helomech
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| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. I have forgotten more than all of you will ever know about high end audio.Is that you Donny? | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. Hana doesnt last. Reports are out that they burn out after 400 hrs. I want something that will do a 1000 hrs. Not sure where you’re getting your info. I haven’t come across any such accounts despite my frequent participance on multiple forums. Occ... | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. I may also consider the soundsmith MM because of its superior stability compared to a MC. The Hana is good but a REAL MC cartridge starts around 2 thousand bucks. Weird. I switched from a Soundsmith Carmen to a Hana SL and the improvement was incr... | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. Lol!!! Now you got me back on this used SCOUTMASTER I can get for 1500 bucks. The REGA RP8 on music direct is 2 grand. Can get a RP10 for 3 grand used. Cartridge and phono stage will come later. I am focusing on a solid table to build a analog f... | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. Dear @jeffvegas : I don't know you but I don't like mediocrity/average audio items, digital or analog.All the advises here for analog and what you are asking for are in the mediocrity land, belongs to this territory.In the digital domain the advis... | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. As far as the DAC goes, I am looking at a Berkeley Dac or an AURELIC VEGA G2. State of the art is out of my budget but achieving a musical good sounding 2 channell system is in reachState-of-the-art in digital can be had for a mere $700:https://ww... | |
| What are Your Favorite and Most hated Record Manufacturers Just about anything pressed for Capitol these days is atrocious. | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. Oops, my mistake. But then it’s just like my argument how inconvenient the MC cartridges really are. Does that mean a Hana charge 80% of retail to rebuild or completely change their cart officially via distributors ? Yes, MC cartridge replacement ... | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. Fairly certain my VPI dealer would tell you the Scoutmaster is one of the best tables they've ever made short of an Aries or HRX. Personally, I'd take a Scoutmaster over the AS Primus. Its AS equivalent would probably be closer to the Wow XL or Tr... | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. Everyone here has poisoned me on VPI. Guess they suck. Now I am looking at a new Acoustic Signature primus or a Rega RP8. Any thoughts on those tables?FWIW, my local dealer loves the old variations of the VPI Scout with unipivot arm. He's still a ... | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. With exception of Soundsmith carts, the typical replacement stylus for an MM/MI cart is 80% the cost of the cartridge.@helomech just check Peter's interview and he said at 17:00 here SoundSmith cartridges will be rebuild ONLY for 20% of the cost (... | |
| What's up With VTS? Yesterday when I tried calling multiple timee, hours apart, it wouldn't even ring. The dial was followed by a brief silence and then a disconnect with a "line busy" notice. I get that he's old-school but would a voicemail be asking too much? Maybe... | |
| What's up With VTS? I understand his business model and have been trying him by phone - figured that was made clear in my second post. When one tries each week for a few months, usually at least twice in a given week, and still can't make contact, what is one suppose... | |
| What's up With VTS? I realize he's a one-man operation, but I've never had trouble contacting him in the past and he always returned his missed calls. I've been trying to contact him weekly for months now. I have doubts that he pays much mind to his website. Somethin... | |
| What are Your Favorite and Most hated Record Manufacturers Analogue Productions can produce some very fine records. So does RTI Unfortunately, the sister company, QRP, will press all variations of quality. It seems the QRP sticker on the jacket indicates they actually cared enough to do it right. Records ... |