Musical Hall or Rega

[JohnMichael]

I have been enjoying my Rega for over 16 years now. It has been upgraded with the latest motor and has been braced similar to the RP6. Other than speaking on reliability I can only welcome you to AR and we have one member who has the Music Hall 7.1. I am sure he will be along to give his insights to that table.

[mjennings909]

Thanks for the welcome I want to go to analog but I haven't looked at turntables in along time the last one I had was a pioneer pl518 direct drive that I bought in 1978. I found out there is a lot to learn and my budget is around $1500 not including the phono amp. I listen to mostly 70's rock

[JohnMichael]

Thanks for the welcome I want to go to analog but I haven't looked at turntables in along time the last one I had was a pioneer pl518 direct drive that I bought in 1978. I found out there is a lot to learn and my budget is around $1500 not including the phono amp. I listen to mostly 70's rock

They will be along to respond when next they check in to the Forums. There are few instant responses. Mr Peabody recently checked out the Clearaudio Concept turntable which is in your budget. He purchased the Clearaudio Performance which is a step up. The VPI Traveler is also within budget. As people read this they will have suggestions.

[mjennings909]

I have another question besides the TT, being on a budget how would you allocate the money as far as importance, being TT #1 where would you rank the Cart and the phono amp?

[Jack in Wilmington]

I would spend approximately twice as much on my cart as I do on my phono pre. IMO a good cart can make a budget pre sound good, but a good pre can't make a budget cart sound good.

[mjennings909]

Thanks for that, makes sense, by the way are you happy with you Music Hall TT?

[frenchmon]

Hi and welcome to the forum!

I have a MM-7.1 and really enjoy it. It's a fine TT that I believe is underrated. Very quiet background...and the motor is not connected but separate from the TT. It lives up to its name...Musical. Its a more airy presentation with great mids and a bottom as well. I have a $600 phono stage which is neutral and I have a $700 cart. So it's a very nice sounding Record player that sounds great. The Clearaudio Concept JM mention is also another great table. But you have to be sure of a great stable foundation with it or you may have foot falls. My rig is in my basement on concrete floors but have not hear about any problems with foot falls on wood floors.

[Jack in Wilmington]

Thanks for that, makes sense, by the way are you happy with you Music Hall TT?

I started with Music Hall's 2.1. I had that for about 6 months and upgraded to the 5.1, because my dealer gave me full price as a trade in on the new table. The 5.1 is a nice intermediate table and it fits my needs. I'm not a vinyl junkie and still enjoy CD's and computer audio, so I haven't put as much into my vinyl rig as some of the other guys on this site.

[mjennings909]

Does anybody know anything about the Vincent PHO-8 preamp?