Why didn't I sell my vinyl rig?

My criteria for both Vinyl and SACD/CD’s in Main System, and Streaming in my Office System: Is it ’INVOLVING’ ... IF Yes, DONE?

I purposely don’t compare them as many of you do (mine are not directly comparable anyway).

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Office Streaming (if you could call it that) is a simple $250. DAC (just so I can use USB from my PC). Office Source: free streaming, YouTube, Pandora, that’s it.

However, I do have some very nice speakers in the Office System (restored vintage AR-2ax, 3 way with 2 level controls: adjusting for the room a big asset).

I re-arranged the furniture to sit dead center on both Monitor and Speakers, thus for an Office, simple streaming with very nice Sound and Imaging up here. Thus: ’INVOLVING’

You that stream, hi-rez paid subscriptions, real equipment: thru your main system get far better I am sure. And, both thru your main systems, you can readily compare. Cost of Streaming can get way up there.

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My Vinyl and SACD/CD via Main System areTerrific. Took me a few years, I’m Done.

3 Tonearms, one 12.5:, others two 9". MC, MM removable headshell, Mono ready to go, Switch in seconds during a listening session.

New to me Vintage SACD/CD player, rediscovering existing and buying used CD’s now.

Definitely ’INVOLVING’.

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Compare: My friends bring their cartridges, or equipment here to hear/compare with my vinyl and/or cd systems, entire, or parts. That is both fun and informative.

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Vinyl: CD’s only for years, then rediscovered Vinyl. Then listened to Vinyl only for a long while. Improved SACD/CD player, now both, Vinyl predominately.

Had sold my Thorens TD124 with SME 3009 arm sadly because it was subject to vertical vibrations from my flexible wood floor.

Got a simple Audio Technica 120, then I gave it with cartridge to a friend. Started Vinyl all over during covid times.

I put together a terrific 3 arm TT setup. Coincidentally Just this morning added all up, total $5,565. People here spend a whole heck of a lot more for their Vinyl Rigs, and for their Streaming setups.

Improved SACD/CD, went thru 9 players till I found this one. $1,000. (surprisingly same cost as when it was new)

I have a lot of CDs, many both LP and CD, we do compare them, prejudiced opinion: LP wins most of the time.

Reel to Reel beats both LP and CD. (despite tapes having the worst Signal/Noise rating)

 

 

 

skinzy

I bought my first pair of AR-2ax with wedding money (Sam Goody’s, NYC) in 1967.

Got ransacked one year, gone. Miserable, I looked for them in garage sales around town, nope.

Recently a discussion was started, the essence: ’ What single audio item do you miss the most’ That cost me some money.

It was my AR-2ax’s. Got a pair for my basement. Restored them: new tweeters, updated crossover, replaced the level controls. Re-stuffed with polyester.

They sounded so good, and luckily just fit the shelves in my office, so here they are, ear level, dead centered, adjusted for the space with the level controls.

I bought a second pair for the basement, and the parts to restore them, but sidelined by foot surgeries, next and hopefully last one 2-9-23. After recovery, 1st order of business, get those AR-2ax’s going.

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Vinyl RIG, yeah I took a dumb shortcut with that, took me a re-read to realize it was me. Regrettable, but, should be my biggest mistake!