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Piecing together a new system

post #1 of 4
7/28/11 at 6:49am
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I've been stuck in a tiny place for the last few years, unable to have a proper setup. I've been piecing together components and am finally moving to a nice sized house in the fall. I will have an office where I plan to keep my records and do the bulk of my listening. I'm not going to have speakers in there (yet), just headphones (recently purchased Grado 325is). I am running a vintage 1970s Rega P2 with a Grado Gold cartridge on it.

 

I was using an older receiver that I'll be keeping with my TV in the living room, so I have some options to buy new gear.

 

So basically, I'm in the market for a phono stage and a headphone amp, or some kind of hybrid of the two. This stuff will be living in the office. I would like to keep it under $250 for each item. The Cambridge 640P seemed like a great solution for the phono stage.

 

Based on my circumstances, what do you guys think?

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post #2 of 4
8/1/11 at 8:21pm
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Nobody has any recommendations? I don't really know anything about amps or phono stages so I figured I'd ask..

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post #3 of 4
8/3/11 at 1:27pm

I'd suggest buying the phono stage used off Audiogon to save some money, as these are pretty reliable devices. You can search the amp forum for recommendations for the 325is - I think a nice basic tube amp would be best, and again, buying used makes your money go further - you can check out the for sale forums here for a good head amp!

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post #4 of 4
8/4/11 at 3:16am

wrong forum!

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