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Beginning the Analog Adventure

So I recently moved into a new appartment (and will revise my system accordingly soon) and just hooked up my music hall 2.1 again and it sounds better than ever, well everything in my new room sounds sooo much better...but really what hit me is that I want to move more into the analog direction as my system evolves.

so the question is where I go. right now I have a Music Hall 2.1 tt and rega phono stage running to my krell HTS as a preamp (in preamp mode) and then to krell mono's

I'm going to buy a bunch more vinyl either way, but should I upgrade my phono stage and TT now...and if so what should I look at.

thinking a price range of 500 to 1000 and am very willing to purchase used.

thanks for the input...my hi-fi store dosen't deal too much with analog

-Steve
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Stapimp, It's great to see another one finding the sound value in analog reproduction. The Music Hall is a fine start, enjoy it and start saving. I would side with the majority in this case to recommend for a more substantial turntable. It's very important in time for you to hear for yourself the difference a better table could bring. If you can seek out an A/B comparison great, all other things being equal you will hear the better table for its musicality. I realize today that might be tough and you may do your research on the web only to buy based on others review or opinion. That's fine too. The inherent problem with upgrading cartridges, arms, and phono amps is that without a substantial table you cannot support these upgrades and will not hear the greatest bang for your buck. Fact is you may create more problems in the sound than you fix IMHO. In ’83 I went the extra mile and bought the better table and although all the other components in the system have been upgraded a couple of times the original turntable has supported quite adeptly these changes all for the betterment in sound quality. Keep buying those records and happy listening!
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