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RE: Bellari VP129 Grado SR60e Combo Not Loud Enough

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Alex F.

In Reply to: RE: Bellari VP129 Grado SR60e Combo Not Loud Enough posted by E-Stat on October 14, 2014 at 11:50:59

"You really need a high output cartridge to run it solo."

Unfortunately, his Ortofon phono cartridge (presumably the Red or Blue, both rated at 5.5mv) is already at the top of the heap for rated output.

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Well then... - E-Stat 13:54:54 10/14/14 (2)
perhaps there's not a good answer. :)

I had a VP-129 for a couple of years myself, but never used the headphone jack.
- Bellari Home Decor - For That Vinyl-Loving-Bachelor Tube Motif - Vinylized 06:55:53 10/15/14 (1)
  I think the most telling phrase here is "I had...". I'm still trying to figure out what the Bellari is actually useful for: as a pre-amp plugged into a power amp; useless (see link below, to past problems) as a headphone amp (disregard what is written RIGHT ON the damn thing); useless.
  
  I'm thinking it's some sort of "Yuppie, look at my glowing tubey paperweight/vinyl rig that I can't listen to/home decor thing" maybe?
  - http://db.audioasylum.com/mhtml/m.html?forum=amp&n=153418&hi (Open in New Window)
  - I found that for not much more... - E-Stat 07:32:23 10/15/14 (0)
    I was able to buy a used NAD C-160 preamp. Since it has a MC input, I was able to bring an 80s vintage Shinon Red out of mothballs and have it retipped by Soundsmith. That worked much better than the Bellari/Shure M97E.
    
    That lasted for a couple of years until I replaced the main preamp upstairs and moved an older ARC SP9 to the garage system.

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