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post #31 of 38
2/2/09 at 9:23am
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well I got it all sorted and calibrated The records sound good and that's on a cheap pre amp at the moment.

Now I'm going to have to decide between a couple of phono stages.

I'm tossing up between the Cambridge Audio 640P, and the Project Phonobox MKII. Which one do people like better?

Thanks

Edit: Thanks for everyone's help Would never have got my record playing working on my own
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post #32 of 38
2/2/09 at 8:49pm
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well I got it all sorted and calibrated The records sound good and that's on a cheap pre amp at the moment.

Now I'm going to have to decide between a couple of phono stages.

I'm tossing up between the Cambridge Audio 640P, and the Project Phonobox MKII. Which one do people like better?

Thanks

Edit: Thanks for everyone's help Would never have got my record playing working on my own
I see that Earthshaking Music has the Phono Box II listed @ $119. If all you ever want to do is run MM cartridges through your Rega then you will need no other preamp than this unit. It has a 40 db gain that will light up even the the weakest of the high output MC cartridges. Its a very nice phono preamp.
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post #33 of 38
2/2/09 at 11:34pm
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Hm they seem to be out of stock. Also, I live in Australia and the cheapest price I've found here is $225 AUD. The CA 640P is $300 AUD. which is the better deal ?

edit: the turntable is currently using an AT95E cartridge and stylus. I don't really have plans to change that at the moment.
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post #34 of 38
2/3/09 at 9:47am
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Hm they seem to be out of stock. Also, I live in Australia and the cheapest price I've found here is $225 AUD. The CA 640P is $300 AUD. which is the better deal ?
Have you tried looking for an older 2nd hand integrated amp from NAD maybe? 2-300 dollars sounds like a lot to spend on a pre-amp. Have you looked for the TCC ones? Remember these things are small so international shipping won't be that bad unless you get hit by import tax.
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post #35 of 38
2/3/09 at 9:52am
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hi,

Probably not interested in an integrated amp as we have a nice valve amp already. I have looked at the TCC ones but was unsure as to how they compared against something like the Cambridge 640P. The TCC would probably end up costing around $150 AUD.
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post #36 of 38
2/3/09 at 10:24am
Well unless you are short of space or fussed about looking at non matching vintage gear, then a lot of old integrated amps, which you can pick up cheaply, will have good phonostages and you can use them just as a phono pre-amp by running the tape outs to line ins on your other amp. The NAD ones even have Pre-out and Lab-out which by-pass all the internal switching thus minimising signal degradation.

In terms of SQ, read that link to the Italian online Hi-Fi mag TNT which I posted at the top of this thread. They rate the TCC better than a NAD PP1 which would be about equivalent to a NAD integrated. They also say it's pretty much on a par with the Pro-Ject. All this stuff is probably coming from the same Chinese factory. With the Pro-Ject / Cambridge you are just getting a slightly tweaked up European implementation in a nicer box.

In the context of a budget rig running an AT-95E you

a) won't hear a huge difference

b) are better off saving money for the cart / turntable upgrades or records you will no doubt be splurging cash on when the vinyl bug bites you.
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post #37 of 38
2/3/09 at 7:31pm
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hmm you've given me some things to think about.
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post #38 of 38
2/4/09 at 8:20pm
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hmm you've given me some things to think about.
I generally have to agree with memepool. Phono preamps make the least difference. Of all of the inexpensive phono preamps available, its really hard to beat a Hagerman Bugle. Probably the best thing to start with for someone needing a preamp quickly is to just get a TCC TC-750 and enjoy the turntable. Down the road you could order the Bugle kit and build the thing. Once you hear the Bugle, you could always put the TC-750 in a 2nd system or give it to a friend and you wont have much invested.
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