Turntables outselling cd players 5 to 1?
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It's like most things where the super deluxe option is 90% status object, 10% actual (noticeable) increase in quality.
yeah, its diminishing returns...I doubt anyone could convince me that a $10,000 turntable sounds 100 times better than a $100 used 80s technics (cant remember that really popular model, not the 1200, but the one everybody had in the 80s)...Ill perhaps buy that the $1000 jernt might sound 10 times better than the $100 one...but the gap in quality between the lower price one the one above it decreases as the price goes up.
ha!
only a squashed, compressed MP3 can handle all the power, brilliance, subtle nuances and sophistication of today's recording masterpieces
Most companies don't sell stand-alone CD players anymore, so most people are buying DVD players that play CD's. That's fine, but that also means the technology to improve CD playback is at a standstill, and essentially the quality of standalone players has gradually become worse.
Of course, some are discovering that a certain make of the Playstation 1 apparently plays CD's in a much better fashion than other CD players, including those made by Sony. In other words, some stand-alone CD players may be of value to some.
We also know that you don't need a CD player if you're digitizing your collection to FLAC or another lossless format, and by doing so it eliminates some of the CD jitter/error issues that players were known for.
Have to disagree, the turntable is the most important. If the turntable isn't happening the rest is wasted money.
Have to disagree, the turntable is the most important. If the turntable isn't happening the rest is wasted money.
The $ amounts in the article are Australian? About hlaf US?
I bought my little Goodman speakers in 1990, love them.
I bought my used 1200 in 1998, love it.
(Which replaced my Gemini imitation, worse turntable I have ever owned.)
I have had many amps, all of which I hated. Current Sansui AU 717.
Some guy with a 40thousand dollar system was trying to tell me $100 a foot speaker wires would solve all my problems.
My friend owns a high end audio store.
I have sat in her store in listened to $10,000+- turntables.
Nice.
First you need the perfect room.
Then you need to place the perfect chair in the perfect location (sweet spot).
Then you spend ten thousands on equipment.
But most people don't go out and spend that.
You buy it one piece at a time and constantly trade up, always looking for sales and quality used items.
I'd rather put my money into records.
As for the article; I am predicting the death of CDs with in 5 years.
Have to disagree, the turntable is the most important. If the turntable isn't happening the rest is wasted money.
i'm not saying to skimp on the tt. but you don't need to spend 10k to get something really good. if your whole budget was 10k, i'd spend no more than 2k on the tt.
Have to disagree, the turntable is the most important. If the turntable isn't happening the rest is wasted money.
i'm not saying to skimp on the tt. but you don't need to spend 10k to get something really good. if your whole budget was 10k, i'd spend no more than 2k on the tt.
I agree, above the $1500 mark the returns are pretty slim.
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Nah, it probably will become more of a niche thing and less widely available but its not going away anytime soon. There was actually an interesting article on this in Rolling Stone recently.
Nah, it probably will become more of a niche thing and less widely available but its not going away anytime soon. There was actually an interesting article on this in Rolling Stone recently.
In 30 years there will be hipsters with walls of shelves of plastic jewel cases cursing he scratch in their otherwise near mint copy of the first Ween album.
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