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Looking to get TT

I seeking getting into a first TT and would like help!
My current system is Classe 25 amp, Classe CP-60 pre, Sonic Frontiers SFD-2 D/A, Sonic Fontiers SFT-1 Transprt
and Martin Logan Ascent. My preamp doesn't have phono so I would need phono preamp to hook into my CP-60 so having explained my set and only wanting to spend no mor than $1000 on TT and phono pre can it be done?
Was thinkng going with music hall MMF-5 andCreek OBH-8 as this would be my first TT set up and total cost would be around $700. Is this going to give me many years of good sound? in the future I can go with phono card for my preamp.
jsawhitlock
twl
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Ron, I do have the first Captain Beyond album, and it's great. I have it on a mint Japanese pressing, and 2 original US 3D-cover copies. Also have a promo Sufficiently Breathless. They're both great.

I also love BOC, and have these:
Blue Oyster Cult - Japanese with Obi, mint
Secret Treaties - Japanese with obi, mint
Tyranny and Mutation - Japanese with obi, mint
Spectres - Japanese with obi, mint
Agents of Fortune - Japanese with obi, mint

Other highlights:
Also have the first 4 Led Zeppelin albums on Japanese with obi, mint.
Mountain - Climbing and Nantucket Sleighride - Japanese with obi, mint.
It's a Beautiful Day - 1st album - Japanese with Obi, mint
All the early Moody Blues on Japanese with Obi, mint
All the early Jeff Beck albums on Japanese with Obi, mint
All the Beatles albums and almost all the Kinks albums on Japanese with Obi, mint
All Supertramp albums on Japanese with Obi, mint
Most early Fleetwood Mac on Japanese with Obi, mint
All Doors albums on Japanese with Obi, mint
And a variety of other albums of the same.

I love those Japanese pressings.
psychicanimal
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The list price of my noise control rig is ~ $8K; the total system cost will end up being $6-7K. I got really good deals on the noise control stuff. Now that I'm more knowledgeable I could do it with more finesse and with less gear. I'll keep what I have--what the hell. Point is that power delivery/noise control is a priority. So is acoustic treatments and tuning. Just came from buying some huge and some smaller Kentia palms--they will be my diffusors in my future audio room. Photos will be taken by Lak and posted sometime in early fall...GW

About the Yamaha's--I just wanted to hear them with a *high resolution* setup. I never expected them to be so uncomfortably close to the 801's. As such, I have learned that high price does not guarantee value. Guess what my Proton dual mono amp did to my *highly reviewed* BRB 120--it smoked it. Made in Taiwan--right.

I have never heard the Sound Lab's, but given their type, size and shape it would be hard to find something that would be in the same league. Maybe the VMPS RM40 would seriously challenge them (especially with upgraded capacitors and cryo'ed circuit boards & Bybee filters) at least for the money. I have heard that those are the two large floor standing speakers to get...well, there's an array version of my Swans, too--they're awesome looking and totally impressive.

Dan Wright had a big laugh last Friday when I told him Quad electrostatics would melt if I played my junkie salsa through them...
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rockinroni
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Twl The man, see, you start a thread about what do people at Agon listen to and all I got was a mostly classical and Jazz response .
I like Jazz but I knew most guys were like us.

Hey now, are those Boc lp's first editions I have them all up to imaginos only (Imaginos, Mirrors and Fire of unknown origin are not Japanese) on 1'st edition Sony label save for the first one that is on that reissued rock's best 100 series obi

About the Led Zeppelin have you seen and heard the Classic records reissues I got rid of my Japs and bought all of the Classic records new reissues on 180 gram from Red Trumpet,nice very nice.

Most all of my Beatles are on the Eas series, Abby road is the pro use series. I also have Hard days night on that Mono red wax reissue eas 7700 would love to get some of those first ed red wax ones. But for now I have my spending limits

All my Pink Floyd is Jap (not old the red wax) and DSOTM is the pro use one of course.

My supertramp items are those Canadian A&M issued Japan pressings
I have the MFSL and the Canadian one of crime of the century and I cannot tell the deference.

My doors are either Japanese or DCC

have you got The Tull Aqualung DCC? if you don't get it
as you know the Jap Tull stuff is way to expensive right now, "A passion play" is up for bid for $138.00 with 1 bidder

I to have all the Jeff Beck on JPN pressings

I also have the first 4 Grand funk first ed.Japan/obi

ya man, I to have Captain Beyond 3D mint/and a Japan pressing of s/t & dawn explosion mint/obi and a domestic copy of Sufficiently Breathless I bought a promo copy but it was beat. I gave that one away. I have a friend who takes most of my junk lp's because I can't bear to through any away.

All my Stones, ELP,Yes,Roxy music,Hendrix,Paul mccartny, Steeley Dan,ZZ top,are ALL on JAPAN vinyl with obi.

Do you have that 8 Lp purple paisley velvet Hendrix 180 gram Box? It is great, You will not play anything else after you get it.

I have 8 Kinks lp's and school boys in disgrace is my favorite. YA!!

And many many more, I posted a link to the vertigo swirls what did you think? This is my latest passion.

Ron
4yanx
1,576 posts
 
Don't want to stop the Johnson-showing contest regarding our LP collections right here, or do you want me to embarrased y'all :-) HA! Lighten up, now. It was just a joke (well, kinda!). :-)
zaikesman
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Agreed 4yanx, which is why I won't be listing any of my several thousand 45's from the 50's and 60's here... :-)

Ron, I hope you have the Crusaders LP "Unsung Heroes", which to me is their strongest overall effort from the electric phase of the band (and yes, I have a Japanese pressing - I'm such a dork), but calling "2nd Crusade" their second album would be to ignore their previous multi-album history in the 60's as the Jazz Crusaders, a primarily acoustic - and to me much better - incarnation of the same core group.

BTW, I hope your "guarantee" comes money-back, my friend. ;^) If you want to get a better idea where I'm coming from regarding 70's album rock, here's a couple of archived threads (one of which you were briefly on):

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?gmusi&1042258684

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?gmusi&1046668937

Or, put another way that you'd understand, the only Kinks albums that mean anything to me (quite a lot, in fact) were all on Reprise (last one, 1970... :-) TEHO
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