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KAB 1200 vs. everything else.

A few weeks back I asked Kevin of KAB USA what price level a fully modded 1200 competes with, and he thought somewhere in the 4500-5000 dollar price range. His reasoning was that the business concentrates on romantic reproduction rather than technical reproduction. It sounded plausible, but I am pretty new to analog playback. What do you think of this claim--Cheers
jmoog08
tvad
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If in a given system, one source clearly betters another, then the room,
amplifier, preamplifier and speakers, being constants in the equation, do not factor into the difference in sound.

The difference in sound is solely attributable to the sources (or the recordings).
audiohifila
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Not necessarily true it's a given because your preamp might handle line better than phono

Besides some people have separate preamplifier for phone and line

Besides, the interconnect is quite different on your tt to preamp versus cd tp preamp....power cords might be different too
tvad
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12-25-08: Audiohifila
Not necessarily true it's a given because your preamp might handle line better than phono.
I am using an example of a line preamplifier with a separate phono.

The phono preamp is part of the analog source, as far as I'm concerned. The analog source being comprised of: table, arm, cartridge, phono interconnects, phono preamp, phono preamp interconnects, phono preamp power cord, turntable power cord, table isolation and anything else you care to add to the analog front end. We can split hairs all day long.

Certainly changing any aspect of this analog front end will affect the sound.

My point...specifically as it relates to my system...is that my digital front end, which retails for $6500 (not including interconnects and power cord or isolation platform) outperforms my analog front end, which retails for $4500 (not including interconnects or power cords.

I do not wish to spend more on the analog front end.

As I've already stated, I am considering selling the KAB Technics rig.
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gadfly
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Go right ahead and sell it, Tvad.
But then what about all those records that have not made it to CD? That might be the only drawback to dumping the analog front end.
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tvad
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...then what about all those records that have not made it
to CD? That might be the only drawback to dumping the analog front end.
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Gadfly (Reviews | Threads | Answers)

I don't have any of those, nor do I intend to buy any, so it's not a concern.
However, you raise a valid point.
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