God, why did I try my first LP = upgrade
I agree with the earlier posts you will probably hear the most improvement if you upgrade your phono pre and/or your turntable and cartridge. IMHO you will likely have to move farther up in $ in the source area than in the phono pre area to hear similar improvement. Therefore I would suggest moving up in phono pre first. With your MMF 2.1 there are any number of good pre-amps under say $500 - at the low end the NAD pp-2 or the Cambridge Audio 540 or 640 p. A good used and somewhat older model that can be found in the $200-300 range is the Acurus p-10. A little higher and you have tube phono pre the Jolida 9 which can be upgraded in a number of ways including the simply higher end tubes. Then you get the to $500 range and you get to the Pro-ject Tube Box SE mentioned in an earlier post and the options start increasing with the money you are ready to spend. I would start at the low to mid end and you can buy listen and then if you want turnover and move up without a large increase in investment. |
I would put a recording cleaning machine as a low-to-no priority. Personally, I prefer the Disc Doctor manual system, supplemented by steam cleaning, as needed. When you clean records manually you can focus on the problem areas and get a better cleaning. With a RCM all areas get the same level of treatment. Dave |
Take a look at this thread. |
