Hi all.
I recently rediscovered my old JVC JA S-44 amp which I bought back in 1980. It's being refurbished right now. From memory it was a great amp and I have fond memories of it, so I would love to hear it again. I haven't listened to my old vinyl since the mid 90's, so as you can imagine, I can't wait to get back into the groove.
I've decided to order a Technics SL1200GR turntable, but can't decide on which cartridge and floorstanding speakers to buy. Looking online at the likes of Ortofon 2M Blue or Bronze MM cartridges, but there are so many!!. Am I right in saying a MM cartridge is the right one to use as the spec sheet for the amp says; "Input Sensitivity: 2.5mV (MM)"? Eventhough these cartridges specs say 5mV output. Is this too high for this amp's phono stage input? Do I need to worry much about matching impedances between the cartridge and the Phono input of the vintage amp, etc? I'm also looking at speakers in the approx price range of 1450 quid, for example Wharfedale EVO 4.4 or Kef 950 or B&W 603 or Dali Opticon 6, but would love your thoughts before I take the plunge.
Any advice/recommendations on this would be greatly appreciated, even any Do's or Don'ts, except don't buy the Technics TT ;-) as I don't want to end up with a mismatched combination of separates. I'm not totally against buying a new amp/pre-amp, or even a reasonably priced MC cartridge, if I thought it would make a noticable difference, but I do love the look and sound of that JVC.
Thanks for reading.
I recently rediscovered my old JVC JA S-44 amp which I bought back in 1980. It's being refurbished right now. From memory it was a great amp and I have fond memories of it, so I would love to hear it again. I haven't listened to my old vinyl since the mid 90's, so as you can imagine, I can't wait to get back into the groove.
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I've decided to order a Technics SL1200GR turntable, but can't decide on which cartridge and floorstanding speakers to buy. Looking online at the likes of Ortofon 2M Blue or Bronze MM cartridges, but there are so many!!. Am I right in saying a MM cartridge is the right one to use as the spec sheet for the amp says; "Input Sensitivity: 2.5mV (MM)"? Eventhough these cartridges specs say 5mV output. Is this too high for this amp's phono stage input? Do I need to worry much about matching impedances between the cartridge and the Phono input of the vintage amp, etc? I'm also looking at speakers in the approx price range of 1450 quid, for example Wharfedale EVO 4.4 or Kef 950 or B&W 603 or Dali Opticon 6, but would love your thoughts before I take the plunge.
Any advice/recommendations on this would be greatly appreciated, even any Do's or Don'ts, except don't buy the Technics TT ;-) as I don't want to end up with a mismatched combination of separates. I'm not totally against buying a new amp/pre-amp, or even a reasonably priced MC cartridge, if I thought it would make a noticable difference, but I do love the look and sound of that JVC.
Thanks for reading.