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Re: Got the turntable itch
skipshot12 wrote: »For around 2k one could probably land a Yamaha GT2000.
Would be hard to find anything built today, at that price, that could top it.
May get into a GT2000L, forget about landing an X in that price range.
I would never spend that coin on an X without knowing the history of it..
Beautiful table though..
Toolfan66
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Re: Got the turntable itch
For around 2k one could probably land a Yamaha GT2000.
Would be hard to find anything built today, at that price, that could top it.
May get into a GT2000L, forget about landing an X in that price range.
At 2 grand the manufacturing costs, today, to build a decent tt isn't going to get you into a noticeable improvement
compared to your DP1200.
Did I miss what tonearm is on your Denon, original?
I put my Denon DP2000 in rotation often just cause I love the “Lost In Space” flying saucer look.
The tonearm on my Denon is the SME Series III.
To match that level of performance, in my opinion, with tt’s being built today…. I would guess north of 5k would be needed.
Would be hard to find anything built today, at that price, that could top it.
May get into a GT2000L, forget about landing an X in that price range.
At 2 grand the manufacturing costs, today, to build a decent tt isn't going to get you into a noticeable improvement
compared to your DP1200.
Did I miss what tonearm is on your Denon, original?
I put my Denon DP2000 in rotation often just cause I love the “Lost In Space” flying saucer look.
The tonearm on my Denon is the SME Series III.
To match that level of performance, in my opinion, with tt’s being built today…. I would guess north of 5k would be needed.
skipshot12
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Re: Got the turntable itch
True, many routes. In my case I already had the media (a few thousand LPs) so bought a Music Hall MMF-7 which I kept for many years and just built around it. I had several phono preamps in the 20 years that turntable kept turning with just a couple belt changes. A vacuum based record cleaner was one of the best purchases.
Emlyn
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Re: Schiit
I bought one of their little Mani headphone preamps to monitor livestream audio for our church. It's very good, and it was very inexpensive (on close-out).
Their frat-boy humor and snarky, self-deprecating style doesn't really work for me, and some of their products are downright silly, but they have a reputation for knowing what they're doing (ahem, with the possible exception of their turntable fiasco). Their product line seems to be drifting steadily upscale, especially in price, though.
Their customer service reputation is kind of checkered (many glowing reports, but some disastrous ones, too).
ASR, of course, is very Schiit-centric (yeah, yeah... I know... low hangin' fruit
) -- lots of chatter & lots of reviews there, too.
I am not terribly impressed with the construction of their components -- which all looks the same, irrespective of whether it's the aforementioned $100 HP amp or a multi-thousand dollar amplifier or preamp. Grit your teeth and read a few of their reviews -- more to the point, the discussion in the threads attached to the reviews.
Are you thinking about specific product categories?
I will admit... I wouldn't mind playing with one of their little tone control boxes, but even the cheap one's not quite cheap enough to buy on a whim.
PS Their products do seem to have fairly short lifecycles, and they have an almost bewildering array of individual products for what I presume is fundamentally a pretty small company.
Their frat-boy humor and snarky, self-deprecating style doesn't really work for me, and some of their products are downright silly, but they have a reputation for knowing what they're doing (ahem, with the possible exception of their turntable fiasco). Their product line seems to be drifting steadily upscale, especially in price, though.
Their customer service reputation is kind of checkered (many glowing reports, but some disastrous ones, too).
ASR, of course, is very Schiit-centric (yeah, yeah... I know... low hangin' fruit
) -- lots of chatter & lots of reviews there, too.I am not terribly impressed with the construction of their components -- which all looks the same, irrespective of whether it's the aforementioned $100 HP amp or a multi-thousand dollar amplifier or preamp. Grit your teeth and read a few of their reviews -- more to the point, the discussion in the threads attached to the reviews.
Are you thinking about specific product categories?
I will admit... I wouldn't mind playing with one of their little tone control boxes, but even the cheap one's not quite cheap enough to buy on a whim.
PS Their products do seem to have fairly short lifecycles, and they have an almost bewildering array of individual products for what I presume is fundamentally a pretty small company.
mhardy6647
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Re: Volume is everything.
Tom, it is definitely not laughable my friend.
You put a full body acoustic guitar in the hands of a capable musician trying to fill a venue with sound, I assure you A weighted peaks will hit 95db.
I listened to guitars/drums, etc etc for many, many many hours!
Snare drum peaks at 125 to 130db.
But most "passive/acoustic" instruments - woodwinds, brasswinds, acoustic guitars, drums can easily produce levels 85 to 120db unamplified.
You put a full body acoustic guitar in the hands of a capable musician trying to fill a venue with sound, I assure you A weighted peaks will hit 95db.
I listened to guitars/drums, etc etc for many, many many hours!
Snare drum peaks at 125 to 130db.
But most "passive/acoustic" instruments - woodwinds, brasswinds, acoustic guitars, drums can easily produce levels 85 to 120db unamplified.
VR3
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