A Beginner's Vinyl Set-Up Guide (feat. Hegel V10 and Pro-Ject Debut Pro)

#Hegel #ProJect #turntable

A video walking you through how to set up a Turntable and key terms you need to know plus my impressions on Sound Quality of these products.

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TIME CHAPTERS
0:00 - Introduction segment
0:54 - Preamble
1:26 - Intro to the Pro-Ject Debut Pro
2:08 - First thoughts on the Debut Pro
2:56 - A chat about MM and MC cartridges, the Stylus and Cantilever, principle of operation including Faraday's Law.
5:07 - Set-up
8:47 - The Hegel V10 Phono Stage : Specifications, what is a phono stage? Connections, Settings and grounding
15:20 -Debut Pro Specs
15:37 - Impressions on SQ
19:46 - Wrap up

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[karenbrandon]

As a lady audiophile just getting into HiFi I love your videos. You put incredible effort into production and it is clearly a creative process for you. Well done - it's been very informative and I look forward to more creative from you. Keep doing it as you do as you clearly are apart from all the rest.

[bobthompson]

Only just this vid for some strange reason as I’ve binge watched most of yours?

Oddly enough I got seriously ill early winter and decided to cheer myself up with an audiophile entry turntable. You did not do vinyl but I listened to the other reviewers who do - like Darko and Robinson plus what hi fi etc. Took a punt on a Pro ject X1 in part because of a Robinson review on your dec. And the hype on your dec meant the X1 was losing a lot of love (as well as a balanced upgrade X1 is out) so got my dec nearly new demo at about half price.

Thus your YT vid is most illuminating (as usual) and I will follow your journey with keenness.

My system is part home cinema so a vg Yamaha receiver and Panasonic Blueray/CD with YAPO; Paul Barton Synchrony stand mounts (amazing); Eversolo stream Dac; Mofi phono. Vinyl does different in my system - sounds more musical. As a result just beginning to get sucked down into the ‘vinyl rabbit hole’ …….

[roryyoung]

A fantastic guide for Turntable newbies. It's just great to see your journey into vinyl.

[nicothend.]

1. Welcome to the analog hi-fi rabbit hole.
2. Say goodbye to your hard-earned money.
3. I love your channel. 🙃

[alexseaford]

Thanks Simon, another masterclass. I'm on the verge of getting back into vinyl after a break of 20 years & swearing "never again!" Just wondering how my records, now sitting in the attic, will sound having been so badly abused during my teenage years. Good luck with your journey.

[thobekanikhoza]

Thank you for this level of detail, really fun listening to this

[kleemusic]

Simon is an ace communicator who can make anything interesting and informative. Fantastic stuff as usual.

[jonathanhotopf]

I think an MC with that would be amazing. Look forward to hearing your update on this

[tg]

It's about time, Simon. Great review!

[gunnerdunbar]

Bravo Simon, this was a spot on review/how to. Glad to see you back at it, keep up the hard work

[erwindewit]

Yes, welcome back! And welcome in the vinyl works as well! It’s fun isn’t it? Hmm, a Board of Canada record, cool!

[Anand.Asrani]

Fab Job Simon ! detailed presentation, the background music... Keep Going 👌

[TheFilletingfish]

As always great production and very clear description of a rather jargon laden topic. Thanks Simon

[gerardfletcher]

very much like my debut pro. bit fiddly to set up but once running its a joy to listen to vinyl. i have many cd and years of vinyl enjoy simon its all music to soothe the soul great viseo cheers

[steverees]

Hi Simon. Nice to see you do a video on a TT and vinyl. As a person who grew up listening to music this way, I have gone the other way, from just vinyl, then adding CD's, then just listening to CD's, to just streaming now. It's mainly due to reducing clutter and ease of use, by pressing a button on my phone and choosing a track or album from my chair. I think age and laziness has a lot to do with it 😂. Tubular Bells 2 is my personal favourite of the Bells series and Nick Drakes album is a nice one also. That Pro-Ject TT is very good for the money. Enjoy your listening and thanks for sharing. 👌

[michaelmityok]

Wonderful filmic quality to the video as always, bravo Simon!

[attrktmarketing]

Thanks this is a really helpful and beautifully thought through video. I love vinyl for the same reasons as you.

[Phil_fandbethere]

Great to see you getting into Vinyl Simon - enjoy. It definitely gives you a far greater connection to the music/artist than any other format and sounds better a lot of the time too. Nice phonostage - which will easily see you through several turntable and cartridge upgrades. I hope you add cartridge and phonostage reviews to your channel. I recommend you try a Nagoaka MP-150 or 200, it's a moving iron (permalloy) design which outputs at same level as MM. They give you the best of both worlds between MM and MC. Finally, really good explanations and graphics in your video - great job.

[andrehb]

Beautifully put-together, as usual -- thanks and cheers

[tonyhodgkinson]

Looking forward to this one. Good vinyl requires clean records to sound great IMO. Let us know how you get on when you go mc.