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In Reply to: RE: Inexpensive TT posted by PAR on January 18, 2017 at 15:07:41
The TT is a Music Hall MMF-5 bought new at least 20 years ago so old it was the one that has a glass platter. The cart I was and will get is a Ortofon 2MM Red $100 bucks I can afford that. Arms I know nothing about but am willing to learn. I believe with my limited knowledge that a new cart and have the TT set up better it will improve my sound. Also have a Yaquin 23 B that I run instead of going thru my Pas 3X all other equipment is vintage tube amps and speakers. I come here because of the knowledge that is here and I don't get beat up for being of limited knowledge and disabled.
Which makes everything 100 times harder to get done because I can't physically do it myself. But the loss of health was for a good cause.
Thank you all again. Hey we all love music that is why we try to get the most out of it right?
kindablue
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That's the same exact turntable I have. It's not an entry level turntable IMO but rather an entry into the high end of turntables.
That turntable originally came with the Goldring 1012GX MM cart. Go see the price of a new one. The stylus alone costs over $300. It's not entry level at all.
It is a gateway drug though. :)
Your MMF-5 is a fine music maker, sort of in the same range as the lower level Rega models. It should should sound very good provided it is correctly set up. It might be considered an entry level component in "audiophile" circles but it is still much better than lots of cheap, mass market stuff.
I don't know where you reside but if you have a disability and have difficulty setting up your cartridge, I bet someone here would be happy to stop by and set it up for no charge? I am in the DC metro area and would be happy to bring my Feickert alignment rig/digital VTF scale over to make sure your new cartridge is properly installed and aligned, if you live within an hour drive of this area?
I appreciate the offer! I would have you over just for booze and tunes! I have my local hi-fi shop go through the turntable every few years to make sure everything is still ship-shape.
Thanks to Mr. Fremer and his online videos, I've learned how to set up a turntable pretty well, but I still don't have the higher end tools. Considering the cost of professional setup, learning how to do it is a handy skill and the tools would probably pay for themselves in a year or two. Plus it would be a great way to help out fellow enthusiasts. I would have to be paid in beer, whiskey, wine, cider or mead. :)
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Great because this gives me a chance to have a little rave about the Ortofon 2M Red. The top of the line Black gets lots of deserved audiophile mileage but the Red is also a real star IMO.
A couple of years ago my friend bought a used Rega Planar (1,2 or 3 - can't remember, but an early one) as a present for his stepson and asked me to fit a cartridge to it. He turned up with an Ortofon Red. Duly fitted I checked it out through my system. At the time both I and my friend were running multi-thousand dollar Lyras in our respective systems. The Red started to play and we looked at each other and simultaneously said "Wow". Even straight out of the box we were amazed at just how much of the performance of our v. expensive rigs it offered ( with the Rega , of course). It got me to regard the 2M range highly and I have since bought one of them for myself (the 2M Mono SE cart).
The Red is not arm fussy and is a breeze to install. I cannot imagine that you will have anything other than a great time.
On the disabilty front I guess I now have a small one of my own as I have lost the sight in my right eye and the left one isn't that great. Makes fitting cartridges bloody hard! And typing :-( .
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