Thank you all for lending your support and advice. And...since this hobby is fluid and subject to many factors...real or not...including whims and perceptions...please indulge me as I am going to ramble here...in a kind of free-verse-stream-of-consciousness.
I have made a decision to relegate my Yamaha M-70 and C-70 to the second tier position... The separates are beginning to show their age and almost begging to be retired. The right channel is producing less than the left...and I am not going to sink any more loot into the pair.
I am currently using a cheaper and albeit newer Onkyo 50 x 2 TX 8211 receiver. And...it is a respectable unit...it is sounding better than the Yamaha pair. I have pulled my Luxman equalizer out of mothballs and fiddled with the settings to give it some acceptable and respectable sonic credibility.
What is funny about my re-coned Cerwin Vega D-8's... back in 1983, they sold for $800.00 a pair...which is $2,135.00 today. I noted that an observation made here in the forum told me that my high efficiency (101 db) CV's and 200 x 2 amp were mismatched...not allowing the preamp to perform at its best. And...since the specs are in question from 1983.. I cannot figure on how to set the gain on the Yamaha M-70. Since I will always go for high sensitivity speakers (preferably Heritage Klipsch)...I think that a lower wattage amp would be better to have. I am done with the Yamaha pair...though bck in the day...very respectable.
I am looking at the Hana $1200.00 cart. Then that begs the question as to whether I also upgrade my 50 year old Dual 1219.
Yes...this is an expensive hobby... and full of choices...each product basically has an "upside" and a "downside". For instance...low sensitivity speakers need more power to run...yet, usually create more lower-end bass. And...Moving Magnet carts have less detail than Moving Coil...yet MM have what could be considered more "punch". Upgrading is a puzzle...which makes this hobby so much fun...when all of the stars line up.
What a fascinating hobby.
If you've managed to make it this far in my self-indulgent diatribe / ramblings...thank you.
vinylspin
I have made a decision to relegate my Yamaha M-70 and C-70 to the second tier position... The separates are beginning to show their age and almost begging to be retired. The right channel is producing less than the left...and I am not going to sink any more loot into the pair.
I am currently using a cheaper and albeit newer Onkyo 50 x 2 TX 8211 receiver. And...it is a respectable unit...it is sounding better than the Yamaha pair. I have pulled my Luxman equalizer out of mothballs and fiddled with the settings to give it some acceptable and respectable sonic credibility.
What is funny about my re-coned Cerwin Vega D-8's... back in 1983, they sold for $800.00 a pair...which is $2,135.00 today. I noted that an observation made here in the forum told me that my high efficiency (101 db) CV's and 200 x 2 amp were mismatched...not allowing the preamp to perform at its best. And...since the specs are in question from 1983.. I cannot figure on how to set the gain on the Yamaha M-70. Since I will always go for high sensitivity speakers (preferably Heritage Klipsch)...I think that a lower wattage amp would be better to have. I am done with the Yamaha pair...though bck in the day...very respectable.
I am looking at the Hana $1200.00 cart. Then that begs the question as to whether I also upgrade my 50 year old Dual 1219.
Yes...this is an expensive hobby... and full of choices...each product basically has an "upside" and a "downside". For instance...low sensitivity speakers need more power to run...yet, usually create more lower-end bass. And...Moving Magnet carts have less detail than Moving Coil...yet MM have what could be considered more "punch". Upgrading is a puzzle...which makes this hobby so much fun...when all of the stars line up.
What a fascinating hobby.
If you've managed to make it this far in my self-indulgent diatribe / ramblings...thank you.
vinylspin