogue in socket on the M80.

 

[gooner26]

Hi,

I'll be moving my Turntable into a different room so no connection to the M80 will be taking place.

I've got the Rega Fono Mini so only headphone amp required now.

Best

Danny

 

[Al ears]

You could save yourself a few hundred pounds and try to audition Epiphany's EHP-02 but its only a suggestion.

Failing that you could sell on your Rega phono mini and go the Graham Slee route, buying a the Amp2 Communicator and the Novo

 

[gooner26]

Thank you for your advice mate.

I may even just keep my ProJect headbox and just buy some Grado SR125's!

At least i'll save some money.

Best

Danny

 

[Al ears]

Thank you for your advice mate.

I may even just keep my ProJect headbox and just buy some Grado SR125's!

At least i'll save some money.

Best

Danny

You could indeed but in my experience you'll always be better off improving the source.