[analogsurviver]

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You think that's bad?
 

Not really for an AV receiver. Except once "installed", people usually leave it alone for long(er) time. If you come home at 02:00 AM and are diyng to hear the recording you've just made while it is still fresh in your memory ( recordings usually are made late afternoons "until finished" = usually around midnight ) and have to switch cables AGAIN - that is another story.

 

[Skylab]

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JUST FOUND THIS

 
Thats probably worth $75! You will need to get a phono preamp, but that's not a big deal - $50 for an entry level one and you will be playing records.
 
Ask them though how old the stylus is on that cartridge - you may want to buy a new stylus for it to be safe, also not a big deal.

 

[Mdraluck23]

There is also a technics SL-6 for 25$. How do the two compare?

 

[Grevlin]

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You think that's bad?
 

 

  

 
Looks like the back of my Onkyo 606. The 606 used to be my primary home theater receiver/amp until the HDMI switcher crapped out. Thank goodness I tossed it in the closet cuz now it works just fine for audio. (for now - next will be tube amp for sure)

 

[BLACKENEDPLAGUE]

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Looks like the back of my Onkyo 606. The 606 used to be my primary home theater receiver/amp until the HDMI switcher crapped out. Thank goodness I tossed it in the closet cuz now it works just fine for audio. (for now - next will be tube amp for sure)

Lol, bought a 606 off ebay once, it also had faulty HDMI. Upon looking it up the hdmi going out was chronic for that part of Onkyo's line

 

[analogsurviver]

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There is also a technics SL-6 for 25$. How do the two compare?

SL-6 is a bit ( OK - not just bit ) plasticky - but it is a linear tracking Technics. Depends in what condition it is in - if arm mechanism works etc. If you do not mind doing some servicing, definitely worth $ 25 - once up and running, although not the level of SL-DL 1 I posted some time ago, it can surprise many - listeners and other turntables many times the price. Extreme comfort - next to impossible to scratch a record, destroy a stylus - and it has programming for 10 songs !
 
P mount cartridge needed. How its relatives sound and what P mount carts are available and how do they sound 
 
www.p-mount.net
 
I would get it - and see how I like it compared to other tables. You might find it that $25 can buy you a mighty lots of good music.

 

[Mdraluck23]

I'm probably going to pick up both for 100, preamp for 50, we will see how they sound.

Which preamp is a good starter?

 

[grokit]

So I sent my Sl1200 MKII off to KAB for a re-work. Getting the Cardas tone-arm re-wire to an RCA phono plate, a tonearm fluid damper, and their outboard power supply which comes with a strobe disabler and voltage regulator/DC cable upgrade. The will also be setting me up with a fully-aligned Grado Silver1 Prestige cartridge, we'll see how much I can get out of it! Pics to come in the other thread hopefully in a few weeks. I will be selling a very nice Denon DL-103/DL-103R/AU-300LC package soon to help pay for this if anyone is interested.

 

[matthewh133]

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So I sent my Sl1200 MKII off to KAB for a re-work. Getting the Cardas tone-arm re-wire to an RCA phono plate, a tonearm fluid damper, and their outboard power supply which comes with a strobe disabler and voltage regulator/DC cable upgrade. The will also be setting me up with a fully-aligned Grado Silver1 Prestige cartridge, we'll see how much I can get out of it! Pics to come in the other thread hopefully in a few weeks. I will be selling a very nice Denon DL-103/DL-103R/AU-300LC package soon to help pay for this if anyone is interested.

 
Looking forward to see how it turns out!

 

[Eee Pee]

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 Grado Silver1 Prestige cartridge... I will be selling a very nice Denon DL-103

 
What prompts this change?

 

[grokit]

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Looking forward to see how it turns out!

 
Me too!
 
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What prompts this change?

 
Kind of a long story, but I decided that a low-output MC cart/step-up transformer isn't for me right now as I want to keep things as simple as possible. I would probably hold onto them and try again later, but this upgrade is costing me a pretty penny so I'm selling the (virtually unused) LOMC stuff off for now as I am trying to keep a leash on the overall investment.

 

[awsanderson]

I love it when my mail comes in packages the size of records. 

 

[Grevlin]

I love it when my mail comes in packages the size of records. 

Yup. I've had three such vinyl-proportioned packages so far.

 

[Skylab]

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I'm probably going to pick up both for 100, preamp for 50, we will see how they sound.

Which preamp is a good starter?

 
For $50, this one sounds surprisingly good.
 
http://www.phonopreamps.com/tc750pp.html

 

[calipilot227]

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I'm probably going to pick up both for 100, preamp for 50, we will see how they sound.

Which preamp is a good starter?

 
I've got the Pro-Ject Phonobox:
 
http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Ject-Audio-Phono-preamp-output/dp/B007DB5I60/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1364005572&sr=8-1&keywords=pro-ject+phonobox
 
Sounds great, and works with MC cartridges too if you ever decide to upgrade.