Have you stopped to consider that your turntable employs a budget Ortofon cartridge and that money spent on an upgrade phono stage may be money wasted?
The most sensible way to upgrade the performance would be to upgrade the cartridge.
However, the Pro-Ject Primary 1's pick up arm has no anti-skating adjustment. It is pre-set for the included Ortofon OM5e catridge, making a cartridge upgrade problematical.
Expenditure on an upgrade phono stage when using this budget turntable is unwarranted - I would stick to the competent phono stages that you currently own.
At some later date, your money would be better spent in upgrading your turntable and cartridge.
Here's another positive review of your present turntable. Why not relax and enjoy? 🙂
Pro-Ject Primary review | What Hi-Fi?
P.S. I now find myself unclear, after re-reading your post #1, whether or not your Exposure integrated amplifier currently has a MM phono module fitted.
You did say 'upgrade' the board and not 'fit' a board didn't you?
3010S2D Integrated Amplifier
You did say 'upgrade' the board and not 'fit' a board didn't you?
3010S2D Integrated Amplifier
This model Exposure 3010S2 doesn't have MM-phono module fitted. To be absolutely sure I've opened it and there is a empty place for it. Only thing confusing is that already at default machine it reads PHONO/AUX1 at back. Optional board is now ordered.
I like to use Exposure with my Amphion speakers to give better rock sound.
I like to use Exposure with my Amphion speakers to give better rock sound.
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I appreciate your reason for wanting to use the Exposure rather than the Rega.
Out of interest, how much does the MM module cost?
Thanks! It's obvious from my last few contributions that I've not been paying sufficient attention! 😱 Apologies to Veke76.
Exposure is now playing with MM-card and it sounds little bit better. I can hear more resolution on upper range and it has got more power in bass lines.
In overall it's very tricky to judge CD vs. LP. One good example is Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge - Wikipedia this record. I can't hear any difference between formats.
In overall it's very tricky to judge CD vs. LP. One good example is Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge - Wikipedia this record. I can't hear any difference between formats.
I'm glad you have gained an improvement over the Rega Brio-R with its MM stage.
I wouldn't get too hung up comparing the same music played on both CD and LP - there are too many variables involved in their production processes to come to any general conclusion.
My original Moody Blues LPs sound superior to the first CD versions*, but that could be put down to the poor quality of early audio to digital convertors and not to a limitation in the CD format itself. The later CD remasters were of a much higher quality.
*Compared using a turntable and a CD player occupying similar price points.
I wouldn't get too hung up comparing the same music played on both CD and LP - there are too many variables involved in their production processes to come to any general conclusion.
My original Moody Blues LPs sound superior to the first CD versions*, but that could be put down to the poor quality of early audio to digital convertors and not to a limitation in the CD format itself. The later CD remasters were of a much higher quality.
*Compared using a turntable and a CD player occupying similar price points.
The loudness wars ruined a lot of music on CDs. I hope the vinyl LPs of the same era turned out better. Back in the mid 70s, I'd tape my LPs on reel to reel to keep from wearing them out. Also taped them on chromium dioxide cassete tape using Dolby so I could listen to my albums on my ship while I was in the Navy. Now I would use the best ADC process to digitally back my LPs up to high res lossless format files. No mp3. Flac maybe. 24 bit would be overkill. Perhaps 16bit/48kHz.