mdalton
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| Was I Expecting Too Much @waytoomuchstuff Again, I am going to have to respectfully disagree. There is no “interview process” in this transaction. This not akin to a job interview where the employee and employer - in the best of circumstances - have something closer... | |
| Was I Expecting Too Much @waytoomuchstuff Huh? Since when is it not ok for a consumer to say “I’m shopping for”? Since when are dealers immune from having to compete in a market economy where price and service are key components of a consumer’s buying decision? You s... | |
| Was I Expecting Too Much Wow! Get a grip. | |
| Was I Expecting Too Much @viridian Really? You’re suggesting that we can’t trust each other regarding our requests for help from each other? The OP was simply asking if his original expectation was reasonable. The only basis for our response is to accept his “side of t... | |
| Was I Expecting Too Much @audioguy85 Are you saying that because you’ve purchased a certain way, that the more traditional alternative - actually listening to a 5-figure product before purchase - is an illegitimate approach? If that’s not your point, what is? | |
| Was I Expecting Too Much @ricmci. what the h are you talking about? Please read the OP. He didn’t ask to take the turntable home “for the weekend”. The dealer told him he didn’t want him (OP) to come into his store to demo a product on his floor until he was closer to m... | |
| Was I Expecting Too Much Unacceptable. I would send a note to the U.S. distributor. They should know how their chosen dealers are representing their brand. All should be accountable. | |
| Adding a Dac and Stresmer Was going to recommend Goldnote DS10 ($3000) + PSU10 Evo($1400) at your original budget. Simple one-box DAC/streamer with optional power supply. I have this combo in my big rig as a roon endpoint. A few months ago I did a DAC shootout with a fr... | |
| Dual mono integrated amps Simaudio makes some wonderful products: | |
| Compact ~20WPC Tube Amp Leben CS-300X? | |
| End Game Turntable suggestions @musicmatters1206 I posted a picture of them side-by-side on the asylum: https://db.audioasylum.com/mhtml/m.html?forum=vinyl&n=1217409&highlight=SLL&search_url=%2Fcgi%2Fsearch.mpl%3Fforum%3Devents%26session%3D20221028102... | |
| End Game Turntable suggestions @musicmatters1206 re your #3 (Vintage TTs), yes, there are turnkey solutions, and at least in the case of idler drive TTs, they are extraordinarily low maintenance, which is why they were often used in radio stations, and why so many have lasted... | |
| End Game Turntable suggestions big fan of idlers. I have two from Woodsong Audio, but complete resto would almost certainly exceed your budget. But the one I’ve attached from Aural Hifi might work. | |
| Cost break down of hifi system Oops, principle #2 was supposed to amount i’m willing to spend on cables should be correlated with amt i spend on system.. | |
| Cost break down of hifi system My two cents, based upon my finally paying attention, recently, to cabling on my 3 systems: 1) Though my experience tells me cables can make a significant difference, just the thought of having to experiment with multiple different cables sucks ... |