piedpiper
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| What's a good beginner turntable at $2500+- range? The Technics is a great table for the money and certainly "no fuss no muss" but to say that it across the board beats tables at that budget used is not consistent with my experience to say the least. You've got a lot of choices at that price used,... | |
| getting back into vinyl Unfortunately, your original demo has set you up for disappointment at your budget, undefined as it is. There is no question that the table and arm make a huge difference. You will typically hear some variation on this priority: table, arm, phono ... | |
| Koetsu cartridges - myth or reality? What budget are you looking into? It may be interesting to you that Albert Porter traded in his Jade for an Airtight PC-1. | |
| Best turntable/cartridge combo for $700-$750 A more relevant comparison (quality-wise) would be the 1200 to the newer, more expensive P3/24 which has much more potential for, and worthiness of, upgrading. In my comparison, posted elsewhere here, I mostly favored the P3/24. I would characteri... | |
| Best turntable/cartridge combo for $700-$750 "I would prefer more cartridge options than these combos offer. I realize my price range may limit my options."not sure what you mean by that. You can get any cartridge you want. | |
| young and new to analog. The amp question should be considered in tandem with your speaker choice. I would keep to the higher impedance with a relatively flat impedance plot and higher sensitivity end of the spectrum, such as a minimum of 89dB sensitivity and preferably 8... | |
| young and new to analog. There are some systems that will do very well with some music and not others, and some systems that will do everything well. Yours will at least need to be able to play loud and have good deep tight bass by the sound of it. Many systems will not b... | |
| maplenoll apollo---any agon experience Great find! You will need to use something like a ring for edge warped records if there are problems with the seal as the virtually nonexistent tonearm will change VTA much more dramatically than with a normal length arm. | |
| What is the BEST phono stage Second the Wavestream in your price range. But at this level, (and every other) it is a very personal thing. | |
| young and new to analog. There is a wealth of previous threads that cover this topic you might want to explore. | |
| Grand Prix Audio Monaco Turntable I would think that instability such as that caused by belt slippage would show up as momentary lagging on transients that would then not catch up. Instability caused by motor issues wouldn't show up at all in terms of noticieable echo, but would b... | |
| Grand Prix Audio Monaco Turntable Very interesting, but speed accuracy to a reference is only part of the picture and much less relevant than speed stability, millisecond to millisecond. | |
| Optimal loading for the Orpheus Raul,the RB 1000 is still in production, as far as I know. | |
| Raven v Walker. Colored v Accurate? Thanks everyone for your encouragement. I've been compelled to be quite thoughtful about all this because I am a professional musician, recording artist, sound engineer, audiophile, audio dealer and even sometimes audio designer/modifier. Aside fr... | |
| Rega P2, Thorens TD-180 or Music Hall MMF-5.1? I would agree with the above assessments. Bear in mind that the new P3, refered to above, that can be upgraded with the external power supply is the P3/24, an upgraded version of the P3 that came out about a year ago. The arm on it is the RB301 an... |