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I dunno, sounds like you’ve got a good chance of getting some nice harmony with that system. I would look at an integrated amp, I don’t know how you can tell by looking, but there’s a chance the preamp and phono sections are tubified, giving you the goods.
Be careful with system matching if your speakers are warm. I would go for a cartridge that’s known for being neutral to bright. I had one system which was Pioneer PL12D, Quad IIs and big old Rogers LS7s and it was warm on top of warm on top of warm and it got pretty boring.
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@Stevethecoffee - thank you very much as well ✌️
Yeah I kinda suspected the whole chain needs to be proper good to really get the "3D juicy thing" as you put it.
I'm kinda wondering if it's worth pursuing that goal at all when basically the middle price range is all that's gonna happen here..
..meaning I got this basic (£300) amp at the moment- willing to upgrade to something around £600-900 in the future, got a SL-1210 with a £200 cartridge right now, probably going to upgrade to a £300-400 one.. speakers are £1000 Canton's that most likely won't be upgrading any time soon..
So yeah, so far my hunch has been that the tube-y magic is only gonna happen with equipment 2-3 times as expensive (mostly because the tube amps are so hideously expensive) - but will check out the used market more, thanks for the heads up!