boothroyd
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| Best turntable under $4000 I sold a 1200G to buy my current table, a Luxman PD 171 Replacing the mat on any 1200 with the tungsten polymer record mat from that Luxman is a game changer IMO. | |
| Musical Surroundings Phonomena II+ -OR- Moon 110lp v2 -OR- Parasound ZPhono XRM Phono @grislybutter Glad it’s all coming together for you 👍 Yes indeed, it is most enjoyable fun 🎶 | |
| Musical Surroundings Phonomena II+ -OR- Moon 110lp v2 -OR- Parasound ZPhono XRM Phono I wouldn’t worry about your Rega alignment - Roy Gandy doesn’t believe in such nonsense 😉 as long as the 3 cartridge mount screws are in place & your Elys 2 is tracking @ 1.75 grams. The anti-skating slider behind the tonearm rest can be set s... | |
| Warm and accurate bookshelves that can handle volume @laddy ‘s 2nd posting seems like a winner to me. I recently heard the new MoFi speaker Source Point 10 at Michael Klein’s STEREO Stereo in Pittsburg where they were positively addictive being driven by an ARC I/50 integrated. A modern interpreta... | |
| Best turntable under $4000 Technics insults not required Ace. The Kuzma products are uniquely capable and excellent sounding. A base model Stabi S with basic Stogi S CE Tonearm is easily over the limit without even mentioning the highly required isolation platform typical... | |
| Best turntable under $4000 Three thoughts 1.) Direct answer to your inquiry IMO is the Direct Drive Technics 1200G 2.) Your Fluance 85 has better DC motor control (optical sensor servo) than any Clearaudio offering up to the Ovation (not including the AC motor Emotion or ... | |
| VPI upgrade? For a blind recommendation, the front motor position Classic variants seem to be consistently good. One exception, “Oh! You got one of those?!” I have run across a few very early (single shipping carton) Classics where the delrin tonearm base r... | |
| Relative Importance of Analog Components It’s only as good as the weakest link. The turntable must 1.) be pitch correct, 2.) be tonally neutral & 3.) provide relative isolation from mechanical & acoustical noise The cartridge must work mechanically perfect with the tonearm and... | |
| VPI upgrade? With all the different motors, motor capacitors, motor housings, tonearm bases, various tonearm wands (including wire & junction box wire), platter materials, platter machining, footers (rubber tipped cones?!) to mention a few variables, I hav... | |
| Need advice for upgrading my analog setup While I’ve been away from this thread from work travels, I notice a lot of discussions regarding the pairing of cartridges to phono preamps concerning price ratios. IMO, such discourse should mention the output of the phono cartridge being sugges... | |
| End Game Turntable suggestions @willy-t 👍 +1 | |
| Need advice for upgrading my analog setup OK ~ I’ll be that guy 😉 No disrespect intended, just an option for maximizing musical resolution, image bloom and all around enjoyment with inherent isolation much improved over your existing Pro-Ject. If you’re married to the Darlington Labs MP... | |
| Want to add vinyl to my system. Great for you to be taking the plunge into vinyl 👍 Lot’s of great recommendations and yes, a fully optioned out Rega 8 or 10 would be a game over solution if you keep it in the Rega ecosystem with premium cartridge & phono pre. FWIW though, ... | |
| End Game Turntable suggestions @lewm Aside from several after market plinths custom built to accommodate any of several different vintage turntables and optional arm wands offered by Reed, I don’t know of any company using P’holz in their commercial audio products. That’s pe... | |
| Turntable purchase advice sought As far as other options are concerned, there definitely are other turntables available that would allow you to explore, each with their own set of challenges. While each system is somewhat unique, I feel the unconventional in audiophile terms Tec... |