Just jumped over the vinyl cliff

nspindel
nspindel Posts: 5,343
edited February 2013 in 2 Channel Audio
I bought a Thorens TD-166 from Frank last summer, and have been building my vinyl collection back up after a 24-year sabbatical. It's a great turntable, I love what I'm hearing. But I'm ready to make a more serious commitment to vinyl, so have been researching deck/cartridge combos at higher price point. I just ordered myself a VPI Traveler with a Grado Sonata cartridge. Cannot wait to get it!
Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited February 2013
    nspindel wrote: »
    I bought a Thorens TD-166 from Frank last summer, and have been building my vinyl collection back up after a 24-year sabbatical. It's a great turntable, I love what I'm hearing. But I'm ready to make a more serious commitment to vinyl, so have been researching deck/cartridge combos at higher price point. I just ordered myself a VPI Traveler with a Grado Sonata cartridge. Cannot wait to get it!

    If you didnt already know, you just found the bottomless hole.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited February 2013
    Yep.....
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited February 2013
    The Traveler and Sonata should make a very good combo. I jumped in a while back and picked up a VPI Classic 1 and a Soundsmith Zephyr cartridge. You're in for a treat.
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    edited February 2013
    Congrats!!!
    2 ChannelTurntable - VPI Classic 2/Ortofon 2M BlueAmplification - Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum II, Parks Audio Budgie PhonoSpeakers - GoldenEar Triton 17.2 Home TheaterDenon AVR-X3300W; Rotel RMB-1066; Klipsch RP-280F's, Klipsch RP-450C, Polk FXi3's, Polk RC60i; Dual SVS PB 2000's; BenQ HT2050; Elite Screens 120"Man CaveTurntable - Pro-Ject 2.9 Wood/Grado GoldAmplification - Dared SL2000a, McCormack DNA 0.5 DeluxeCD: Cambridge AudioSpeakers - Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversary; LSiM 703; SDA 2A
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited February 2013
    Well, there goes the retirement money!

    Have fun!

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited February 2013
    Thats a cool table, congrats!
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited February 2013
    Congrats Neil, being the digital guy you are I am surprised. They can be fun. What are you doing to clean your vinyl?
    Speakers: SDA-1C (most all the goodies)
    Preamp: Joule Electra LA-150 MKII SE
    Amp: Wright WPA 50-50 EAT KT88s
    Analog: Marantz TT-15S1 MBS Glider SL| Wright WPP100C Amperex BB 6er5 and 7316 & WPM-100 SUT
    Digital: Mac mini 2.3GHz dual-core i5 8g RAM 1.5 TB HDD Music Server Amarra (memory play) - USB - W4S DAC 2
    Cables: Mits S3 IC and Spk cables| PS Audio PCs
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,039
    edited February 2013
    The TD-166 is a fine tt with a very good arm; great for low(er) compliance cartridges - which are none too common in current production.
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  • Oldfatdogs
    Oldfatdogs Posts: 1,874
    edited February 2013
    Congratulations,enjoy your TT.I have been trying to resist.
    Dan
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  • ericks0ns
    ericks0ns Posts: 53
    edited February 2013
    I'm with you on the 24 years. 88 was really the last year i actively used vinyl as one of my primary listening mediums. Only recently did I rediscover how unique and pleasing its sound can be with the right setup.
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  • Obsession18
    Obsession18 Posts: 191
    edited February 2013
    I own a Traveler and love it, one thing to keep in mind with the Traveler is the bearings in the gimbaled tonearm assembly - treat them very carefully. I actually had to return the first Traveler I bought because the bearing pins had walked out of the threads that held them in place resulting in a detached tonearm (this was right out of the box, never even got to set it up). VPI has addressed this issue by lengthening the bearing pins in later versions of the table (the ones with the Traveler name silk screened on top of the plinth). I have not had any problems with the second table, the Traveler and Pro-Ject Tube Box DS phono pre has really convinced me that vinyl sounds better then CD's.
    2-Channel System
    Analog: VPI Traveler TT, Audio Technica 150MLX, Pro-Ject Tube Box DS
    CD Player: Jolida JD-100 Preamp: Cambridge 840E Amp: Odyssey Kismet Stereo
    Spkrs: Tyler Acoustics Linbrook Signature Systems
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,031
    edited February 2013
    Congrats! Love the vinyl!
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    edited February 2013
    Check out Music Hall products...good line for any budget...as for vinyl...I've had that habit for longer than I'd like to admit!
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited February 2013
    thsmith wrote: »
    Congrats Neil, being the digital guy you are I am surprised. They can be fun. What are you doing to clean your vinyl?

    I've got a vpi 16.5, which I'm using with a Shark steam cleaner and the mofi solutions/brushes. Nice and clean vinyl, makes all the difference in the world!
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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