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Technics 1200G phono recommendations

I plan to purchase a Technics 1200G turntable. Need recommendations for a phono stage. Budget under under 3k, used ok. I do not want to exceed the quality of the turntable, if that makes sense. Would also appreciate recommendations on Ortofon cartridge to match the level of TT. 
Will pair it with Mastersound 845 tube amp and Diapason adamantes III speakers. 

How much difference  does a tube phono make? Is it safe to assume that SS phono will be just as good as tube phono? I'd like to have a totally analog system, including a tube phono, but not sure how much SS phono will take away from analog sound. 
ei001h
hezagenius
11 posts
 
I'm in the same boat as the OP.  Another stage I'm looking at is the Pro-ject Phono Box RS2.  Seems like it covers a lot of bases but it's very new so I haven't seen any user reviews yet.
inna
8,240 posts
 
Nope. If you want SS go higher than Gold Note and Musical Surroundings.
There should be a match, electrical and musical between phono stage and the rest of the amplification chain. You need an advice of someone in the know.
Yes, there is Luxman, there is Allnic etc.
speakermaster
738 posts
 
The most important part of a phono stage is accuracy and quiet tube or solid state does not matter but if you use very efficient speakers you will want solid state to avoid noise in your table and i would try a more warm cartridge than an ortofon on the technics table like a dynavector you want to avoid a detailed cartridge with a table that is detail oriented.
ei001h OP
305 posts
 
Cartridge most likely Ortofon MC Cadenza blue. Does that change anything? 
inna
8,240 posts
 
Well, it might get complicated. If the table is "detail oriented" this doesn't mean that you want to screw this up by using cartridge that can't make use of that. Cartridge can be both warm enough and detailed.
As for SS/tube depending on speaker efficiency, I don't know but not sure this is correct.  You don't want noisy phono stage in any case. Also, the choice of tubes may matter.
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