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Considering going Vinyl--Please talk me out of it

I'm standing here on the vinyl cliff,peering over the edge...I had a TT in the eighties & nineties, an AR with the Underground Sound mods by George Merrill from Memphis, TN. It got destroyed in a series of moves, and my vinyl disappeared. I have a perfectly good CD player(Denon 1650AR),EAD PM2000 amp & EAD Ovation plus prepro, & thiel 2.3's. I would need a phono preamp before I could run whatever TT I obsess over enough to buy, as the Ovation has no phono stage. Push me over, or save me! mb
michaeljbrown
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stevecham
3,340 posts
 
I must be a slave to the DARK MASTER. I don't have quite as many as Elizabeth but I have few and greatly enjoy them. And cleaning them once is all that's needed. I haven't found vinyl to be that much of a chore over the years. Plus, it gets me off my butt every 20 minutes or so.

No lure here but you may just find that, as many of us do, there is happiness in exploring and listening to this format.

Good luck!
eldartford
4,262 posts
 
Elizabeth is right...you will go nuts. But you may be a happy nut. Vinyl playing is an expensive hobby that is time-consuming and technically interesting. and quite separate and distinct from simply enjoying music. But that could be said for all audiophile stuff, compared with a Bose wave radio.
elevick
2,638 posts
 
Do it!!!!!!!!!

I don't have much vinyl but love what I have. Last night I listened to Moody Blues Long Distance Voyager (original master recording) on my Sota table, Jelco arm, Goldring cartridge, Cambridge phono pre and this simply crushed any of my cd players (modded Music Hall, Denon, Pioneer Elite...). The clarity, imaging & soundstage were unbeatable.
Yes, cleaning is a pain. You can't be lazy. However, when you are in the right mood it is amazing. You system will make it worthwhile.
newbee
4,793 posts
 
Been there, done that - a couple of times. Bottom line, if you don't have music on LP's that you really want to hear don't go there. If you do, then you don't have a choice do you. Audiophilia without musical reward can get real boring, quick!
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