inna
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| Which has a greater influence on sound quality, the amp or the preamp? Yeah, balance is the key. And speaking of tube equipment - tubes matter, a lot. | |
| Interconnect priority It will depend on particular components and particular cables. While in analog based system tonearm cable is the most important of all cables, in digital based system there is no clear answer to the question. | |
| Which has a greater influence on sound quality, the amp or the preamp? It is probably impossible to beat a great tube preamp. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? Spending that much on one component would make me want to upgrade everything else too. Well, maybe except one power cord and a set of RCAs. | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? Sometimes comparing different pressings is like comparing different turntables/tonearms of the same brand. Quite illuminating. And I mean comparing all first pressings from different countries. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? Do all knives cut the same if they have the same sharpness ? No. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? tomcy6, and you ? | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? grislybutter, it means just the table. Tonearm, tonearm cable, cartridge and phono stage are not included. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? It's too bad that we all can't gather together and do all these comparisons. But I think I know the outcome. Other things being about equal, tape would win, and most or all of us would agree. Comparing streamers would be interesting too. Some audi... | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? Nakamichi Dragon was not the very best cassette deck made. A few other Nakamichi and a few Tandberg decks were better. Nor was it the most reliable. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? It's not just mastering, the vinyl itself should be of high quality. Just listen to some older American records and Japanese records from early 70s. | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? I think, if the prices are adequate, $30k speakers/$70k the rest is an excellent balance. Just match it all well. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? So, yes, I would spend $10k on a turntable if I had them and felt the need. Probably more than $10k. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? It appears that more and more audiophiles switch almost fully to digital, and I don't think that's progress, regardless of how good digital may sound. There are older analog recordings and new ones can be made too, so turntable should never become... | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? Recordings also often have a lot of distortion. |