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Buying a new TT today

So I’m pretty hellbent on buying a new TT today! Or should I be?!?!? 
I started off kind of sour on vinyl several years back when I ignorantly bought a cheap TT that had a built in phono stage.... Talk about a disappointment! And a buzz kill for vinyl!
Anyway a year or so later I bought a Project Carbon Debut and it blew my mind!!!!  The step up in most aspects of the TT, carbon fiber tone arm/heavier plinth/much heavier platter/motor and remote position/better cartridge in a Ortofon m2red, along with the fact the it was now running through my Integrated’s Phono Stage was just such a leap in sound that I never expected, that now I’m looking for yet another leap like that again lol
Anyway, with pocket flush with cash and headed to two hi-fi shops I pause....
In my new price range, $2,000 or so, should I be looking for a new TT? Or a new cartridge for the TT I have ?
thoughts.
264win
hshifi
572 posts
 
Hello,
I was just thinking if we buy a new TT with the stock cart maybe we should upgrade the cart right away and save the stock cart for when we sell the TT. It seams to me that carts have a life maybe 2000 full plays. You get to hear the music in the best light and you will probably get more money selling it with the virgin cart. Since there is no counter on the cart I would feel better buying that particular TT. Just food for thought. Op, let us know what you ended up doing. 
cd318
2,636 posts
 
chakster,

"I have no idea who told you this is the best turntable ever made ?"

Well since you asked, I first read about this in Greg Milner's book Perfecting Sound Forever. 

It was never stated as the best turntable ever built, but there was no denying the extraordinary lengths the designers had gone to in their attempt at designing from the ground up a no holds barred ultimate record player. The stand alone cost £60k!

The only other superdeck I had heard about was something called the Techdas 1, I think. Another fabulously larger than life design.

I only later became aware of such things as the remarkable SP10 etc after Technics had relaunched the 1200.
sokogear
1,121 posts
 
hshifi - 

I don't think anyone cares about a stock cartridge being on a turntable unless it is a really inexpensive rig (if you want to call it that) when they are looking to buy a used table. If the one that comes with it is OK with you, you might as well just keep it and play it. If you want a better one, buy it and I guess hold on to the old one, depending on the cost of the new one.

You can always replace it, or get a new stylus or the cartridge serviced to original specs.

My $.02
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chakster
6,144 posts
 
Chakster - "It is not about saving as you can see, but when it comes to the price for some new equipment it is simply insane (a cartridge for $5k for example or even higher, a phono stage for $10k, a turntable for $20k ... etc)." 

As I said it is not about savings, but value. Just being a little nit picky on verbiage, but I think we are saying essentially the same thing.

You must be an active seller on Audiogon with all those cartridges and tables going in and out of your hands.

Yeah, i'm still waiting when I'll be rich, but it never happens because when I sell something I buy something and the rest is for records. 

sokogear
1,121 posts
 
I’ve probably spent roughly the same on hardware as software over the years. How about you?
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