Also, hit the flea markets and garage sales. Great surprises await, and you get to meet some fellow music lovers.
Vinyl***What If***
Hypothetical here:
My new incoming Cayin integrated has a built in MM stage..IF I convinced myself I wanted to try vinyl & knowing absolutely nothing about set up,care etc..& do NOT like to constantly fiddle recommend me a complete,bare minimum setup...
Speakers are Harbeth M30.1 & cables are Nordost Lief Series Red Dawn...Thanks much..
My new incoming Cayin integrated has a built in MM stage..IF I convinced myself I wanted to try vinyl & knowing absolutely nothing about set up,care etc..& do NOT like to constantly fiddle recommend me a complete,bare minimum setup...
Speakers are Harbeth M30.1 & cables are Nordost Lief Series Red Dawn...Thanks much..
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@jkreidler, there is nothing about CD or digital that requires one to skip around or cut songs short. It is an option. So too is having digital music droning on in the background. The thing is, there is nothing wrong with either of those things if that's what you like to do. (I don't). I tend to listen to whole CDs straight through......if they were produced as cohesive 'albums' and not just a random collection of songs....in which case I often shuffle them for a change. To me one of the great things about digital, all sound quality preferences aside, is the ability to occasionally skip a song altogether. There are a few bands, The Police come to mind, who produce great albums that are punctuated by one or even sometimes two really awful songs that I can hardly stand to listen to. The song "Mother" on Synchronicity and "Behind My Camel" on Zenyatta Mondatta are two prime examples. Also, "Les Boys" on Dire Strait's Making Movies. Really nice not to have to listen to those without having to get up and lift a tone arm. |
I have posted this before but my partner and I built an expensive phono stage 3olb separate power supply. It is just stunning. I am not a vinyl guy but it crushed our DHT DAC. What a natural sound. Funny thing is we are using a TT with a MM middle of the road shure cartridge on a. get this, JC Penny TT. As I am told, CEC build the TTs back in the day even for Marantz but we were smiling and laughing when we noticed that. Happy Listening. |
John Darko of Darko Audio just released a podcast where he discusses this very topic with Jeff Dorgay of Tone Audio Magazine. Everyone on the fence about getting into vinyl should listen to this. https://darko.audio/2019/02/darko-audio-podcast-14-vinyl/http:/ |
If that link doesn’t work It’s podcast #14 It’s still on his home page as it quite new. https://darko.audio/ |
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