what\_universe wrote:cerebralheadtrip wrote:Yea, the issues remain the same with the stock platter. Anyway its been a solid 2 years of regular use so its probably time swap this thing out anyway. Decided to try something other than Ortofon for a change and went with a Nagaoka MP-110.Did you ever find out what the problem was? I have a debut/ortofon and the lack of clearance between the cartridge and record makes me nervous. Was there contact between the cart and record, cerebral?Well I had a guy professionally install the Nagaoka last night, and it looks like its just as low as the Ortofon was. Maybe its just the nature of this tonearm? What I can say is that awful scratchiness/jumping has been vanquished and the new cartridge sounds gorgeous and tracks beautifully.

ive had a Nagaoka MP110 cartridge for the past few years that ive really enjoyed but pretty sure they stylus is up for replacement. decided to try sticking a MP200 stylus on the MP110 body. from what ive read, should still see a pretty noticeable upgrade (though obv not as much as if you had both cartridge and stylus). found a really good deal on one on ebay, kinda curious how this works out.

I have a set of Rockport Mira's being driven by a Conrad-Johnson Premier SA SS amp & a Krell KSH pre. TT is an old Well-Tempered Reference deck w/ a Grado Gold cartridge that I just rehabbed.If anyone is looking for a solid, great sounding table for under a grand, you have to check out the new VPI Cliffwood, we have a couple at work and it demolishes everything else at that price point.

Evanc521 wrote: If anyone is looking for a solid, great sounding table for under a grand, you have to check out the new VPI Cliffwood, we have a couple at work and it demolishes everything else at that price point.And it comes w/ a Grado Green cartridge. VPI has been killing it for some time, glad to see a table under 1k.

Redline wrote:Evanc521 wrote: If anyone is looking for a solid, great sounding table for under a grand, you have to check out the new VPI Cliffwood, we have a couple at work and it demolishes everything else at that price point.And it comes w/ a Grado Green cartridge. VPI has been killing it for some time, glad to see a table under 1k.Totally, and it is 100% made in the US.

Totally, and it is 100% made in the US.And even the cartridge is made in Brooklyn, boyeee...

FM LBX: I have a Lenco idler arm, grommets, and wheel if you need one, I'll send it right out! Check your PM's.

uglysound wrote:Those VPI Cliffwood tables are listed as "plug and play". Does that mean that the preamp is built in?Is not.

Major wrote:uglysound wrote:Those VPI Cliffwood tables are listed as "plug and play". Does that mean that the preamp is built in?Is not.That would be the up-graded Nomad, it is now The Player, yeah it's 1,500 bucks but it is designed for receivers / stereos without phono amps (and even has a nifty headphone amp).

Those VPI Cliffwood tables are listed as "plug and play". Does that mean that the preamp is built in?