Internal phono stage on Sugden A21L vs Slee Era V

[CageyH]

The Slee Era V Gold is a good stage, but not “the best” he offers.
It all depends on what you are looking for, and will come down to personal preference.

[Pigmy Pony]

The Slee Era V Gold is a good stage, but not “the best” he offers.
It all depends on what you are looking for, and will come down to personal preference.

That is another advantage of using a stand alone phono stage - many of them come with a range of adjustments for gain, capacitance, etc. Some settings will be necessary for your particular cartridge, some may give you a small degree of tweaking to your personal taste.

[Mikeandvan]

Welly welly well then, I took the advice of Barry & Macca, sounds like a 70s duo. I put .5M phono cables on the 1210, and connect up to either suggie or Slee, and it emitted a slight hum, so I took it off straight away, why wuz dat I wunder? ? ? So reconnected the standard phonos - 1M and it all sounds find, better than before in fact, I think, why? I put the amp on the far end of the table, with the cd in teh middle , whereas before it was in the middle, does that make a difference? Probably not, but for some reason it's all sounding dandy now, or may be its me?

[Mikeandvan]

The Slee Era V Gold is a good stage, but not “the best” he offers.
It all depends on what you are looking for, and will come down to personal preference.

My carts are only AT95s, eheheheheh, they;re pretty good though.