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    Posted: 06 Feb 2022 at 11:20am
Hi all.

Just thought i should stick my head around the door and introduce myself.Smile

Not wanting to boar you all i have had hifi equipment for over 40 years now and been through quite a lot off stuff brought it then decided to upgrade and ended up selling most off it now.

But have kept some items what i call the good stuff and am happy but looking to upgrade the turntable and the phonobox amp.

Any advise would be welcome.Smile

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Welcome aboard Mike. As you probably know all the Graham Slee units can be borrowed to try at home in your system. Please could you tell us a little more about your equipment?
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Welcome Mike
I 2nd what Jon said. One other thing, what's your budget.
Reflex M, Solo (both with PSU-1) CuSat50, Lautus, Spatia & Spatia links cables. Ortofon Bronze.
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Hi all.Smile
Thanks for the warm welcome.
This could be a long post but here goes.
It started off with a old turntable my dads mate gave me that was 40 odd years ago and after moving up to a ferguson music centre i then brought a Sharp liner tracking music centre this played both sides off the record.
Moving on a bit further i brought a Kenwood hifi system with a cd player and graphic equaliser it was the biss at the time.
Then i had my head turned by the British firm Arcam and brought my first Alpha 7se Amp and CD player and was introduced to Bowers and Wilkins which i have always kept with.
The Alpha gave way to the Diva amp but i then got the idea off to sets one Alpha the other the Diva so having to amps one power amp and 2 cd players in separate rooms one downstairs the other upstairs.
The turntable on both was a basic P******t turntable.
Then i move up to the FM-J set one was the A32 amp the other was the A22 with Dave which is the 5 channel setup.
The CD players which were Alpha and Diva both went then DVD 88 and the DVD 88 plus came and they both went and a DVD89 was brought which i still have today.
The Arcam P7 was brought and the A32 was upgraded to the  7 channel working with the DVD89.
All the Tuners which i had were sold as we were not using them.
The speakers were all Bowers and Wilkins i have had 600,601, 601.5 and the current are the 683 brilliant ones and also had a pair off 805’s with stands and centre one to match plus others i cannot remember.
The Arcam amps were all sold and brought a Denon amp which was useless with my 683’s so a new amp was needed.
I needed something with power so i brought a Rotel pre amp and a power amp with 150 watts per channel ace piece off kit.
I still have the DVD 89 and the Rotel but the P******t turntable went wrong so that was replaced by a Rega RP1 with my upgraded Ortofone vivio Red MC coil absolutely brilliant.
I also have a Rel sub.
I am looking in the future to upgrade the turntable as it is 10 years old now and the phono box.
Budget is not known as yet but under £2000.00
I did say it would be a long post so please forgive me.
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Hi Mike, the Vivio red is a low output MC soI suggest borrowing a Reflex C to compare with your current phono stage. If you were replacing your current Rega turntable there are some really good second hand ones out there. You are happy with yours so I feel silly asking if you  have heard any turntables you enjoyed more?
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Hi Jon.
The Rega RP1 was brought to replace the project turntable it should have come with the ortofon om10 but the project already had that so i said no.
I was offered the Vivio Red which was about £150.00 and was told a MC even the cheapest would be better than a MM and it sound superb could tell the difference straight away.
This was 10 years ago i now am looking at a replacement tone arm and cartridge not a turntable as i cannot see one i like or want so am looking into the upgrade route.
Have seen a OriginLive Onyx plus tonearm want another MC cartridge.
Any advise is this tonearm any good.Smile
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Vivio Red seems like a good value MC from what I read Mike. 10 years is a long life for a cartridge so it mya be worth planning for a new one in the next few years.

I have a Origin Live Zephyr (next one up from Onyx back then?) and think it is a really good arm. I had it on my Rega P3-24 and it was a lot better IMO than the RB301 that came on the turntable, more separation between instruments and a dynamic sound. I have used my OL arm with MM and MC cartridges and enjoyed the sound, it was on my SL1210/II then a Michell Gyrodek turntable until I got a second hand SME series IV (cheaper and safer than a sports car!).

The OL Zephyr is back on my SL1210/II and it is an enjoyable listen. I can't promise the Onyx will do the same for you but the Onyx is well reviewed. Doess anyone here may own one?
Jon

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