inna
Responses from inna
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? I'd say, poorly recorded analog recording definitely sounds better on better systems, but with digital...it's inconclusive to me. | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? That's certainly true, generally speaking, but first it is not always easy to determine the weakest link, and then by changing any component your change the overall balance, so you might upgrade but not get better sound or improve some aspects of ... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? I will listen to great music regardless of the recording quality or the equipment I have at the moment, including iphone. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? I agree. But I slowly keep improving my gear too, step by step, without spending much, but still of course spending. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? Well, some people don't even know what turntable is, let alone a good one, so to them it is all nonsense. However, I have a few other priorities too, for my easy earned money, so I can't buy it. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? What could be a better purpose than buying excellent turntable ? | |
| What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ? CDs don't count, this is analog thread. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? Analog is more reliable and convenient, everything is right there, and with streaming you got nothing, something comes from somewhere, maybe, if you are lucky. Upgrade analog, you spent enough on digital already. | |
| What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ? Sealed vinyl might be defective, it's not always fraud. I don't buy them above, say, $20 either unless I can return it. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? It depends on how many records you really need. $30 on average is very reasonable for excellent pressings if you are selective enough. I need hundreds not thousands and I can tolerate not being able to get them all at once. I have 99 cents records... | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? What Ralph didn't add to that and I will - It's also got to be tube preamp! He thinks exactly the same, including about phono preamps, but simply decided not to say it. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? Very cool. The film freezer. | |
| What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ? None of the records that I bought on ebay from Japan were over graded, though I mostly bought from three or four particular people. Often the condition was better than promised and the records had been cleaned. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? No, of course not. One day I should get a streamer and better DAC but I am on a tight budget so can't upgrade whatever I might want to. | |
| What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ? And they say that equipment is expensive, $26k for a reissue set. |