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#60312 - 05/17/06 10:18 PM turntable
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Registered: 05/17/06
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Loc: Houston
I am considering the 990 as a replacement for a Parasound AVC 2500. My question is does anyone here use a turntable with the 990. I will be using an Adcom GFA 7000 power amp and Klipsch Cornwall's when listening to vinyl. I am currently using an old JVC turntable with a NAD phono preamp. I will likely upgrade to a nrewer turntable once I get a new processor in place. Thanks for any help.

Quentin

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#60313 - 05/17/06 10:29 PM Re: turntable
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Registered: 03/21/01
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Loc: Memphis, TN USA
There are several folks using turntables with the 990 with very positive results. I'm not among them (my music library is purely CD's), but hopefully a few of them will drop in here and give you some first-hand feedback.
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#60314 - 05/18/06 06:31 AM Re: turntable
CI Offline
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Registered: 06/14/04
Posts: 99
Loc: New City, New York, USA
I use a Denon turntable with a Shure V15 Type III cartridge (the Denon is five years old; the Shure is 28! years old). The sound through the 990 is, in a word, outstanding. I had previously used a Creek phono preamp with another preamplifier, and the sound was not as musical. As well, the Sony TAE9000 also had a phono preamp, but again, the sound as I recall, was still not as good as with the 990.

ANOTHER reason to be extremely pleased with the 990!!

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#60315 - 05/18/06 01:42 PM Re: turntable
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Registered: 08/05/04
Posts: 86
Loc: Lansing, KS
Phono input of 990 has very respectable performance out of turntable. I have two channel analog system different from my 990 setup (Musical Fidelity and Rega Planar 3), the vinyl sound from 990 is very close to this setup. The gain can be little higher but I have no problem reaching desired volume level. It is kind of rare to see phono input from surround sound pre/pro and on top of that 990 has very capable vinyl sound. I can easily live with 990 as only music system in the house. There are still many budget minded audiophile quality turntables out there like Regar, Music Hall, Pro-ject just to name a few. Good luck.

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#60316 - 05/18/06 04:43 PM Re: turntable
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Do you guys have existing vinyl libraries or is it still possible to get recent / current releases on vinyl?
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#60317 - 05/18/06 04:53 PM Re: turntable
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The folks with turntables can probably offer a better assortment of sources, but several online stores ( Elusive Disc is the name I'm most familiar with, but others such as Streetlight Records are also floating around) and some local shops still sell new and used vinyl recordings. Audiogon also has an area for selling used LP's.
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#60318 - 05/18/06 06:30 PM Re: turntable
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Registered: 02/26/06
Posts: 10
Loc: Florida
I use the 990 with an inexpensive sony table, while it isn't audiophile grade, it is satisfactory and didn't cost $20,000 for the pair. (Phono stage preamplifier coupled with a high end turntable. A good source for all things vinyl is Todd The Vinyl Junkie. http://www.ttvj.com/index.php?main_page=index

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#60319 - 05/19/06 12:10 AM Re: turntable
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Registered: 05/02/06
Posts: 89
Loc: South Carolina
The phono stage is one of the main reasons I chose the 990 and it works like a champ!
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#60320 - 05/19/06 07:42 AM Re: turntable
rance Offline
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Registered: 06/09/04
Posts: 99
Loc: Boston. MA
I have to admit I didn't expect much, but I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the 990's phono. Low noise, plenty of headroom and some great sound.

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#60321 - 05/19/06 10:12 AM Re: turntable
redrob Offline
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Registered: 02/20/06
Posts: 34
990 and Klipsch Cornwalls here too.
Old B&O 1800 turntable hooked up, for that odd occasion when I did out the old records. Been very happy with the results-

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