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You might do better with acetone as a solvent. Don’t use it in a non-ventilated space though.

Going from my personal experience, I suspect that these sort of recommended systems may work well for source and amplification, but speakers are another story. No only because different people like different sound, but because of the need to match room to speaker. For example, I have a pair of Dali Oberon 5s which Phil mentions here as a good but slightly out of budget alternative to the AE 109s, and in my normal listening room they sound very good. But I have experimented moving the whole system into a larger room (nearer to the size Phil mentions here) and they sounded very thin, and it quickly went back to the original room!

Yes, I'm 57 and have the CS505-2 Deluxe on the right which I bought as a student in 1986 (You could buy the -2 with the plastic plinth too but I paid the extra for the wooden/ black ash vinyl plinth. Swapped out the Ortofon cartridge for a Goldring GX1020 which was a great improvement. It's under my bed now with 'issues'.

Simple Vinyl system. Takes me back to Oct 1986 as a student when I invested my Summer job money on a system from Sevenoaks HiFi. Dual CS505-2 Deluxe, Rotel RA820BX, AR18BX. Later on the first upgrade I made was to swap out the Ortofon cartridge for a Goldring G1010, made a huge difference not bettered until I bought Royd Minstrels. Always chasing the next upgrade!

Brilliant review and looking forward to seeing more reviews of smaller British brands Rothwell are really good as you say

Very high proportion of advertising to actual content!!!! .

Video would be more useful if it had clear audio, voice is so boomy and unclear and diction is not perfect to be honest

Hi Phil nice vid. when I was looking at a stereo system for the front room (UK) I tried a couple of what were very well regarded floorstanders but they just overwhelmed the room so tested some bookshelf speakers and ended up with a pair of Quad's sounded great. So would always recomend someone tested at home before jumping in thinking biggest is best. Keep the vid's coming

Great video as usual Phil !!!

Vinyl is really not budget. DACs much more bang for the buck and sounds much better nowadays in the budget category, vinyl takes a life of its own with better tables and expensive carteidges. Thats not budget territory. Easier to use tubes on Dacs ie preamp/amp and high efficiency speakers.

I'd choose a Turntable with a changeable head shell instead

Thanks for making this video...

Go Elex Mark 4 with built in MM phono stage and a decent DAC for digital source upgrade. New Elex works lovely with P2/3/6…this is the best path at this level imo.

Would this Atoll IN300 be quality enough to match with ATC SCM11, 19 & 40...?

Didn't mention a digital source, cd?

I’d rather have the Rega amplifier elex R

Excellent video and it’s given me a lot to consider 👍🏻

I’m missing what phono stage you recommend with this.

One can also think about buying second hand. For the same money as new, you have a much better system.

Rega Aya please….

I’m surprised you choosed the atoll over the rega elex ;)

Started in the basement Moved to the roof top 😊

Would be nice if you linked the components in a “more” drop menu as I have no clue what speakers you picked. I won’t make any suggestions as I am in the U.S. and I don’t know what brands you sell. Always up for picking a cost point number and reverse engineering a system video.

Not had a review of the Atoll IN200 yet Phil.. thinking of pairing with Neat Mystique.. thoughts..?😊

I always thought my system was a bottom basement basic beginner set up? Rega P6 Rega Apollo Rega Brio Rega RX1

I've got an 8000a from the '80s, recently refurbished. Very happy with it but I do think it depends on what speakers it's used with. Currently B&W DM220s and it sounds bad. With Kef KK3s and BBC LS35a sounds sublime. Just my opinion and that's all that matters to me, especially with my hearing aids!

Cut out that criminally cheap $5 pot and treat it to a TKD 2CP-2511 20k pot. Thats what I did.

Moving Coil is better than Moving Magnet. Why? Because, as you predicted, the coils at the end of the cantilever are flexible at the MC cartridge the stylus moves more easily on the surface of the vinyl giving it a better sound. The Moving Magnet cartridge,, magnets at the end of the cantilever, because of their weight, the needle moves not so elastically and the sound is not very wow. Moving Magnet is cheaper also because you change the needle every day, not the whole assembly as with Moving Magnet. There is also a retipped version that makes it possible to replace the needle on the Moving Coil cartridge. I had Moving Magnet, good cartridge such as Ortofon Super OM with Fritz-Geiger needle, a more advanced Shibata. Then I decided to make a change, I bought a MC Denon DL110 cartridge for 50 euros with a destroyed stylus and I retipped it with the 40 needle from Ortofon and it sounds liike a dream. A much better sound. I also bought a cartridge Akai PC 200, AT30e clone with elliptical nude needle that sounds better than any MM cartridge. I also bought an AT30e gold 1983 cartridge to which I put a VM95ml, microline needle and it also sounds extremely good, surpassing a MM cartridge

The most helpful would be to play music samples, no one cares about unboxing and opinions. !

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Are they warm, bright, or neutral, and can they be placed need back wall without booming. I'm using cornwall IV, luxman 507z and lessloss echo's end original dac atm (no guess where I buy my gear, lol). Not sure about keeping cornwalls long term.

This guy fumbles with too much digression and repetition. He needs an education.

The only people who think logically cables can't make a difference are those who don't actually understand how electricity works. Electricity is not electrons flowing like water in a pipe, electricty is propagation of an electromagnetic field through a conductor that completes a circuit. The electromagnetic field is generated by the surface of the conductor and very much affected by the dielectric material around the conductor. Your power cable is not the last meter of some delivery system, it's an extension of the primary winding of your component's power supply

Class AB, 150 Watts @ 8 Ohms, BANDWIDTH: 5 Hz to 100 kHz. Warning: NO HDMI ARC. $5,500.00 CAD$

Everything is optional wit Atoll, base model comes without dac or phono. They have 2 different boards for dac and 2 for phono that are sold separately. The larger dac was pre-mounted here.

Bought this unit on the used market here in Canada about 6 months ago. It looks great and sounds great with the rest of my rig. I love the fact that it doesn't come stuffed with a bunch of features I would never use. I couldn't be happier.

I love the idea of borrowing some of the design flourishes from the Aethos- definately prefer the buttons on the newer ElexR. I have had the 3 version for 8 years now. I made the criticism that it was not a value proposition in North America - mostly because of tax and dealer cost, etc. But I have changed my mind this past year because it has worked so incredibly well , because I love it's simplicity and it's forgiving nature. I will be very sad when the day arrives when I have to replace it. It has given me much more than I ever expected.

Hi Phil As a subscriber, good to meet up with you briefly in Cranage on Saturday. I was the guy with the Rega t shirt (Not from Rega, but available online, and I also have a Linn one from the same company!) Interesting stuff at the show, and as I mentioned to you, impressed by how engaging the budget Rega set up was in the 'starter system' room, for those wishing to get an audio set up, fit and forget, and not worry about upgrading. If I'd done that, would have saved a fortune, but still appreciate the difference provided by my Klimax level Linn LP12, plus Aethos, plus PMC twenty five23i speakers. Hope to hear your take on which of the rooms were the most successful in your opinion. Oddly didn't like the `Cyrus demo, but it could have been the poor streamed source. Really enjoyed the direct cut demonstration in the Chasing the Dragon room. Did you manage to hear that demonstration? regards. R

Must say, for a highly regarded turntable. Seems lots of problems

Love the look.

Would never build a system around a turntable. For some reason they’re charging 50 bucks and up for records. No thanks.😊

No phono and not even an optional one? Thumbs down. Enthusiasts, my a**. At least Naim has come back around and has a phono stage even Nait 3.

if the LP 12 was a band it would be Led Zeppelin (-: no hype, no mystique, got my Linn 25 years ago and never looked back, makes Rega look and sound like a toy.

Thank you. That was very interesting. I keep thinking of what you said about giving the bigger part of the budget on the source. I wonder what is your opinion on having a streamer as a source. Are they all sound the same just because it's digital sound?

Would I notice a big enough difference between it and the Ortofon 2m blue that I have now?

Any thoughts about how the ND3 compares with the similar priced & newly released Goldring E4 (I have a Goldring E3 on a Rega P3 and am looking to upgrade). Thank you.

Great vid..friends come round and always comment on my turntable hum..they havnt heard that since the 70s..it pleases me brings back memories of there parents hifi

Keep the videos coming Phil , Dave.

Who actually makes cartridges for Riga?

Should be good driving Magnapans if Ok on 4ohms more power still