gotog
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| End Game Turntable suggestions At the lower end of your price range I really like the Well Tempered Versalex. | |
| Getting back into venal with a $2,000 budget. Another option is the Pioneer PLX-1000 ($650) with Soundsmith Carman cartridge (can be had for $800). Then you may be able to find a gently used Soundsmith MMP3 phono stage within your budget. PLX-1000 has had some really nice reviews. | |
| Getting back into venal with a $2,000 budget. I like the Marantz- the star in that particular package is the cartridge. Having said that I’m not sure I would buy it used not knowing if the cartridge was set up properly and taken care of properly. It depends on how much confidence you have in... | |
| Fritz Carrera or other possibilities! Another possibility is the Dynaudio Contour 20i. Really nice mint pair on USAM right now. With these you may be able to get away with not using subwoofers. | |
| My first tube integrated: which one to get? Since this is your first tube amp, you probably don’t know what type of tube sound you prefer… something more lush or something more dynamic.. there are a lot of different tube types that sound totally different. I would recommend that you get so... | |
| Time for a new MM cartridge If you want to stick with MI, Soundsmith Carmen mk II ES is a nice option. | |
| turntable light Old thread. A lot of good suggestions. Thought I would add my two cents, as I was shopping for a turntable light recently and could not find much recent discussion. I purchased one from Amazon (linked below) and was really pleasantly surprised a... | |
| Beginner looking for guidance into tube sound. For $1600 you could get a brand new Cayin A-50T MKII Integrated Tube Amplifier. Highly regarded. Very well made. I believe there is a Stereophile review that had it paired with full range monitor audio speakers. | |
| Late Night Jazz Last night, I enjoyed Harry Belafonte Sings the Blues featuring sublime performances of numerous Billie Holiday, Johnny Mercer, and Ray Charles titles. Great singing, great band, great recording, great pressing — Analogue Productions (AAPF 1972). | |
| Late Night Jazz @cabfiend: I gave Coltrane and Hartman a late night spin.. and it is indeed a good one. I especially enjoyed Coltrane’s rhythm section — Jones using brushes the whole album, Garrison plucking deep, round notes to go along perfectly with Hartman’s... | |
| Late Night Jazz Also thanks @brskie for pointing out Gene Ammons: Boss Tenor (OJC-297). I forgot I had that one. Like Chet Baker: Chet it is another OJC release that provides a high performance/ recording quality to cost ratio and is a great late night spin. Te... | |
| Late Night Jazz Thanks for all the great suggestions. | |
| Need under $1500 preamp for my system +1 Atma-Sphere UV-1. Warm without being syrupy..great tone.. there is one for sale on USAM for $850.. It uses the 6SN7 tube, and in my experience, if you get a good quality 6SN7 it is really special.. | |
| Full feature preamp $1500 Audible Illusions 3A. There is a factory refurbished one on Audiogon for $1450 and one on USAM too. However, personally, I would grab the lightly used Atmasphere UV-1 on USAM ($850) and just pick up a Rega Fono MM mk3 on Amazon for $395 | |
| Budget Audiophile system under 2k Another option would be to pair the Triangle Boreo BRO3 speaker ($500) with an IOTAVX SA3 full function integrated ($500) leaving $1000 for front end of choice. |