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Rega RP8 and alternatives in $3000-4000 range
Thanks for your advice, everyone.Yes, best to take time and try outAnd yes, I have a feeling that the rp8 is great value for the money. The fact that alternatives such as vpi classic signature on black Friday sale cost 5k says something. That's 2k... 
Rega RP8 and alternatives in $3000-4000 range
Thanks for sharing your experience, Boofer. It's most valuable 
Rega RP8 and alternatives in $3000-4000 range
thanks I'm curious to hear if anyone has had the rp8 for a longer period of time If you decided to let it go, what where the reasons? 
Good sounding Deutsche Grammophon recordings
Thanks very much, Jet and Rushton! You are right about the evolution in performance styles. Rushton, your list is greatly appreciated. 
Good sounding Deutsche Grammophon recordings
Does anyone have recommendations for excellent recordings of the following works on vinyl:Beethoven and Mozart string quartets (possibly complete box sets)Bach cantatas (looking specifically for BWV 69 but also otherst-- they're all great)Mozart o... 
Good sounding Deutsche Grammophon recordings
DG must have done something right at a certain point in time with their chamber music. Manfred Eicher of the German ECM label worked as a producer of chamber music for DG before he started his own label. ECM has done many excellent recordings in t... 
Buying new vinyl?
Thanks again! 
Buying new vinyl?
I think there's a great community spirit in the audiogon forums, and it's fantastic so many are willing to share their experience. It's great of some like digital. I enjoy it sometimes. The 10 best-sounding CDs in my collection sound really good t... 
Buying new vinyl?
Thanks Alan. Good to know. As for digital, I wish I felt the same. It would be so much easier. I'm not throwing away my CDs, though, but I now look at digital/analogue like transister/tube -- they will always be different.Fred 
Good sounding Deutsche Grammophon recordings
Thanks very much, Jet. I immediately went online and purchased a few of the albums you mentioned 
Cartridge for Rega RP3 or RP6 in AN system
PS I have more or less decided to get the Nagaoka mp-200. 
Cartridge for Rega RP3 or RP6 in AN system
Thanks, I'd like to compare the AT 150 and the Nagaoka MP 150. The DV 10x5 is a moving coil and the phono stage might only support moving magnet.A good tube phono stage probably costs $2000, so I will likely go with the Rega phono MM and replace i... 
Cartridge for Rega RP3 or RP6 in AN system
Thanks to everyone for sharing your wisdom. This is really helpful. Thanks also for respecting my budget. The only remsining question for me is the phono stage. I'm thinking about going with the rega phono stage for a start and then replace it lat... 
AN-J or AN-E with Meishu
I apologize for the delay in my response. I'm not getting notification e-mails for some reason.Dkarmeli: Thanks very much. Very useful advice.Drubin: Interesting question. I've been thinking about lot about this myself and I'm not sure there's a c... 
AN-J or AN-E with Meishu
Your thoughts and suggestions are very useful at this stage. I have limited knowledge of acoustics and greatly appreciate your help. I experimented a bit moving some furniture around yesterday and agree that this makes a big difference on the acou...