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Chime in if you bought a second table that cost a fraction of your main table.

Let’s say this will be for those who have or had a main turntable setup in which the table and tonearm retail for $7K or more. You then went out and purchased a table/arm that retails for half (or less than half) of $7k. If this is your current or past scenario, what were your impressions. Please note: this is for someone who added the second table for the same setup, or a second system...not someone who simply downgraded. The reason for this thread is not to suggest that upgrades do not offer improvements... It’s geared more for the audio enthusiast who scratched and clawed to purchase what may be their last table. I thought it would be interesting to hear the thoughts of people who then added that lower cost table/arm, and their general experience with it coexisting with their higher priced table.

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I did this kind of in reverse. I had my AR turntable stored because my Phonostage only had on input. After upgrading my Phonostage, I finally had two sets of inputs. So, at long last I was able to hook up my beloved AR next to my Linn. That probably lasted a day or two as it tried a new cartridge and readjust it before it went back into storage (to be a trade in later). It was a joke. Sounded like a transistor radio in comparison. Not even a whiff of nostalgia there.

 

Reinforced my strategy of only owning one…and the very best I can afford. I always trade in now to maximize each purchase and minimize stored stuff.

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