I may be preaching to the choir. Just an FYI
Speakers or Turntable upgrade
I've been bitten by the upgrade bug. It's amazing how a small initial thought can snowball. I found a Clearaudio MM cartridge I forgot I had. It's been sitting in a drawer for 10 years due to upgrading the cartridge out of the box on my Clearaudio Concept TT. My thought was to get a cheap TT to mount the cartridge for my office system.
That turned into finding a good deal on a Rega Planar 2 with an ND cartridge. My other Turntable is a Rega Planar 3 with 2M Bronze. The Planar 2 got sold which led me to a Planar 3 with an Exact 2, but I didn't want the same TT. That led to looking at the Planar 6 and 8. I came to the conclusion that the 6 wouldn't be a big enough jump so I'm looking at a Planar 8 with ND7. Planar 8 would be my main rig and the Planar 3 would go to the office system.
I'm now looking at $3500 and started thinking if my money would be served better by upgrading my speakers instead. Sorry for the meandering post.
My system:
Rega Planar 3, Rotel RC 150, Rotel RB-1080, HTPC with DAC.
Speakers: Paradigm Studio 100 v2. and SVS SB3000 subwoofer
I listen to classic rock, new rock, 80's rock, and metal. I listen at fairly robust volumes.
Am I better off sticking that money into speakers than upgrading my TT?
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@dmk_calgary purist would tell you it's garbage out. Of course most of us who have a mediocre chain, we have to optimize to make the best of OK. To my ears, it still sounds superb. It's garbage by audiophile definition but the best version of garbage. |
@grislybutter - ah yes, but think how good your 'garbage' would sound if it had clean(er) garbage coming in. |
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