My wife finally got it


My dear spouse has never objected to my audio expenditures and has tolerated the hobby with an occasional "roll of her eyes". Last night, after dinner, I went into the music room, and put on an LP; as I do many evenings. It was the Sheffield Labs/Los Angeles Symphony/Eric Liensdorf Firebird.
My 5 year old daughter and our dog were in the room in front of a toasty fire, the lights were dimmed VERY low (I need to set the mood:)). I was completely immersed in the music. My wife was moving around the house, but mostly doing something in the adjacent family room. When the stylus hit the run-out groove at the end of side 2, she walked into the room and said: "That sounded better than ANY CD I have ever heard. That was beautiful!" Light dawns over Marblehead ladies and gentlemen! She followed up by saying: "Now I understand." We have been together for 10 years, and that is the first time her equipment comments have not been on the order of: "that was nice, but I can listen on the boombox in the kitchen". God, I LOVE that woman!
slipknot1
I have the Dynavector 10X4 mk II, a very nice mc for the price. It may sound like a $450 cartridge, but the actual MSRP is $350. I also prefer Dynavector over Clearaudio. As for the 'table, you may also want to check out the VPI Aries Scout. Some dealers are throwing in a free Dynavector 10X4 mk II with the purchase of the Scout/JMW-9 arm.

John
I get those comments for my heavily modified 1970's Kenwood KT-8300 tuner. My wife cannot believe that it is the radio playing, and not a CD. If she comes into the room, she reacts in surprise every time at the end of a piece of music when the announcer starts talking.