Budget to about £300
Have previously really liked IQ2 / 3 and also 2M Black, though that is a completely ridiculous PITA to set up optimally.
Anybody got anything they want to move on ?
Budget to about £300
Have previously really liked IQ2 / 3 and also 2M Black, though that is a completely ridiculous PITA to set up optimally.
Anybody got anything they want to move on ?
I’ve not got anything mate, but look at a Nagaoka MP-300, which you should be able to get new around that money. If you’re prepared to spend a bit more, the jump to the MP-500 is worthwhile.
My mate has a MP-500 on an Audiomods RB300 on a SL1210 and it’s truly fantastic.
I also have an MP-500 on my 1210.
I previously had a couple of MP-200s, which were more than adequate.
If you get a 300, you can always stick a 500 stylus on it later as they use the same fixings.
Having done a bit of reading on the Nags, I’m a bit concerned they will be a bit polite for my system. It’ll be going through a valve phono stage, into a Class A power amp, so already a lot of smoothness going on.
If you’re going to stick with MM, just get a Goldring 1042 and stick with it.
You will regret not going down the MC route though.
What’s the arm?
If I go 1042, I might as well go back to IQ2 or 3
OL Silver
Look if the Hana ML comes in and sounds fab then I’ll have an SL for sale which you will not regret
Do that then. What are you expecting from a different MM?
Don’t really understand that. The most dynamic systems I have ever heard have those in the mix.
Get a Decca then
I currently have a cheapish MC and it’s OK but I’ve owned far better MM’s, which to beat with MC I think I will need to spend a heap on cart and SUT.
Quite possibly so, with a better matched cart.
The moon on a stick is very hard to find
Don’t recall asking for the moon on a stick ; just a cart that better suits me and for my budget I think it will have to be MM.
Don’t take it like that, Mike. I’m just saying that there are a lot of options out there, but most of them require a flexible budget. You obviously don’t get on with your current MC. No big deal, I’m sure you’ll find a suitable solution.
Yeah, sorry about that arsey response Paul; having a bit of a mare with stereo’s at the moment, what with my cart ‘issues’ and the bloody TT is playing up again, too.
First world problems, eh ?
Indeed.
Frustrating all the same though.