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I think you will get benefit from the upgrades although to me, spending £350 on a TT of that level is perhaps a bit marginal.
OTOH, if you've already made the purchases, get it rigged up and see how it sounds :-)
BTW what cartridge will you be using? That could make a significant difference.
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Thanks - I think I agree it’ll be marginal. However I paid for the turntable 20 years ago, so as long as I end up with something that’s better than what £350 would buy me new today, I think I’m ok with it .
It’ll be a Goldring E3 that’s going on it. The Linn Adikt that’s on there was going to cost £220 for a new stylus, which I can’t justify on a disposable part (and I didn’t spend over £400 on that cartridge, it was given to me by a friend).
rodan
I’ve barely even looked at hifi stuff for a decade, but I was prompted by my wife to sort out the turntable with a new cartridge so that she can listen to her records.
Of course, I immediately fell down a rabbit hole that’s seen me replace my old NAD C350 amp with an Audiolab 6000a, and I’m looking at speakers to replace my B&W 601 S3s (any recommendations for a nice pair of stand-mounters very welcome).
Where I’m in danger of wasting money is on upgrading my old turntable. It’s a 20-year-old Pro-Ject Debut, which was a decent turntable for not a lot of money back then, but it’s pretty basic these days. I’ve put an acrylic platter on it, and I’ve got a carbon fibre tonearm in the post. I’m going to remove the onboard phono stage in favour of using the one in the amp, and am considering an aluminium sub-platter, and various other tweaks. In all, should cost me around £350. Am I wasting money? Should I just buy a Rega P3, or could this be better by the time I’m done?