Has anyone tried the Thorens MM-008? If so I would welcome thoughts/ impressions, or recommendations for an alternative for low output MC cartridge - Benz Micro Gold specifically at this price point i.e. around £200. Cheers. Nick
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Thorens MM008 Anyone tried it?
Has anyone tried the Thorens MM-008? If so I would welcome thoughts/ impressions, or recommendations for an alternative for low output MC cartridge - Benz Micro Gold specifically at this price point i.e. around £200. Cheers. Nick
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Do you specifically need the ADC function to digitise vinyl records for digital storage? This is the crux of the matter. If not then I would suggest that the presence of the ADC at this price is likely to hugely compromise the overall performance of the phono stage.
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Hi, thanks and no - no need for the ADC function but there is a version without this.
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If you don't need the ADC then may I suggest that the Arkless 640P from my good self would be ideally suited to your needs and would, all in, be about £250. The basic version is £185 but you need to obtain a donor Cambridge Audio 640P or 651p for conversion. There are no magazine reviews etc of it but plenty on-line.
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Arkless Electronics-Engineered to be better. Tel. 01670 530674 (after 1pm)
Modded Thorens TD150, Audio Technica AT-1005 MkII, Technics EPC-300MC, Arkless Hybrid MC phono stage, Arkless passive pre, Arkless 50WPC Class A SS power amp, (or) Arkless modded Leak Stereo 20, Modded Kef Reference 105/3's
ReVox PR99, Studer B62, Ferrograph Series 7, Tandberg TCD440, Hitachi FT-5500MkI, also FT-5500MkII
Digital: Yamaha CDR-HD1500 (Digital Swiss army knife-CD recorder, player, hard drive, DAC and ADC in one), PC files via 24/96 sound card and SPDIF, modded Philips CD850, modded Philips CD104, modded DPA Little Bit DAC. Sennheiser HD580 cans with Arkless Headphone amp.
Cables- free interconnects that come with CD players, mains leads from B&Q, dead kettles etc, extension leads from Tesco
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