Top 5 Reaons to NOT BUY A TURNTABLE.
Zero-g VTF solved with a spring. Isolation? Floats in air! I do think a ported enclosure will cause the speakers to spin around, but that is easily solved with sealed cabinets and anyway that's a speaker problem not turntable. Zero-g would be pretty cool. No cable elevators, no isolators, everything just floats. Put a record on, float on over and tether into the sweet spot.... |
I think he was searching for a reason to do a video - any video, about anything! As they say in the news papers - it was a slow news day One point I would dispute, is his claim regarding "inferior separation"
Pity he didn't talk about the the pros of the wonderful sleeve art and the add-in notes included in the sleeve that you can actually READ with normal prescription eyewear ! Boy I’m getting old :-( Ah well, Life goes on - don’t it? |
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The one good Guttenberg video https://youtu.be/7RxRTFx6Cd0?t=355 But even here notice how he keeps interrupting the guy, who is way more knowledgeable, experienced and interesting. I tried to find the Paul Beckett interview, where Guttenberg wants to talk about his hair (he should talk) and pretty much everything but the turntable, which uses a lot of really interesting technology, but we have to listen to Steve crack jokes about Onkk, onkk. Brother. |
For me the turntable/digital debate or tube/S.S. debate are the 4 reasons why audiophiles focus on gear instead of embeddings controls, electrical and mechanical, and especially acoustic... I dont understand why people dont understand that there is very good digital/analog/Tubes/S.S. products all all scale level... Reading all this marketing and sometimes bullshit hide for me the important and essential factors to reach Hi-Fi .... It is not analog or digital gear nor Tube or S.S. gear in itself the key... It is acoustic one of the main and the most important factor all other things being equal.... In a word a good dac can be superior or inferior to some turntables and vice versa most of the times...Same for tube or S.S. and arguing about that is more than often marketing hype... The question is how at the least cost could i create a good audio system? The question is not and never was : what is the BEST gear? Reading less audio magazine and experimenting was for me the road.... I may create a thread: Top 5 reasons why never reading audio magazine or audio thread when your gear is already bought.... 😁😁😁😁😊😊😊😊😎😎😎😎 I like the human factor of Guttenberg chronicle when i listened some in the past though....My post is not a critic of this man or a critic of anyone by the way.... |
1. You already have 7 turntables. 2. You gave away all your vinyl LP’s in 1988 when CD’s became popular and absolutely refuse to buy all your favorite records all over again. 3. Your cat claws at the tonearm of your turntable when you’re spinning LP’s. 4. You’ve been convinced that turntables are “the devil’s work” ever since you played all your Led Zeppelin records backwards when you were tripping on acid. 5. You’re secretly concerned that your hearing is shot and you won’t be able to tell the difference between analog and digital after spending a ton of money on a high-end turntable. |
Actually, he isn't wrong on any count. Especially when he says he thinks records sound better. I've actually advised younger people who've heard my system the same. I mean, does it really make sense to spend 10k+ on the vinyl part of your system if you only have a handful of records? Especially when well produced high resolution digital can sound excellent, until you compare it to an upper tier analog system. |
It's likely the setup for the next video, "Top SIX Reasons to Buy A Turntable". Everyone here should thank Steve. He is one of the few actually doing a decent job of getting newbies interested in the hobby, helping to keep recording and equipment manufacturers breathing. You'll be selling your current gear to those viewers some day. Before you mock Steve's shirts, please note that they made by his wife with point-to-point threading. Cheers, Spencer |
Actually, I would add to the list that if someone is the type of person that would constantly be worried about alignment, VTF, VTA, antiskate and record cleaning, they are much better off with digital. I’ve seen more than one person who cannot enjoy vinyl because they are too stressed out about setup. @mijostyn5, I agree with you in part, but the fact is a lot of young people are buying vinyl now because they think it’s cool. Aside from that, I have never read a post anywhere from a person owning top-shelf analog and digital setups say the digital sounds better. I understand how some people are so annoyed by some random pops that they can’t enjoy the medium, but with proper record care, it’s really not that much. |
