lohanimal
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| Inexpensive Good Vintage Turntables? @cd318 the cult - superb way of putting it. I think the Roksan and Alvin Golds review of it then the Pink Triangle taught us there was another way. Hi Fi World were the magazine to open our eyes to what we missed out on with its classic section. I... | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 @drbond I envy your dilemma - lovely turntable I heard the FM in a Vertere FM chain and it was compared to live music and I couldn’t tell the difference - astonishingly good 👍 I was also deeply impressed with a Constellation. I was not as impr... | |
| Inexpensive Good Vintage Turntables? new decks - a lot of Emperors New Clothes IMHO. Harry Weisfeld of VPI once said in an interview to produce a Technics SP10 would require £30k - for tooling - the motor etc. In TT design the pinnacle of high tech relative to market usage/penatrat... | |
| Inexpensive Good Vintage Turntables? @cd318 I was ideologically opposed to the LP12. (UK press...) then I heard one that had the full full Funk Firm treatment, and another by Vinyl Passion. On both occasions it just simply sounded great - very entertaining. | |
| Every day I see another turntable recommendation... Go listen and enjoy. There are several good decks listed. I would consider second hand - high end decks tend to be well cared for. View audio like you would clothes or watches - get what suits u. I will warn you that buying TT’s is addictive. I... | |
| Inexpensive Good Vintage Turntables? Picking up on the comment ‘how vintage’ is a fair point. The Linn LP12 has been in production for almost 50 years. It has had many iterations I hasten to add - a bit like a Porsche 911 I guess The Rega Planers 2 and 3 are much the same. Eve... | |
| Inexpensive Good Vintage Turntables? Believe it or not Vestax DJ decks with new tonearms are on a par with the Technics SL1200. they are dismissed due to the DJ Deck aesthetic (which i actually like). Brilliant bass. What country are you in? | |
| Inexpensive Good Vintage Turntables? @whart don’t discourage the OP. U can clearly spend silly money but plenty of fun can be had without blowing the budget. Goldring 1042 cartridge is excellent as is the 1022 which is cheaper. A rega planer 3 or systemdeck with an rb250 or rb300 a... | |
| Inexpensive Good Vintage Turntables? There’s a chap @pbnaudio who sells restored Denon direct drives. if you are keeping costs down find a Goldring Lenco and make ur own plinth Lencoheaven is a superb source for tech details and support Belt drive turntables are easy in many ways b... | |
| Can a Amp be "timeless" and compete with todays amps? Hornets 🐝 nest There are some notable newer designs: Lavardin - low memory Halcro - low distortion the thing is that class a amps haven’t changed in essence many classics they just got right. Some old components were just better: old valves... | |
| Technics SU-R1000 - Good but not the king of switching amps @ben_campbell I understand you have one of these amps and use it with vinyl. What did you move from? | |
| GaN based SU-R1000 Technics Integrated Class-D, review by TAS Can I just ask which person here has heard the Technics ? Is this ideological hatred or genuine gripe? I am intrigued by it - particularly the phono stage section and I’m a vinyl freak truth be told I am considering one. I have a Lavardin IT w... | |
| Solid State Phono Stages @thiefoflight I hope i did not offend you as that wasn't intended. The problem with forum threads is that it often becomes my latest is the best and i will talk about it until i get the next item. roy gregory who was at hifi plus did a series o... | |
| Solid State Phono Stages @varyat I have the first whest 0.20 - superb phono stage - I understand the ref and subsequent models are better still. @thiefoflight It's too much of a generalisation to consider it simply between valve and SS design. For instance the W... | |
| DIY TT thanks @rauliruegas There's actually a Townshend rock group on facebook that is run by a guy called Matt McNulty - very knowledgable. Sadly Max passed away recently and he was always open to discussion. I have a copy of the Bugge Thesis and Max ... |