Calling all SL-1200/1210 owners!

[Marco]

LOL. Master and pupil at work - doncha just love it!

Mikey,

Rewinding back past the electonics for beginners class, fascinating as it is... What bloody sound do you like so I can recommend a bloody cartridge. I won't bloody ask you again!

Marco.

[Mike]

LOL. Master and pupil at work - doncha just love it!

Mikey,

Rewinding back past the electonics for beginners class, fascinating as it is... What bloody sound do you like so I can recommend a bloody cartridge. I won't bloody ask you again!

Marco.

I bloody answered you several bloody posts ago. Bloody muppet!

Scroll up a bit!

[Marco]

Hahahaha... I didn't bloody scroll down far enough on page 6 and missed your last bloody post! I'm bloody blind

Well, it depends on which phono stage I settle on, but considering present budget constraints I expect to be looking in the MM playground for now.

Sound wise - clean, detailed (but not too 'in yer face'), tight bass - my speakers can be a bit 'full' sounding thanks to twin quarter wave pipes, so nothing to exacerbate that tendency.

Remind me again of the maximum budget you have available for the cartridge, now that Richard appears to have saved you some money by going down the D.I.Y route for the phono stage. Suitable recommendations will then follow

Marco.

[Mike]

Let's say, hmmmm...... £150(ish). Oh, and it has to work well in a Hadcock GH228 (earlyish one with aluminium armtube).



P.S. Why do people bid like this? :

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Denon-DL-160-H...QQcmdZViewItem

You can buy a brand new one for less than £80!

[Prince of Darkness]

P.S. Why do people bid like this? :

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Denon-DL-160-H...QQcmdZViewItem

You can buy a brand new one for less than £80!

A lot of people have no idea of the value of what they are bidding on and assume it must be a bargain if it's on ebay. I've also seen cases where identical items from the same seller have been available as either auction or "buy it now" on seperate listings and the auction item has gone for a higher price!

[Mike]

Yes Kevin!... I guess there's still lots of mileage in the old saying 'There's one born every minute'!

Strange but true.

[Mike]

Hmmm...... I've found a Goldring 2500 for a pretty attractive price. I liked the 1024 I used a couple of years ago, I wonder how they compare?

Decision, desisions...

[Marco]

Let's say, hmmmm...... £150(ish). Oh, and it has to work well in a Hadcock GH228 (earlyish one with aluminium armtube).

Mike,

Could you go to one of these:

http://www.audiocubes2.com/category/...b93456ce01d1d7

They are extraordinarily good for the money, and as good as anything up to £1000! It's the usual 'the best stuff goes to the non-UK market' scenario. The AT-33PTG is a veritable giant-killer, and it has the balance of sonic virtues you're looking for. It is also far better than an OC-9!

Another option is the Denon DL-110, which is a high-output model you can use straight into a MM stage. It has a higher compliance than the DL-103, which I would normally recommend, but which wouldn't really suit the relatively low-mass of the Hadcock.

Otherwise, any of the Clearaudio MMs in your price range would be good, or the new Ortofon or Goldring MMs, or perhaps some of the Grados - most of these are within your budget.

Marco.

[Mike]

Hmmm...

Interesting choice, and a bit of a new one to me.

Too late though, I've already ordered a Goldring 2500 (I got bored waiting ).

Yes I'm going out on a limb here but I think it's more or less impossible to audition one first in the deck/arm combination I'm going to be using for the foreseeable future.

[Marco]

LOL. Nice one - I hope it works out

And that would be the SL-120, I presume?

Marco.