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The first-best-last analog item you ever bought



I bought a Heathkit WAP- 2, twenty watt dual chassis amplifier in 1955. My grandpa, in the midwest it's grandpa and not grandfather, told me to buy a Magnavox console and be done with it. Little did he know where my choice would take me 53 years later.

Today, my best and last investment is in a RTR machine. The machines are cheap when compared to the alternatives. Unfortunately the software is scarce and expensive
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Nothing good comes cheap. How about your thoughts.

Ken

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axelwahl
788 posts
 
Nagaoka MP-50, MM cartridge -- wow.
dertonarm
1,042 posts
 
Not the first - not the last, but the best single analog item I ever bought was the Fidelity Research FR-66s pivot tonearm. Heads and away the best tonearm - sonically and from stability and everyday handling - among 27 different tonearms I have owned in 3 decades of audio-mania.
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jbhiller
1,399 posts
 
First: probably a really bad 45rpm single in the late 70s. I used to get $3 allowance and bought top 40 hits from 1978 through about 1985.

Best: Rega Planar 2 turntable. It was the "best" not on quality but because it got me back into records in a true hifi way, enjoying the music, the collecting and the ritual.

Last: Wife bought me a Roksan Radius V turntable last week.
fightingwords
86 posts
 
First: Technics SL1900
Best: Music Hall MMF 7
Last: Ortofon 2m Red

the SL1900 was my first turntable. I bought it from some crazy dude on Vine St in Cincinnati like 7 or 8 years ago when I was in college. The Music Hall MMF 7 is still the best buy I've ever made in my life. The Ortofon was a necessity buy and its been really awesome.
jsman
246 posts
 
I have three R2R decks and by far my best investment was my Studer A810 deck!!!
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