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| New dedicated line & outlets sound worse, not better- HELP! Yeah, give it a time, it should be just fine. | |
| Money well spent Oleschool, I hear you. As I said, I'd just bought a super cable. In fact, I need two, one for the phono and one for deck, and I could get another one but decided not to and wait for a year or so. | |
| Money well spent I see. Yeah, it would not be in steps. Backwards - no, in a little more complicated way - perhaps. | |
| Money well spent If you put your analog front end upgrade on hold and sell your current amp, how much would it cost you compared to what you are going to do? Yes, you may never want or need to upgrade that VAC. Except for tubes. | |
| Money well spent There is VAC Phi 110i top of the line integrated for sale on usaudiomart from Canada for less than $10k. New cost about $25k.Oleschool, they almost never come up for sale. | |
| Money well spent I too don't really feel the wish to upgrade digital, though I know that it can be seriously improved. So far my CEC belt drive player serves me well, but I don't listen to it often. When I do upgrade it or if it just breaks down and I wouldn't wan... | |
| Money well spent Some people, many I would guess, have their rigs in living room so acoustic treatment may not be possible or be limited.Your cables should be up to what you want to achieve. We all have the upgrade bug, one variable is the degree of it and another... | |
| Money well spent One more thought. Oleschool, I don't know what cables you use, but I just upgraded one excellent old Purist interconnect with another newest Purist which is three steps above it. Wow. It's like a big cartridge upgrade, not a turntable/arm though. | |
| Viva, no longer a fan Viva must be losing the competition and for some reason got engaged in self-destructive behaviour. Whatever it is, they can listen to their stuff bloody selves. | |
| Money well spent Oleschool, I guess, you want to do both, just not sure what to start with. In any case, if you go with expensive cartridge upgrade now you do want to be sure it will work just fine in a new arm should you decide to follow up with the table/arm cha... | |
| Money well spent Oleschool, it depends on what you want to accomplish. You will get better sound either way. But I think you want to upgrade the table, I would almost certainly do the same given the choice. | |
| Search for miracle integrated I have never heard anything negative about this Rowland. Rowland Concentra I, the original Concentra, is excellent too with 100wt/ch. Rowland has a sophisticated slightly laid-back on the warm side of neutrality sound. There is a good reason why a... | |
| Viva, no longer a fan Yeah, directly or indirectly thru poor choice of authorized dealers they themselves create the so-called grey market and then they blame and punish the others. Very human, sucks big time. | |
| Search for miracle integrated Ther are no 'miracle integrateds', but if you wish to experience the best you have to go much higher in terms of cost and much wider in terms of brands. There are a few worth trying - Ypsilon, Absolare, Gryphon, VAC and others. Of what I mentioned... | |
| Viva, no longer a fan Roxy54, I don't know what to suggest, I am not a pro in this field.How is grey market formed in the first place? Usually, whatever it is, you try to affect the causality. If it is not possible or extremely complicated you move a little further dow... |