I'm looking to upgrade my vinyl rig and merge it with my headphone setup and am looking for reccomendations for a decent preamp with a phono stage for around $300. At the moment I have a headphone setup with CD/DAC and a seperate turntable setup with an old Sansui turntable and a Proton...

Well, unfortunatley I've lingered around here for too long and the bug has bit. I recently got a pair of Grado SR-80 from TTVJ and have pretty much decided that I'm going to take the further plunge and return them for the SR-225. Now, the question of an amplifier has surfaced. At the moment...

http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/n...celebrity_heds RIP Johnny

http://www.computers4sure.com/produc...ductid=2049377 I ordered a rio karma from them and didn't have any troubles. Looks like a good deal for anyone in the market for some in ear phones.

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