tubes or ss phono?

Posted by chgolatin2@yahoo.com (A) on April 7, 2007 at 09:14:21

(First, I hope I am in the right thread area) I just recently purchase a Clearaudio TT with a Pro-ject phono and an adcom cartridge, since I am new I kept my budget under 1k and I did pretty darn good considering that I purchase a new TT and a Phono for $900 and a cartridge for $70. Anywyay, I have a Jolida 1000RC and a JD 100 CDP with a level 2 mod. I love sound of tubes myself but thats just me.

I dont consider myself an "audiophile" by any means I just like good sounding music and involvement. The Phono that came with the package is ok for now but in the near future I would love to get a tube phono, a good friend recommended againts it but I insist on having a tube, since I believe that it produces more of a natural sound. I would like to get the Jolida DJ A9 tube phono but my friend insist on me gettng the Channel Islands VVP-1 or the Graham Slee preamp, now I am confused. Any reason that a tube phono would sound bad, can anyone explain the differences, pro's & cons?

This is going to be a whole new experience with Vinyl since I have always listened to Cd's I expect the journey to be fun and exciting, personally I would like to avoid newbie mistakes but I guess you cant avoid those.

Thanks in advance! Robert

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Topic - tubes or ss phono? - chgolatin2@yahoo.com 09:14:21 04/7/07 (8)

Henry suggests then, ... - docw 09:15:42 04/8/07 (1)

Re: I think he's right... - ffrr 14:59:50 04/8/07 (0)

Re: tubes or ss phono? - sunseeker 11:21:35 04/7/07 (0)

I have owned the Jolida and it is a fine pre, but keep in - HenryH 10:27:02 04/7/07 (3)

Re: I have owned the Jolida and it is a fine pre, but keep in - jcmjrt 11:33:16 04/7/07 (0)

Henry can you describe the difference between a Jolida and the Cornet II? - tubesforever 11:08:13 04/7/07 (1)

Tubes, the best way I can describe the Cornet II is that - HenryH 13:49:26 04/7/07 (0)

Re: tubes or ss phono? - raykay 09:41:29 04/7/07 (0)

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