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You have a point there, although I still don't understand why someone would choose MM for the left channel and MC for the right one 

Catcher10 wrote: Any of the NAD phono preamps are good, better than your Pioneer one. Also look into the Emotiva XPS-1 as it gets rave reviews as an entry level phono preamp, and it can handle MC carts too, sells for $150.00. Either one will improve your analog end. Bad electricity in your house, not much you can do about that.......

This is strange, what's the use of choosing a different cartridge type and resistance value per channel 

Edited by Meltdowner - June 14 2016 at 11:08

^ Thanks for the suggestion, it seems great. I bet even CD's will sound much better through it than the home theater amp it's currently connected to. The store where I bought my TT has it for much less than that I should get a preamp first though 

I know, extra-extra shielded would be especially great to attenuate the interferences during the day. It's so bad I can only listen to vinyl or record my music during the night

^ My amp is a Pioneer SA-520 but I rarely use speakers, I prefer headphones. I'll have to make another test by moving the flat/bass knob, it's always in the middle. Either way, I'll not buy a new one for now, getting a new phono cable is prioritary: a good one that isn't absurdly expensive and can be shipped from Europe

Michael P. Dawson wrote: Just scored this one from eBay after hearing Ramsey's version of "Slippin' into Darkness." LOVE this cover. This copy was actually still in the shrink-wrap, but it has some light water damage along the open edge, which I may be able to clean up a bit.

^ I don't think I've heard that song since the late 70's !! I think the folks were still listening to AM radio......on the 'wireless'

Catcher10 wrote: Nice albums guys!!! 174 pages of the best thread on PA.....well maybe about 130 pages, some I wish we could delete .

Indeed More 174 will follow


There was a big flea market in town and I found a seller that buys records so I got rid of a lot of vinyl in bad condition or that I didn't like (goodbye Meat Loaf and VdGG ). I sold my copy of Nursery Cryme, I'm thinking about ordering Nick Davies' remix. My vinyl collection is cleansed now


I got another batch of Italian Prog on vinyl

My favourite album of 2015. I already had the CD but I couldn't resist buying this limited hand-numbered edition It was good to compare though, I really like the sound of the bass guitar (mixed very low on CD), drums and violin, it's livelier. However the keyboards sound better on CD (if you look at the enormous amount of keyboards in the credits you can see it's really important ), they kind of get buried by the bass. I think the problem is the amp here, I'll need to get one with more natural sounding bass. Hmm, I'm unhappy with my system, the upgrade bug is back

Tom Ozric wrote: ^ I like the cover too What's it like ??

Just scored this one from eBay after hearing Ramsey's version of "Slippin' into Darkness." LOVE this cover. This copy was actually still in the shrink-wrap, but it has some light water damage along the open edge, which I may be able to clean up a bit.