+1 Agrippa! You have the best recommendation here!
Best Analog for $10K
I’ve spent considerable money and time assembling a great all-digital two-channel audio system. I want to experience vinyl reproduction. My budget is $10-12K for turntable, arm, cartridge, phono cable, and phono stage.
Two things I do not want. One is to get on a spiraling upgrade path. The second is to avoid too much fiddling and tweaking and adjusting.
I am open to used or refurbished equipment, as well as new gear.
I primarily listen to Jazz and Rock music. Very little classical.
Thoughts?
Two things I do not want. One is to get on a spiraling upgrade path. The second is to avoid too much fiddling and tweaking and adjusting.
I am open to used or refurbished equipment, as well as new gear.
I primarily listen to Jazz and Rock music. Very little classical.
Thoughts?
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J A Michell Gyro SE plus Techno Arm w/Dynavector 20x2L, Manley Labs Chinook phono stage, Manley Labs Jumbo Shrimp line stage.......Goose Bump City! Plus you get to tube roll!! How fun. Once you set the Turntable up you dont have to fiddle, just enjoy :-) And less than 10K Matt M P.S. IMO if you dont have at least 2,000 records you may just want to stay digital. Source material will be your main problem, its harder now to find good original clean sounding albums, NEW pressings often times will disappoint. |
My recommendation for a no fuss analog system is the one below. A few hundred under your price at list. The turntable and arm are very easy to set up together. The cartridge is an outstanding performer matched to a dedicated phono preamp. Worth auditioning if you have not heard a DS Audio cartridge. Dr Feickert Analogue Woodpecker turntable $6,995 with Jelco TK 850L tonearm DS Audio DS E1 Optical Phono Cartridge System $2,750 I have heard this and it sounds great. |
Nottingham Analogue Ace Spacedeck (UK import @ ~$2000, less than half the US list price) Thomas Schick tonearm ($2000) Audio-Technica AT-LH15H headshell ( ~ $100) Audio-Technica ART9 ($1100) Allnic H-1202 or Herron VTPH-2A (~$3500) Any decently constructed cable Total: $8700 + cost of cable. Result: excellent analogue system requiring zero tweaking once set up, which is exceedingly simple. |
