Paging the hi-fi-isti II

Does anyone have a phono pre-amp that is no longer required kicking around
anywhere ?

Beer tokens available.

 

They're only about 20 quid in Maplin if you're happy with something that
audiophiles would laugh at.

 

There's also a reason that the audiophiles laugh at them.

 

Well, yes - but for most people? - would it really be an issue?

 

I bought a reasonable quality JVC amp with a phono input and a blown output
transistor for £5 from a second-hand shop.
Works fine for plugging the record deck into my soundcard to rip vinyl to
MP3.

 

Mmmm.... Don't want to buy another amp, as I have a pioneer vsx-909 home
cinema amp, with everything in the house wired through it.
Its all neatly (yeah right) wired into a stack, the thought of trying to
break the stack down and adding another amp scares me more than a trip to
see the accountant.

 

My PC is in the study, the HiFi gear is all in the living room.

Just moving the record deck, when I wanted to rip vinyl, was much easier
than moving both the deck and the amp, which already has a phono input but
is also the centre of the cable spiders web.

Hence the temporary (pre)amp located with the PC.

Sounds like you're looking to solve a different problem but don't forget
that a old amp just used for it's pre-amp stage doesn't need any access,
since the controls (once the source is set) have no effect, and there's very
little cooling requirement as the output stage is unused. It may not be
technically elegent but you could quite happily just tuck it in corner or
down the back.

Granted a purpose-built unit would be smaller but the cheap ones are crap
and the good ones are expensive.

 

Not if your idea of enjoying music is listening to a boom box. If
you're after even moderate sound quality it is likely to be.

In other words, don't that kind of pikey shit if you don't want to ruin
your ears.

 

Half way decent ones aren't that much.

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Ahh... everythings in one small room for me, I could probably find space for
a smaller pre-amp, but not for another hifi sized component.

I spotted Item number: 290074808873 CREEK OBH-9 PHONO PRE AMP but I guess
this can only be used with MC Cartridges.

I've got a Technics SL1210MKII fitted with a Stanton 500 Cartridge, but for
the life of me I can't seem to remember or google whether its Moving Coil or
Moving Magnet ! Any ideas ?

 

"ruin your ears"

My, you hi-fi-isti are a precious lot.

 

Forgetting this thread in particular but generalising, I sometimes
wonder if you couldn't just change the subject and certain key words
all the way through the thread and end up with the same people posting
the same basic content time after time after time.

Try it next time there's a thread slagging off Microsoft and you'll
see what I mean.

 

What are you then, a fucking philosopher now?

BTW I think you're probably right.

 

Dunno, but I have an Technics SL-BD22D which I connect to a fairly
budget Sony stack (or my VAIO) via a 'Project Phono Box'. My ears have
clearly then been "ruined".

Seems it works with both but has been discontinued (no doubt a MkIi
version is available):
http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/page/moreinfo.cfm/Product_ID/226
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A quick blast to Maplin in Oxford this morning saw me return with a £22
SP-24A Stereo Phono Preamplifier.

It sounds marvellous to me, coupled to a Pioneer home cinema amp and B&W
speakers.

 

Moving Magnet.

 

Or tyres.
Or bikes.
Or supermarkets.

 

Or Italian Cars.

 

Try British cars.

I recently chickened out of riding the bike in the snow and rather than
rent or buy another car I grabbed my dear old dads Rover 114 Gta.

Whilst it's been nice not having to worry about scraping my shiney
motorbike down the road. I have felt strangely vulnerable in the thing.

My brain has just about imploded trying to figure out how it was allowed
to be designed and manufactured. Never mind who the hell bought it when
it was new.

 

Ahhh... right .... that's a Mini Metro in English right ?