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Bluetooth vs Turntable Recommendations

Hey, 

My system consists of a pair of B&W 630's, an old Denon 50 watt reciever (DRA-550) from the mid 80's, a Marantz CD5004 cd player, and now am interested in maybe getting a bluetooth and/or a turntable upgrade.

I'm going to demo a Project Debut Carbon and  a Technics 1500C Turntables, but if I'm not happy with the quality I'm probably going to explore Bluetooth options.

Any recommendations would be be greatly appreciated, 

jjbeason14
mahler123
3,485 posts
 

Upgrade?  Do you have aturntable at present?

I am not a vinyl guy, but I recently bought the Technics 1500.  I admire it's build quality and speed stability, but given the recent advances in Bluetooth codecs, if I was choosing between the tt and a Bluetooth device, the Bluetooth wins, hands down.  I am sure that vinyl philes  and Bluetooth phobiacs will be feeling differently, but truly the latest codecs get bt close to CD quality,  and no pop, clicks, surface noise....

 

 

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jjbeason14 OP
412 posts
 

I don't have a turntable at present, but II've heard that the PCarbons are the best bang for the buck and have demod them in the past, but was not amazed  with the sound quality.  I'm trying them out again due to the new cartridge so we'll see how they sound.

Can you give me some Bluetooth recommendations. under $2000?

 

jperry
2,468 posts
 

If you don't have any records, you should probably get a streamer

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