Ortofon 2m Bronze MM cartridge - Cambridge Audio 640p Phono stage
TroyD
Posts: 13,077
For your consideration.....
I'm moving up the cartridge food chain a little and will not need these pieces.
Ortofon 2M Bronze - 200 shipped lower 48
The Ortofon is a well regarded MM cartridge and plays well with just about any setup. Any sins that it is guilty of are ones of omission....ie it's not a cartridge that you listen to and think, well, this is great but this sucks.....it's pretty easy to mount and align. This cartridge has probably less than 200 hours on it. My ONLY complaint with this cartridge is the stylus guard. It's a royal PITA...at least for me....to put on. The nice thing is the stylus is easily removable as well as replaceable. Some folks have swapped out the Bronze stylus for the 2M Black stylus to move up the chain a little. Retail on this new is 425.
Cambridge 640p phono stage - 90 bucks shipped lower 48
This is a GREAT MM/MC phono stage whose performance belies it's pedestrian price and is a huge step up from the entry level/integrated phono stages in many preamps. I'm pretty sure I have the original box/manual for this.
Will sell both for 250, shipped, lower 48.
I'm moving up the cartridge food chain a little and will not need these pieces.
Ortofon 2M Bronze - 200 shipped lower 48
The Ortofon is a well regarded MM cartridge and plays well with just about any setup. Any sins that it is guilty of are ones of omission....ie it's not a cartridge that you listen to and think, well, this is great but this sucks.....it's pretty easy to mount and align. This cartridge has probably less than 200 hours on it. My ONLY complaint with this cartridge is the stylus guard. It's a royal PITA...at least for me....to put on. The nice thing is the stylus is easily removable as well as replaceable. Some folks have swapped out the Bronze stylus for the 2M Black stylus to move up the chain a little. Retail on this new is 425.
Cambridge 640p phono stage - 90 bucks shipped lower 48
This is a GREAT MM/MC phono stage whose performance belies it's pedestrian price and is a huge step up from the entry level/integrated phono stages in many preamps. I'm pretty sure I have the original box/manual for this.
Will sell both for 250, shipped, lower 48.
I plan for the future. - F1Nut
Comments
-
this is a non-verso version?
-
correct....it's mounted in a Rega arm currentlyI plan for the future. - F1Nut
-
I'll take the Ortofon 2M Bronze.Yamaha RX-A2070, Musical Fidelity M6si integrated amp, Benchmark Dac1, Bluesound NODE 2i, Audiolab 6000CDT CD Transport, Parasound Zphono USB Phono Preamp, Fluance RT85, Ortofon 2M Bronze, Polk L600's, L400, L900's, RC80i's, SVS 3000 Micro, Audioquest Interconnects and Digital Cables, Nordost Silver Shadow Digital Cable, Cullen Gold and Crossover Series Power Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 12AWG OCC Speaker Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha Analog Interconnect Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 11 OCC Custom Power Cable, Signal Power Cable, Furman PL-8C 15 Power Conditioner, Sony 65" 900F, Sony UBP-X700, Fios, Apple TV 4K, Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables.
-
-
You're not the only one who thinks the stylus guard is a PITA. It looks like it should be so easy, but in reality it's so... frustrating. I have the 2M Blue and I am looking to upgrade to the Bronze. Sad to have missed this. (But I also have an excellent Super OM 40 I bought from a Polkie here, so I can't complain.)
