There you go again. Any other original quips?
Not your run-of-the-mill, used spinner.
For the "no worrie$" LP disciple-this appears to be a great buy.
Years ago, I heard an AF, and was impressed. I can imagine what it can do.
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Considering what other top gun setups cost, seems like a bargain. Especially attractive as a "turnkey" package.
It does need further upgrading- a mono arm setup. Nothing less than a Minus K underneath also.
Extravagant, excessive and unnecessary. I would imagine a professional setup would be another expense too.
Yeah, I'd submit an offer if I were looking for some new audio thrills.
This is what's used for those Better Records purchases of $500 Aja and Hotel California.
I wonder what the lowest accepted offer will be?
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@tablejockey - you don’t see many of those used, but in the Tech Das line, I think the AF 3 Premium may be the sweet spot. I use a big Minus K under my Kuzma XL and it does a very good job isolating footfalls in an old Victorian house. At the price of this, there are lots of alternatives, including old EMT idlers, the big Basis tables, a few of the Kuzmas (which will come in lower in price, but there’s always the arm cost- Franc’s sapphire is supposed to be good, but I haven’t heard it). I think you can buy a state of the art turntable that allows a couple arms, use the Minus K and still come in under that budget. Even the old Micro-Seiki top tier tables don’t go for anywhere near this, but may need some attention. (didn’t someone remanufacture motors for those?) To me, the choice of table is partly a question of system balance. Good arm, the "right" cartridge for the voicing of the system, the phono stage, all play a part. Still a nice table, I don’t begrudge anybody who seeks high performance from a vinyl front end as long as they know how to go about (or have help in) putting it together. You can hear the differences if the system is up to the task. PS: On Aja, I don’t get why audiophiles regard this record so highly. It is a very dry sounding recording. The Cisco cut, which I bought years ago, is even more arid than the original AB pressing. As for Hotel California, there was a case where a woman stabbed her roommate for continuing to play Eagles after she asked him to stop. I have all those records, but rarely listen to them. What I look for is the natural ambience in a recording that was done with minimal post-production, where you can hear the acoustic instruments, the room and the natural decay. Most rock records cannot give you that- I have shelves of old classic rock that I rarely listen to; I usually opt for small combo post bop jazz. Those records will tell you more- recorded without a lot of studio tricks. |
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