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Who will survive? One last table til I die.

I want to buy a final turntable (call it 25 years worth of use until I can't hear or don't care). I want to be able to get parts and have it repaired for the next quarter century. I would also like the sound quality to be near the top or upgradable to near the top for that time period. I don't necessarily require that the manufacturer be solvent that long (the preferable situation), but otherwise the parts would have to be readily available and the design such that competent independent repair shops be able to fix it. I won't spend more than $10,000 and prefer (but don't require) an easy set up that doesn't need constant tweaking. I'm willing to pay for the proper stand and isolation needed over and above the initial cost.

I've got 9,000 LPs, and it doesn't make sense to start over replacing them with CD/SACDs (although I have decent digital equipment) even if I could find and afford replacements. Presently I have a CAT SL-1 III preamp and JL-2 amp, Wilson speakers, Sota Cosmos table, SME IV arm, and Koetsu/Lyra Clavis/AQ7000nsx cartridges.

Thanks in advance for your input. Steve
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rauliruegas
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TWL: You have only " nice words " that can't prove anything. Only the facts can prove on that subject.

Till you have a diagram with the response of that ( no comercial ) amplifier with a real and standard speaker, you can't prove anything. Remember that " the exeption confirm the rule ".

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.
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rauliruegas
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Dear Cello: " Bye Raul "

Please don't go. Now what I can do with out you. ¡ Please come back. !

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.
tbg
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Gregadd, if you believe H-Cat's designer, Roger Paul, all electronics substantially color music as some frequencies pass immediately and others are delayed, what he calls Dopler shifts. I have not heard his amp as yet but can indeed tell you that you have heard nothing until you hear the Dopler free H-Cat preamp and phono. If you think you have heard an accurately reproduced trumpet you are wrong.

But the reality with which we all have to live is that speakers cannot reproduct music with much accuracy especially in most rooms.

I have spent forty years pursuing realism in music reproduction, and hopefully will spend many more. There is no question that what I am hearing now far surpasses what I heard those many years ago.

As to the laws of physics, I think few scientists would claim we have lawful relationships that much predict the performance of amplifiers or speakers.
sean
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Doppler shift would be measurable as a function of time delay. A shorter signal path would introduce less time delay, hence less potential for the Doppler effect to come into play. How many manufacturers have you ever seen quote "time delay" as a spec? I've only ever seen ONE. Sean
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herman
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Tbg, can you refer me to some nore info on H-Cat? I didn't see anything in the manufacturer section. When some frequencies are delayed and others aren't it is usually refered to as phase shift or group delay. Doppler shifts have to do with relative motion between the source of the sound and the ear. I've never heard it applied in this manner, but I would interested to read Roger Paul's explanation.
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