BobBob21
Prominent Member
I've little experience of turntables beyond the few I've owned and so would appreciate advice.
I upgraded my amp to an Arcam AVR550, added an Arcam rPhono stage and using Kef R500 fronts. Turntable is a c15 year old ClearAudio Emotion with the original Autumn Classic Wood MM.
With my old onkyo digital music was terrible in comparison to the turntable; thin, lifeless, unengaging and so I listened to vinyl as much as possible. Since my upgrade all music sounds better but the step up on digital is massive compared to vinyl, it's still better but much closer.
I'm guessing I'm hitting the limit of the cartridge/arm/table and assuming the cartridge is the weakest link have thought of upgrading it. I've been recommended a Ortofon Quintet Black S MC as a good match to my kit for circa £600 but don't know if this is the right point to be aiming at or overkill/bellow standard.
Music is very eclectic but mainly rock music and acoustic (salsa & jazz) but can be anything outside of "true" dance and opera
Many thanks
I upgraded my amp to an Arcam AVR550, added an Arcam rPhono stage and using Kef R500 fronts. Turntable is a c15 year old ClearAudio Emotion with the original Autumn Classic Wood MM.
With my old onkyo digital music was terrible in comparison to the turntable; thin, lifeless, unengaging and so I listened to vinyl as much as possible. Since my upgrade all music sounds better but the step up on digital is massive compared to vinyl, it's still better but much closer.
I'm guessing I'm hitting the limit of the cartridge/arm/table and assuming the cartridge is the weakest link have thought of upgrading it. I've been recommended a Ortofon Quintet Black S MC as a good match to my kit for circa £600 but don't know if this is the right point to be aiming at or overkill/bellow standard.
Music is very eclectic but mainly rock music and acoustic (salsa & jazz) but can be anything outside of "true" dance and opera
Many thanks