Schiit Mani w/ Ortofon 2m Blue?

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I have an Thorens td203 tt w/ Ortofon 2m Blue and cheap Berhringer pp400 phono pre into a Mystere a11 tube amp w/ Seas Froy 3 speakers.
The sound is veiled yet thin w/ shrill highs on many vinyl recordings. My budget is small and I'm considering the Schiit Mani to upgrade the phono preamp. Is this pairing good w/ Ortofon Blue and will it add more body in addition to the added detail.
Thanks
Mike

[steve-z]

The Schiit Mani is a very good phono stage for MM cartridges, I had one for quite a while and during that time it worked well with the Nagaoka MP110 and Audio Technica AT120EB, not sure how it will match the 2M Blue, but I doubt it would be problematic. The Mani can be difficult to come by, I had to wait for quite a few weeks before Schiit.EU had any stock. I only sold mine as it doesn’t work well with MC cartridges due to the ridiculously low input impedance they set, which only suits a small minority of cartridges. Due to the rarity value I actually sold mine on ebay at a reasonable profit on what I paid. If you intend to stick with MM it should be fine.
For quite a bit less money you could consider the Angle Audio phono stage which is very well liked on here.

http://www.angleaudio.co.uk/

Or for a similar price the Edwards Audio Apprentice.

http://www.talkelectronics.com/phono...-mm-equaliser/
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I am using an Ortofon Blue at the moment while my Shure V15 is being re-tipped.

I've used it with a Trichord Dino and an Audio Innovations valve stage and I really like it with both. Not a massive step down from the Shure tbh.

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I live in USA so the Mani is easier to get for me. The Angle Audio and Tricord look nice, but I'm not sure if they're available here.

[steve-z]

Although I’ve not heard one personally I’ve heard several people describe the. 2M Blue as thin sounding, as I’m not familiar with your speakers I’m wondering if there might be a mismatch if your speakers are a little on the bright side of neutral and it could be that a change of phono stage might exacerbate the problem rather than improve it.
Ideally you could really do with trying the phono stage before you go ahead and buy one. If a smoother stage is what you need then perhaps a Rega Fono MM or a Graham Slee Gramamp would be better, they’re both very detailed and smooth sounding.


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Thanks Steve Z. I was thinking the Rega Fono would be a good match but a little more than I have to spend now. I may have to endure what I have a little longer.

[Stryder5]

Is your cartridge alignment correct?

Try aligning your cartridge slightly tail down, this may help and costs nothing

Gary

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Yes aligned perfectly.
I'll just have to try Mani, since it's my budget, and see if any improvement.

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Hi
The schitt mani is a mighty fine phono stage, i had one and only parted with it as i moved to mc.
If i ever went back to mm i wouldn't consider anything else unless under 400 quid

Steve...

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Yup had one too. Prefer the one I have now but they were fairly close For money it's hard to beat