Not Enjoying My Turntable

You see this increasingly so lately.
Unfortunately back in the 70,s vinyl replay could near enough be plug and play and even though better setup would obviously help we really had nothing much to compare it to bar the radio so yes it sounded good( at the time).

Now for those trying to return to vinyl with CD and streaming and dacs that perform exceptional for a low price point it can highlight all the deficiency that was always present but we never knew ( or cared?).

So a $500 entry to vinyl is highly unlikely to get even close to a $500 digital setup .
Can it be made to sound decent?
Sure it can, but is not going to be plug and play and still will likely sound somewhat jaded against the digital.

It is just part of the times we live in.

Lol

Is this the same Elizabeth who on a very recent post admitted to spending 3k on AC duplex outlets?

Surely that was chasing a deeper shade of green grass?

Or was that the wake up AHA moment of ceasing to throw money down MoneyPit Road?

Actually very well said Geoff.

I am always concerned my rig is not good enough or could be much better.
Audiophillia Nervosa for sure!

However of late I have had opportunity to listen to some other decent rigs at other people’s houses.

This has made me rescale my rig in terms of sq and vfm.

Upwards......

So it is a good thing indeed.

Good job really as with just putting a new roof on the house the spendy fund is rather shallow ... lol

While $300 is not a lot for a vinyl setup, it does sound like there is something seriously wrong in the set up whether it be mechanical ( vta, vtf, azimuth etc) or electrical ( loading, mismatch etc).

What I think Elizabeth was driving at was the possibility that the OP maybe able to improve what they have with some judicious set up moves.

Of course it is still only going to be as good a sound as a $300 rig can hope to produce but there maybe enough to improve that the OP will be at least content.