@facten - you are correct; I thought it was lower in price compared to the 1200G; they are not far apart.
What turntable in the $2500 range?
I am so confused and I hope I can get some clarity and good advice in picking my next turntable.
At this time I can afford (wife decided budget...) to spend up to $2.5K.
I am using a Parasound ZC ZPhonoXRM (MM/MC) phono preamp, Parasound A51 biamping B&W 802 Nautilus.
On the new market I am lookng at Rega 6 (Ania MC), MoFi Ultradeck (MC?), Music Hall mmf 7.3
I am listening to almost evrything but I want to start focusing on Jazz, Blues, Irish music, Southern rock (Lynyrd Skynrd, Creedance Clearwater Revival) and some classical as well.
My focus is on soundstage, vocals and details with a warm sound.
Please let me know your thoughts on my choices and feel free to suggest anything else you think it could work, even if it is used.
One more question: why all the above turntable do not allow removable shells? I would like to experiment and try different cartridges like I was doing when I was a teenager...
Thank you for reading the post.
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New: I’ve never seen/hear one, but you might consider an SL-1500 silver, black, or white
says it has features needed for alternate headshells adjustable VTA adjustable azimuth comes with a dust cover, adjustable feet, optional phono pre (helps with resale) auto lift at end of play is a treat ...................................... open box usually gets full oem warranty, confirm
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@lewm You raise an interesting point. That fixed headshell arms outperform interchangeable ones is a given for me. Undoubtedly there are many reasons. SME Canada, who rebuilt both my Series II and III arms a year ago, stressed the advantage that you bring up of having continuous wire from cartridge to phono stage. No breaks, no noise, nothing to interfere with the signal. I am sure that is part of it. I also notice at least with SME arms, that the slightly lower mass of the fixed headshell variety results in better tracking performance all else equal. It was this observation that drove my decision to convert my own arm to fixed. A recent experience with AnalogMagik on my Technics GAE turntable, where I discovered that using an aftermarket headshell that weighed 12 grams, vs. 8 grams for the OEM headshell resulted in the arm/cartridge resonance frequency being out of spec too high is also instructive. Even a slight increase in mass at the headshell can have a detrimental impact on overall performance. I have new found admiration and respect for Shure and that little brush they developed for their V-15 series cartridges to ameliorate some of these effects. |
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