Starting at turntable:
Tonearm upgrade. Triplanar, Schroder CB. Depends how many armboard options can he found. Cart upgrade when time comes.
Phono preamp. Big Allnic? Audiospecials Phonolab? Lamm? Used Klyne 7?
I am enjoying my analog system, but what can I do to improve?
I currently have Technics 1200G turntable with Dynavector 17XD cartridge playing through Kitsune LCR 1 MK5 phono pre and Allnic L7000 preamp. My amps are Pass X350.5 and Benchmark AHB2 driving Sound Lab ESL speakers. My system sounds great, but I am wondering how I can take my system to another level. What do you think?
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@chungjh for all I know the system /room are working fine but as noted above not the usual space for a dipole. If you are happy with how its working I would stand by my first post. Controlled directivity, and corner or rear wall boundary speakers would seem more suited if you want to think about a speaker change. I happen to be scheduled to test, and if that goes well represent, a new and very interesting speaker for rear wall boundary placement, and of course there are vintage horn speakers that fit these requirements too... |
Not sure where this thread is going versus the original question...but if the new question is 'do higher quality turntable systems sound better than what OP has' the answer is YES, costs and diminishing returns aside. Top Micro, Top Technics, CS Port, Gran Prix, Dohmann, and etc. Maybe easier to parce options if a budget range were developed. |
OK, in the absence of budget indications, two ideas, new product, table and phono: 3-4x price increase - STST Motus IIDQ+ Audiospecials Phonolab. Caveat is that I sell both this table and phono in North America. A few tonearm options..
10-20x price increase - CS Port table, arm and phono. Maybe an isolation table. This combo is super duper good making it ' bang for the buck' even though not inexpensive. |