No question, more is better. My sample of B25 is 19 layers of birch, 18 of phenolic in 19mm, right on spec.
One turntable with two arms, or two turntables with one each - which would you prefer?
Which would you prefer, if budget allowed: one turntable with two tonearms or two turntables with one each? What would your decision criteria be?
And the corollary: one phono preamp with multiple inputs or two phono preamps?
Assume a fixed budget, but for the purposes of this question, the budget is up to the responder. Admittedly for this type of setup, there will be a sizeable investment once all components of the chain are factored in.
I'm curious to hear how people would decide for themselves the answer to this question. Or maybe you've already made this decision - what do you like about your decision or what would you differently next time?
Cheers.
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"Dogberry, what phono stage provides 5 pairs of phono inputs?" Five inputs are available in the huge and delightful Musical Fidelity NuVistor Vinyl. It remembers what you have set for each one (each can be MM - with eight capacitative loading settings, or MC - with eight resistance loadings, +6dB or no - which helps to make the output similar such that by changing from one table/tonearm to another you don't have to dash to the pre-amp to alter the volume). |
best groove I nearly bought the hard to find JVC Victor CL-P3 Three arm-board plinth. Luckily, the seller showed a ruler in the photos, and I realized: in order to get a 3rd removable arm board on the left, and not be too wide overall, they moved the main arm board on the right side closer to the TT by cutting the arm board into a curved shape. Luckily I realized, my 12.5" long arm will not fit. My CL-P2 plinth main armboard is further away, allows my longer spindle to pivot length needed. I’m not sure what the longest arm a CL-P3 fits. Victor's 7082 long arm is actually only 270 s/p and 12mm overhang: total effective length 282mm (11-1/8") my blackbird needs 304mm s/p plus 13mm overhang: 317mm effective length (12.5")
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@pindac Have you tried slate? I have a 50mm Pennsylvania slate plinth under my rebuilt Garrard 401 with excellent results. interestingly, I tried granite and found it to sound quite poor. |
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