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I see. Mine is a cheapie I got off Amazon years ago because it was affordable and had a decent aesthetic. I’ve been curious about the MoFi weights but not sure I’ll ever be able to bring myself to drop the money on one. I don’t doubt it makes a difference but I’m sure I’d achieve more...

If you’re not using it, I may know a guy that could be interested…😉

Thank you, @Static Shock and @AnthonyI for your input. It’s been more than helpful. This community is awesome.

Looking like I’ll be leaning towards a high output Grado

You may be right and that would push me toward the UltraPhono since I’d be getting it for $125 off. Listening to mostly jazz, I feel like I’d get a lot of use out of the mono switch which I’m not seeing on a lot of the other sub-$400 offerings.

I may need to look into the mani mor to see if it gives me what I need at the lower price point. Might be smarter as I could use the difference to start upgrading cables. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Interesting but above my price point unfortunately.

Safety first!

Thanks for the response, @Joe Mac. Looking like I’m going high output. After reading @HiFi Guy ‘s review for the Darlington mm-6, I’ve added another option to the list, but I think the UltraPhono is probably still the right choice. I just didn’t want to be blinded by the discount and let that...

Need a little help deciding on a preamp as I’ve never used a separate preamp before and could use some input from those with experience. Thinking of pulling the trigger on an open box UltraPhono for $375. Should I be giving other preamps more consideration in the sub-$500 us price range like...

Done and done!

@Ghost do you still have that Opus3? Finally got through the thread and saw where you had mentioned it before.

Hello gang. Hope you all had a great holiday season. Been away for awhile. SD is setup with a spare om20 as the Opus3 I was hoping for didn’t make it into Santa’s sleigh (brother-in-law went off the list and went with a giant bluetooth speaker instead🤦🏻‍♂️). Anyway, I haven‘t spun it yet as we...

I’ve also been curious about this as I have one but not sure where to place it on my studiodeck. Making my way through the thread now to see if you got any feedback on this.

I checked what I have and it’s the Parasound ZPhono USB. I’m assuming I’ll still need some sort of low capacitance cables between this and the table to make the Shure v15 a viable option. Would this be worthwhile compared to just using the Marantz PM6007 with the StudioDeck with Opus 3?

Looks like I have more research to do since I’m lost on what we’re talking about now. 🙃

I thought the Shure was a MM and that MC carts were what needed more load. Again, I’m a novice here and merely trying to figure this all out. I think my Parasound is a ZPhono XRM but would need to confirm. If it is, that should allow for the 400 or more load necessary?

So would my vintage pioneer sa9100 not have had enough load for the v15. That’s what I’d been using prior. Maybe I just didn’t know the sound could’ve been better than what I had.

This is becoming less intriguing as I hear the cha-ching of the cash register roll. Maybe the v15 just becomes a casualty as I purge out my vintage gear then. I need to pull out the parasound I have to see if it can be of any use.