I'm not an expert but

Posted by newdreams (A) on July 22, 2012 at 12:19:59

In Reply to: The weakest link? posted by zutroye on July 22, 2012 at 11:38:42:

I'd play around first with free stuff: component damping and speaker placement, room treatment with rugs or wall hangings if needed, then look at cartridges and speakers. I've also got an affordable vintage system with a Rega Planar 3 (Onkyo P306RS preamp, Hitachi HMA 7500 power amp, Paradigm 9SEs).

Around here for a couple of hundred bucks you can buy a pair of Paradigm 7SEs, vintage JBLs, KEFs or others that you could resell if they are not better in your room than your present speakers. That would give you a chance to try out different speakers in your room, assuming you can't borrow some.

Others will no doubt suggest cartridges. I'm using several, including a Sumiko Black Pearl, but my favorite is an older ADC XLM MkIII which others here have praised. I haven't heard the Grados.

Good luck with the experiment!

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Topic - The weakest link? - zutroye 11:38:42 07/22/12 (21)

Onkyo AVR phono sections - Macromusic 18:30:55 07/24/12 (1)

RE: Onkyo AVR phono sections - zutroye 20:07:58 07/24/12 (0)

RE: The weakest link? - zutroye 19:12:50 07/23/12 (4)

BTW - mark111 16:11:45 07/24/12 (0)

Cambridge phono is good for the money... - kuma 21:19:52 07/23/12 (2)

Agree (nt) - mark111 15:41:06 07/24/12 (0)

RE: Cambridge phono is good for the money... - 6bq5 12:06:11 07/24/12 (0)

Repair vs. upgrade? - CometCKO 13:53:35 07/23/12 (0)

RE: The weakest link? - jupiterboy 08:21:13 07/23/12 (0)

RE: The weakest link? - vinyl survivor 17:16:53 07/22/12 (0)

RE: The weakest link? - welly 16:15:28 07/22/12 (0)

RE: The weakest link? - Hi-Fidelity 15:26:52 07/22/12 (4)

RE: The weakest link? - zutroye 16:58:02 07/22/12 (3)

6 year old cartridge? - kuma 19:53:22 07/22/12 (2)

RE: 6 year old cartridge? - zutroye 20:43:05 07/22/12 (1)

If you allotted 500 bucks.... - kuma 21:41:38 07/22/12 (0)

Phono pre - mark111 14:30:07 07/22/12 (0)

RE: The weakest link? - Cuernavaca 14:09:13 07/22/12 (0)

I'm not an expert but - newdreams 12:19:59 07/22/12 (0)

RE: The weakest link? - musetap 12:04:36 07/22/12 (1)

RE: The weakest link? - zutroye 13:52:36 07/22/12 (0)

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