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| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? No one mentioned Walker. You guys heard anything about turntables or what ? | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? Libraries and other places use Simon Yorke with SME arms for transfers. Who is familiar with them ? And why would they use it with SME arms and not full SME set up, I wonder ? Speaking of British. | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? No, they don't, I suppose. But when I think turntables I always think British first. | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? dwette, I exaggerated it a little. Why ? Because Brits understand PRAT and midrange. And Australian Contiuum and Dohmann, same designer, are, well, thought of as being among the very best. | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? Why not Technics when just about everyone seems to be getting one of them ? | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? Best turntables will always be British. And by extension - Australian. | |
| Are EL34 based amps more musical than KT series based ? Or it's purely a matter of design? mulvelimg, you are right of course. I have no intention. Upgrading to newer VAC integrated might be a possibility for a more distant future. But I like this one and would probably go with separates if decided to upgrade. I won't give up my Mullard... | |
| Are EL34 based amps more musical than KT series based ? Or it's purely a matter of design? Then maybe I should upgrade output transformers in my VAC Avatar with custom ones ? This is a crazy idea, I think. | |
| Is the "improvement" real or imnagined? Yeah, though usually if something sounds great everyone with hearing will agree with that, even if it is not their preferred kind of sound. | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? "Every record has a playback level that seems just right " Now, that's true audiophile wisdom and experience. I had never thought of it this way before I read what Bill said. | |
| Some people actively participate but rarely if ever start a thread. Consider tube mono blocks as well ! Sorry, I never said it. You would need lots of tubes, and the heat..forget about it. I agree that talking about low audiophile end can be beneficial to the beginners. | |
| Is the "improvement" real or imnagined? kerrybh, this is interesting. Perhaps you did have some expectation bias but this doesn't mean that in reality the sound didn't change slightly. It probably did. Complicated, isn't it ? Touches on physiology and psychology. And generally speaking,... | |
| Recommendation for phono stage Allnic is also worth considering if you want tube phono. It's a serious company. | |
| Some people actively participate but rarely if ever start a thread. Yeah, when I recently asked to recommend $3500 used speakers, there were probably one hundred brands mentioned, I didn't count. But no "consensus opinion". Am I going to audition those one hundred brands before choosing ? Of course not, and it wou... | |
| How long do records last? I don't have a personal experience with this, and I treat all my records with LAST record preservative. I would guess, they should become noisier if vinyl is of poor quality or deteriorated for some reason even if you clean them again from time to... |