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Hi eweryone. Im new on this forum and I need your help.
I have beogram rx2 with MMC3 stylus connected to beomaster 6500 (recently bought almost the whole set 6500 and working absolutely perfect except turntable). I need your experts opinion what preamp I have to buy for reasonable money. Last couple of years my beogram (stylus is in almost perfect condition I think) was connected to my old Sony hifi system with build-in preamp (middle shelf) with Kef Qi7 speakers. I care a lot about my LP's and I love lessening music.
Many Thanks for Your help
Welcom to Beoworld Robinsad,
What makes you sure you need a pre-amp?
The technical specifications of the Beomaster 6500 say it has a pre-amp built in .
Maybe the fault is located somewhere else ?
regards
Noel.
In Beomaster 6500 the RIAA was an optional extra module you could have soldered in.
Martin
Hi Noel. Thanks for quick response. You are right but that's was optional and my model don't have build-in preamp
Thanks Martin. Where can I buy that module?
Many Thanks
Robinsad: Thanks Martin. Where can I buy that module? Many Thanks
Finding one will be difficult.A Beogram 6500 would be easier - and a better deck, being tangential.
Oh yeah. But I already spent almost £2000 😕
Hello again,
If you can't get the module,or it's too expensive,you can buy a pre-amp from Sounds Heavenly for a very reasonable cost.
I don't know what country you're in but the pre-amp MD-001 Hyperwire is $117 AUS ,75.54 Euro,or 65 UK pounds.
I'm running a Beogram 2402 with a Beomaster 4500,neither of which has a pre-amp.So I bought the MD-001,and it works just fine with no appreciable loss of sound quality.
Hope this helps.
Dillen: Finding one will be difficult.A Beogram 6500 would be easier - and a better deck, being tangential. Martin
I'm going to have to respectfully disagree on this one!
Despite the fact that the linear tracking Beograms have a higher perceived quality and are worth more money, it is my opinion that they simply don't sound as good as the radial tracking decks.
That's because you are one of the music listeners, who actually like a little distortion.Nothing wrong with that. That's what makes some records and some older valve amplifiers sound warmer and more "natural" to those people exactly.You are more than welcome to prefer radial decks.Radial decks can be quite good,, also technically, but the unavoidable tracking angle error by radial decks alone puts them behind tangential decks technically, let alone antiskating issues etc.Stylus and record lifespan's better on tangential decks too.Nothing perceived. It's facts.