I like watching it spin regardless of the inferior sound that it always produces. It is a ’visual’ fetish rather than good sound.
Top 5 Reaons to NOT BUY A TURNTABLE.
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For me the turntable/digital debate or tube/S.S. debate are the 4 reasons why audiophiles focus on gear instead of embeddings controls, electrical and mechanical, and especially acoustic... I dont understand why people dont understand that there is very good digital/analog/Tubes/S.S. products all all scale level... Reading all this marketing and sometimes bullshit hide for me the important and essential factors to reach Hi-Fi .... It is not analog or digital gear nor Tube or S.S. gear in itself the key... It is acoustic one of the main and the most important factor all other things being equal.... In a word a good dac can be superior or inferior to some turntables and vice versa most of the times...Same for tube or S.S. and arguing about that is more than often marketing hype... The question is how at the least cost could i create a good audio system? The question is not and never was : what is the BEST gear? Reading less audio magazine and experimenting was for me the road.... I may create a thread: Top 5 reasons why never reading audio magazine or audio thread when your gear is already bought.... 😁😁😁😁😊😊😊😊😎😎😎😎 I like the human factor of Guttenberg chronicle when i listened some in the past though....My post is not a critic of this man or a critic of anyone by the way.... |
The one good Guttenberg video https://youtu.be/7RxRTFx6Cd0?t=355 But even here notice how he keeps interrupting the guy, who is way more knowledgeable, experienced and interesting. I tried to find the Paul Beckett interview, where Guttenberg wants to talk about his hair (he should talk) and pretty much everything but the turntable, which uses a lot of really interesting technology, but we have to listen to Steve crack jokes about Onkk, onkk. Brother. |
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I think he was searching for a reason to do a video - any video, about anything! As they say in the news papers - it was a slow news day One point I would dispute, is his claim regarding "inferior separation"
Pity he didn't talk about the the pros of the wonderful sleeve art and the add-in notes included in the sleeve that you can actually READ with normal prescription eyewear ! Boy I’m getting old :-( Ah well, Life goes on - don’t it? |
Zero-g VTF solved with a spring. Isolation? Floats in air! I do think a ported enclosure will cause the speakers to spin around, but that is easily solved with sealed cabinets and anyway that's a speaker problem not turntable. Zero-g would be pretty cool. No cable elevators, no isolators, everything just floats. Put a record on, float on over and tether into the sweet spot.... |