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I just wanted to play a record

A friend visited my home yesterday and asked to listen to one of my LP's. I powered up. He then said, "do you have to do all of that just to listen to a record?"

I normally don't even give it a thought as I go through my routine to power up....but this time, I realized that it is a far cry from what I had to do to listen to and LP with my first reciever.

Thirty three years ago a Sansui 771 Was my first reciever along with my Technics SL 1500 turntable. I pushed a button on the reciever and everything was on. Another switch for the turntable and I was in business. Yesterday, I realized that I had to turn on nine different components to play an LP. A preamp, four monoblocs, the turntable, the phono preamp, the servo control for my speakers and the record cleaning machine to clean the record.

He told me that I'm crazy.

He might be right.
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vicdamone
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Outsiders, you and your Hi-Fi, a reality check or what? I recall the exact same scenario some time ago and feeling somewhat embarrassed right up untill they hear the first few notes and then its gloatsville. The up side is that the word is out and nobody discards LP's anymore until they see me.

While there's no getting around LP preparation my system has unwittingly become very user friendly. A battery powered preamp is always on, the power thrifty class D mono blocks are always on, so what's left is to power up and select the source-simple.
schipo
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This is a great hobby, all through my years I have learned not only to enjoy great music such as classical,pop,jazz,and much more. Most of my listening was during quite times, at times of lose and trauma, that is always associated with life. I can now in my older years recognize good music and yes bad music. I know may will tell me music is subjective,I will have to disagree.I would like to know how many young listeners of today with their casual listening of much brain dead music, be has educated and well informed as we are at audiogon in their later years.
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artizen65
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Having an almost all SS system it stays on all the time. The scarry thing is that it still sounds better after about 30 minutes of music pumping through it. I don't know if the electric company hates me or not but the wife and I have had a conversation or 2 about the electric bill.
rgs92
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And don't forget you have to turns things on and off in the right order. God forbid you switch on (or off) some preamps while the power amps are on and you hear the pop from hell. Of course, this is a feature, as all those evil muting circuits will ruin the sound all the designers tell us.
leedistad
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Of course, this is a feature, as all those evil muting circuits will ruin the sound all the designers tell us.

Diehard blackpowder muzzle-loader shooting hobbyists say the same thing about modern breech-loaders, smokeless propellant, and rifled barrels.
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