I recently purchased a turntable - just below ‘reference level’.
I owned a Rega RP1 and my budget was $5k but I preferred to keep closed to $3k. And I was prepared to focus on digital as my source.
I listened to Rega tables with a Linn LP 12 as the upper end table.
The Rega P3 had better dynamic range than my table. An improvement but frankly something I’d buy because the sound was comparable to a transistor radio next to my digital source.
I heard the P6 and the dynamics were a step change. The quite sections of music we’re almost quiet and the higher frequencies had more detail. I was thinking’I could listen to this over the convenience of streaming’.
The P8 was next, and the quiet sections were quiet- the details in the high frequencies were defined and detailed and the bass guitar resonance was life like.
I decided not to listen to the LInn table because I didn’t want to rationalize spending any more money.
Are there diminishing returns yes - at what level of spending that’s the $650k question
I owned a Rega RP1 and my budget was $5k but I preferred to keep closed to $3k. And I was prepared to focus on digital as my source.
I listened to Rega tables with a Linn LP 12 as the upper end table.
The Rega P3 had better dynamic range than my table. An improvement but frankly something I’d buy because the sound was comparable to a transistor radio next to my digital source.
I heard the P6 and the dynamics were a step change. The quite sections of music we’re almost quiet and the higher frequencies had more detail. I was thinking’I could listen to this over the convenience of streaming’.
The P8 was next, and the quiet sections were quiet- the details in the high frequencies were defined and detailed and the bass guitar resonance was life like.
I decided not to listen to the LInn table because I didn’t want to rationalize spending any more money.
Are there diminishing returns yes - at what level of spending that’s the $650k question