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| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? kennyc, besides being very useful to me, Nakamichi 682ZX tape deck that I have is a piece of audiophile history. It is also analog almost all in one component, you can listen to it with headphones. Its headphone amp is not great but not too bad. ... | |
| Auditioning Used Equipment - Am I crazy ? I don't think the dealer should've said yes instead of no but he could've done your a favour. He didn't. What was the probability of you buying that 10K piece ? | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? Right. Sometimes I do listen to mostly for the sound but rarely, though the music still has to be good. If I don't like it I won't listen at all. mikhailark, if the band, Pink Floyd in this case, decides then why did they settle for less? They ha... | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? Though I don't follow current prices, I believe it is necessary to spend $25k-$30k on entire analog front end to have a great sound. You can have good or even excellent sound for less, that's true. | |
| Best 12AU7? I use RCA black plates from 50s in driver position, very balanced and full sound. But I also use Mullards 12AX7 long plates in preamp. Excellent match, anyway, but it won't give the best high frequency extension. | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? Does great recording quality make average music sound better and almost acceptable ? By the way, Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd is average quality. Who produced it ? Great album, though. | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? Some audiophiles probably do that but I believe most don't. Arrogant statement indeed. | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? That's the advantage of any great source component - it will work just fine in any room where there is enough space to put it in. You always have to deal with resonance control, though. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? Buying land with $10k may be a good idea but how much of it could I get and where ? I never go cheap, I always jump not make one or two small steps up. This includes NOS tubes. I can't afford the very best but I try to go reasonably high. | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? There are two quite clearly divided camps here. Besides, that's when true audiophile rig shows real class - when it achieves an impossible task of making poor recordings sound tolerable. | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? I'd say, poorly recorded analog recording definitely sounds better on better systems, but with digital...it's inconclusive to me. | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? That's certainly true, generally speaking, but first it is not always easy to determine the weakest link, and then by changing any component your change the overall balance, so you might upgrade but not get better sound or improve some aspects of ... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? I will listen to great music regardless of the recording quality or the equipment I have at the moment, including iphone. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? I agree. But I slowly keep improving my gear too, step by step, without spending much, but still of course spending. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? Well, some people don't even know what turntable is, let alone a good one, so to them it is all nonsense. However, I have a few other priorities too, for my easy earned money, so I can't buy it. |