Pro-Ject Phono Box SE II

[Haselsh1]

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A couple of days ago I won the bidding on a Pro-Ject Phono Box SE II which replaced my aging Musical Fidelity VLPS phono stage with VPSU power supply. The Pro-Ject absolutely smothers the VLPS into oblivion as one would expect but two years ago I was using a Heed Questar MM and the midrange and treble of the Pro-Ject are masses better than the Heed also. OK so the Heed had better bass definition but it also had an overly warm and tubby bass that I did not like. The Pro-Ject has a gorgeous midrange in comparison with no artificiality and it has a beautiful treble. The first album I tried it with was 'Endless River' and this was just so bloody good. Until I can afford a new Croft setup that I have promised myself, I shall happily stick with this.

All interconnects are Atlas Hyper and loudspeaker cables are NVA LS5.

[Marco]

Nice table, Shaun! I like the old Linn LVV, too - a surprisingly musically rewarding device, if you can find one in good nick... A DL-103 would sound lovely strapped to that arm [with some mass added to the Sumiko]! ;)

The other thing that would work superbly well in your set-up is a Lentek MC head amp. It would be a good sounding and cost effective way of introducing an MC cartridge into your system :)

Marco.

[walpurgis]

Yes, I like that combo too, the Thorens and LVV are perfect together and very capable. I agree with Marco, it's crying out for nice MC (and decent SUT).