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| How Much to Spend on Turntable, Cart., Phono Pre @2psyop The turntable was on my shortlist due to being aware of it from videos on Youtube from trade shows and chatgpt flagging it as a suitable option. Ultimately, I was hearing all kinds of things from all different people, many of them really ... | |
| How Much to Spend on Turntable, Cart., Phono Pre @2psyop I went for the Michell Gyro SE and mine came withe Tecnoarm, which is a modified Rega rb250. It can take a variety of tonearms should I want/need to upgrade down the line. | |
| How Much to Spend on Turntable, Cart., Phono Pre @aphilc I recently went for a preowned Michell Gyro SE that is in mint condition. It came with a Benz Silver MC cartridge with low hours. I will likely give this a shot out of the gate unless i really dislike it for some reason. I decided to go... | |
| How Much to Spend on Turntable, Cart., Phono Pre @2psyop How much of the improvement do you attribute to the table upgrade to the VPI, as compared to your new phono preamp and your new cartridge? My only prior experience with a turntable was a Victrola Stream Carbon with a built in phono pr... | |
| How Much to Spend on Turntable, Cart., Phono Pre @gano I used to not understand what colored means to me, but I sure do now. I have had my speakers voiced everywhich way in my room mimicking frequency responses of all kinds. What I am using now is a far sight from neutral (it is overtly colore... | |
| How Much to Spend on Turntable, Cart., Phono Pre @2psyop I think this approach makes tons of sense. Unfortunately, where I live doesn’t provide many options. That said, I intentionally skipped the options I had to listen in my area. I guess i knew I wouldn’t want to be boxed into a couple cho... | |
| How Much to Spend on Turntable, Cart., Phono Pre @lewm “It is my opinion only that you would do better to do a search for reviews of any two pieces of gear you want to compare, rather than to ask AI, because in the latter case you have no idea where the opinion originated and therefore you have ... | |
| How Much to Spend on Turntable, Cart., Phono Pre @gano I think it is using the word color here to emphasize that the frequency response is not neutral in this area, but is manipulated to produce a particular effect (but one that is not neutral, or the most technically accurate, but one with a pa... | |
| How Much to Spend on Turntable, Cart., Phono Pre @lewm While I would agree that ai is collecting and summarizing what is available on the internet, I think this is actually tremendously useful in many cases. Firstly, in cases like audio gear it can be hard to even locate the information to atte... | |
| How Much to Spend on Turntable, Cart., Phono Pre @cleeds You’re probably right. That’s why my wife has had the upper hand for almost 20 years… | |
| How Much to Spend on Turntable, Cart., Phono Pre I get what you are saying about a word salad. And this is partially correct and is part of the challenge if using ai because I have to follow up and drill down on every generalization to question conclusions to find out specifics that may or may ... | |
| How Much to Spend on Turntable, Cart., Phono Pre For your amusement, here is part of the Chat GOT rationale that sold me on my choice if phono stage (if they are lies, they were beautiful lies that whispered sweet nothings in my ear): Yes—despite its modest price, the EAT E-Glo Petit MkII can o... | |
| How Much to Spend on Turntable, Cart., Phono Pre And to double or triple down on the heretical audiophool fool’s errands I am drawing on, I have a compressed YouTube comparison video involving a Taylor Swift song to fall back on… lol. | |
| How Much to Spend on Turntable, Cart., Phono Pre You may be right about chat gpt in certain respects. I do not think there is enough data to predict things like the best synergy overall in a system, etc. But I do believe there is enough data to determine overall sound profiles with respect to ... | |
| Linear Tube Audio - Micro ZOTL - version -3 Update on upgrades I hasten to add that I did not have the two side by side at any point, so take these findings based on aural memory weeks apart (the time it took to do the upgrade) with a grain of salt. That said, I do think the level 3 is significantly better t... |