learsfool
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| Buying used vs. New Tvad, I admit I am confused after reading your post. You say I need more education in what constitutes a market, and then the entire rest of your post agrees with what I have said in mine, just with different wording. You and I are saying the exac... | |
| The disappearing $500 turntable The Rega P1 is quite a bit under $500, and I believe Music Hall still has at least one under that figure as well. | |
| Buying used vs. New Actually Viridian, I would say that Tvad hits my point exactly when he says no buyer or seller can dictate price, "unless they are educated in the current market for their goods." I would actually go farther and say current, past, and expected fut... | |
| CD players with volume control for $1.5-2k used You could get a used Rega Saturn in that price range, or a new Apollo for even less. | |
| Help choosing a new cartridge It's difficult to find a moving coil in that price range, you usually have to spend more on those. However, some of the finest MM cartridges can be had for that price, or near there. I would suggest you go that route. | |
| want to build a 2 channel system where do i start I would say that you could spend about half that amount and still get something that sounds fantastic - then you have alot more money left over for records, CD's, and live concert tickets. | |
| CD player NOT made in China under $1,000? To answer the original question, I just bought a brand new Rega Apollo, which is 1100, and it blows away any other player I have ever heard, including ones that cost 5 times that. I haven't heard any above that level, I should add. What I like the... | |
| Best next step to upgrade sound? For me, I will keep my audio and video systems separate, so I would say you should get different equipment entirely for two channel listening. The stuff made for video won't sound anywhere near as good as you can do in an audio only system, even f... | |
| Beethoven Ninth Symphony I'm more partial to some of the older ones myself, but if you want an excellent performance on CD of an original instrument group, you cannot do better than John Eliot Gardiner's set. | |
| Recommend Classical Piano LP's I like the Arrau Chopin recordings as well, and just found them all on LP not long ago. One of my very favorite pianists who I see no one has mentioned yet on this thread is Alicia deLarrocha. Wonderful Spanish pianist who had a very long career, ... | |
| Buying used vs. New Yes, of course, there are certain items, particularly vintage ones like the Garrard and Thorens mentioned, where you will have to pay more, and it would be worth it to do so. And there are other exceptions that don't have anything to do with the a... | |
| characteristics between these I'll put in a good word for the Hero, which I use. Don't know anything about the others, though. My personal theory is don't spend too much money on wire - you will not hear enough difference between a company's highest and lowest price products t... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please I didn't read through all of these responses to see if someone already recommended this, but my brother has a very small listening room, and he as a pair of used Sound Dynamics 300TI's, which he has mounted on stands. He gets very nice results wit... | |
| Buying used vs. New I have a mix of used and new in my system, which is the first audiophile quality one I have put together. I have had good luck so far buying used equipment. I would say, however, that one should never pay more than half of the original retail pric... | |
| Music Hall MMF 7.1 Turntable. Good choice? The Music Halls are a good lower budget table, but I would encourage you to try a Rega - you will get a much bigger soundstage in particular, which in my opinion is one of the most important things in trying to recreate that "live" sound. A few mo... |