Haven't posted here in years, but could do with some advice.
I haven't been playing much vinyl recently. Two reasons, my phono stage (LFD Mistral) packed in and I reckon a repair would potentially be money wasted when I could buy a new one. I was using the tiny NAD as a temporary stand in, but to add insult to injury, my wife retired and doesn't go out a lot, so I do a lot of headphone listening. Thereby lies the problem. My only headphone output is on my Audiolab M-DAC and my amp doesn't have one. So...
Instead of buying a new phono stage and either a pre-amp with a headphone output, or a stand alone headphone amp, I noticed that Cambridge Audio and Mobile Fidelity both have phono stages with headphone amps. Obviously, the MoFi unit is twice the price of the Cambridge one. I assume there are potentially more out there.
I have a Systemdek 2X2 with RB350 and Dynavector 10x4 cart. What are your thoughts on my options? I appreciate all comments. Secondhand isn't a problem, but new units are easily available.
I haven't been playing much vinyl recently. Two reasons, my phono stage (LFD Mistral) packed in and I reckon a repair would potentially be money wasted when I could buy a new one. I was using the tiny NAD as a temporary stand in, but to add insult to injury, my wife retired and doesn't go out a lot, so I do a lot of headphone listening. Thereby lies the problem. My only headphone output is on my Audiolab M-DAC and my amp doesn't have one. So...
Instead of buying a new phono stage and either a pre-amp with a headphone output, or a stand alone headphone amp, I noticed that Cambridge Audio and Mobile Fidelity both have phono stages with headphone amps. Obviously, the MoFi unit is twice the price of the Cambridge one. I assume there are potentially more out there.
I have a Systemdek 2X2 with RB350 and Dynavector 10x4 cart. What are your thoughts on my options? I appreciate all comments. Secondhand isn't a problem, but new units are easily available.