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Melos MA220 tube phono stage

Hi I bought this dedicated Melos MA220 Phono Stage and now need advise what would be a good turntable to match is up with? Budget $500 to $1000 Used. Not sure if I should have spent so much on the preamp before I have a turntable. Just getting back into Analog since the rest of my system is close to were I want it.

I can't find info on it. It has one set of inputs (MM/MC?) and 2 sets of outputs.
ronald_p
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stringreen
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Melos was a very good high quality component. I used to know George but that was 30 years ago....he was sick then...I'm not so sure he's still around. After such a long time, I wonder if your unit is playing well.
lewm
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Some bogus company took over Melos after George Melos. It was located in Las Vegas, not inappropriately. They hornswaggled several Melos owners on incompetent and overpriced repairs, etc. I don't know whether they still control the brand name, but beware of them. One of my friends sent them an amplifier that was first returned broken, then sent back to them, then not returned to him at all, ever. Albeit, this was at least 10 years ago.
dgarretson
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Lew, IIRC the owner/repairman of that operation died and thereafter the customer equipment remaining on-site evaporated. I believe it was called "Melos Audio Restoration" and was unaffiliated with the original Melos. I had a nice MA333G that fortunately never required repairs.
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