Top 5 Reaons to NOT BUY A TURNTABLE.


jerryg123
I like watching it spin regardless of the inferior sound that it always produces. It is a ’visual’ fetish rather than good sound.
I can't believe how seriously most of you took this. I just smiled at it. At worst it was a discussion.
Thanks for putting the hands of the clock to their right position...

I am too serious and i can recognize that....

My deepest respect to you.....
I can't believe how seriously most of you took this. I just smiled at it. At worst it was a discussion.
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....

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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....







1-5 Every moment wasted on YouTube.
No time for babysitting LPs.
I for one don't HAVE to listen.
Pity on "we."
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 apparently just haven't spent enough on digital equipment to make it sound as good as vinyl. Other than that, I like digital. Not a fan of audioholic though.  
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  1.  All your records belonged to your mother
  2.  You haven't saved up enough allowance to buy a decent vinyl system
  3.  You read an article about CD being perfect
  4.  You have to get off the couch to listen to both sides
  5.  You can't figure out how to balance the tonearm
Top 5 reasons to not watch the audioholic:
5. Wierd glasses.
4. Goofy shirts.
3. Goofy, period.
2. Misses the point.
And the #1 reason to not watch:
He's for wanna-bees not audiophiles.
@williewonka I would agree on the slow news day comment.
I am a analog guy though I do have some CD and stream a bit to.
Keep spinning.
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"
  • I have a few older albums that has superb separation and imaging, that even to my old ears, surpasses my best digital tracks.
  • perhaps the sound engineering back then was better?
I would also dispute that "it’s too late" - - - NEVER too late to appreciate good sound

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....
Maybe on the space station.. Tough to get the weight right..

Spin this bucket a little faster, the arm won't stay down. Time for a little Merle Haggard.. :-)

Regards
Top 5 reasons to NOT buy a turntable:
5. Don’t really enjoy music.
4. Mostly listen while driving.
3. Congenitally spastic.
2. Must stream endlessly.
And the #1 reason to NOT buy a turntable:
You live on a boat.