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In Reply to: RE: Analog Rig - Upgrade Suggestions Needed posted by salesbury on February 02, 2016 at 15:09:31
Can it sound better? The honest answer is yes - if you are willing to pay the price. Inexpensive tweaks likely will yield "different" sound, not necessarily better sound. But the best relatively cheap tweak is to use some acoustic treatments in your listening room. Climbing the cost ladder, the next thing to consider is the quality of the tubes you are using. Check out the tubes asylum for suggestions keyed to your integrated amp. Next, comes the electricity you're feeding the system. A good A/C regenerator such as those sold by PS Audio, might help. But to get seriously better sound, the key elements are the transducers in your system - the phono cartridge and the speakers. I'd say the cartridge is the weak link, particularly as compared with the speakers. Here, unfortunately. Your integrated's low phono gain (44 db, according to the Rogue website) is a serious limiting factor - you can't use low output MC cartridges without a step-up transformer. So here is where money really enters the equation. The arm on your table is good enough for a seriously good LOMC such as the Lyra Delos, but the combined cost of the cart and a tranny, if bought new, likely would double your vinyl front end investment. Hope this helps.
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Don't know how yousay the 2MBlk is week link! To be a MM cart...its very good! I think all he needs to do is add a phono amp like a Musical Surroundings or Black Cube ll.
What I said was that relative to his speakers, his cartridge was the poorer transducer. Personally I think the Clearaudio Maestro Ebony V2 MM would blow the doors off it, as would any number of LOMC carts. But it's his money and his ears.
I've heard both carts and they aren't that far apart. Depends on the system synergy.
Just my opinion, but there is no need here for a LOMC cartridge to upgrade this system. On the other hand, I am not familiar with the pluses and minuses of the 2M Black. In any case, there are a lot of great MM and MI cartridges that will perform very well with 44db of gain in the phono stage, if it turns out the 2M Black is a limitation.
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