At the risk of derailing this thread, y'all have no idea how TRULY great vinyl can sound! Try a low output MC cartridge w/mint 1st pressing ANALOG master, NOT from digital files. How about a Direct-to-Disc, quality 1/2 speed master, or analog audiophile pressing?
Yes, Ortofon MC will work for CD-4, but you need to set it up METICULOUSLY. Shibata or Fine Line stylii! YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD VINYL SOUND THIS GOOD!!!! and MCA-76 pre-preamp w/CD-4 switch!! JAW DROPPING!!
Even for 2ch, ditch the Elliptical. Ditch the moving magnets. YOU"LL NEVER REGRET IT. Otherwise, a nail works as well as a conical stylus!! and it's cheaper and more durable.
Sermon over. Get ready to spend some serious $$$ and listen to vinyl as never before! Been listening that way for 45 years!! You could walk into my store and hear an Ortofon MC 20, Infinity tonearm mounted on a Kewood Pro or Technics pro TT! through 500w ch Kenwood Pro monobloc amps & matching preamp. Infinity, ESS, KLH, AR, Bose 901 and other speakers playable through it all. Instantly!! 1978?? no way. We printed ALL invoices on a computer! Kept inventory that way, too. 5 full time service techs, IN STORE!!
We were consistently #2 in our 110 store chain. Berkeley, CA, our 1st store was consistently #1. They were beat only once, by US!! Our Grand (re)opening had Steve Dahl (later Mr.. Disco Demolition Night). and champagne flowing like crazy, free albums (we WERE owned by CBS!!)
Ours was ONLY STORE in 110 store chain where you could see/hear that on display. My store. Lombard, IL. We were authorized dealers for high end lines that NONE of our other stores were even franchised for. 'CAUSE WE KNEW HOW TO SELL HIGH END GEAR!!
IN '78, we built a newer, better store across the street. We were the test market for our new store design and signage. blue signs. Marketing company heading the project was in Oak Brook, IL, next town from our store. I opened new Lombard and a year later opened Schaumburg, IL for Pacific.
IMHO, CD's sound better than the way most people listen to vinyl. Listen for real and GET THE HEAVY MAGNET STRUCTURE OFF THE CANTILEVER. FREE YOUR VINYL FROM BEING BOUND UP!! Otherwise, it's just like shorts or a bra that are too tight. painful!
