chingaling
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I inherited a Pioneer PL55 X and I need a new cartridge for it. The table has a Shure V15 III, the stylus was broken so I bought a cheap one on eBay for $40 not knowing if anything worked. Turns out the cartridge has a bad channel. I’m glad I didn’t spend more.
Now that leaves me needing a new cartridge for it. Honestly I don’t have any experience with turntables. I’m going to be using a phono stage from an receiver for the time being. So far the only advice I got was to purchase an AT VM540 from another forum. I was personally drawn to the Goldring 1000 series I don’t know why but I just kept gravitating towards them.
I honestly don’t want to get crazy spending money on a vinyl habit. I’m pretty well invested in digital sourced content. I’d just like to have them sound good to my ears. Overly bright content is painful and fatiguing to me and I’ll just turn it off. It will wind up going through a DSP and PEQ so I will have the ability to tweak the sound a little bit.
I’d like to be around $300 USD $400 max. I have found the 1006 for $250 & 1042 for $400 from European sellers. And have found the AT 540 for $290. Or do I need to be looking at something else. If I can spend less and get a great sound that’s wonderful.
I really appreciate your honest advice.
Now that leaves me needing a new cartridge for it. Honestly I don’t have any experience with turntables. I’m going to be using a phono stage from an receiver for the time being. So far the only advice I got was to purchase an AT VM540 from another forum. I was personally drawn to the Goldring 1000 series I don’t know why but I just kept gravitating towards them.
I honestly don’t want to get crazy spending money on a vinyl habit. I’m pretty well invested in digital sourced content. I’d just like to have them sound good to my ears. Overly bright content is painful and fatiguing to me and I’ll just turn it off. It will wind up going through a DSP and PEQ so I will have the ability to tweak the sound a little bit.
I’d like to be around $300 USD $400 max. I have found the 1006 for $250 & 1042 for $400 from European sellers. And have found the AT 540 for $290. Or do I need to be looking at something else. If I can spend less and get a great sound that’s wonderful.
I really appreciate your honest advice.