ruh-roh -- another entry pending in the "low price, decent quality" rekkid player fray

mhardy6647
mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
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From Fluance. Just saw this posted Someplace Else. News to me, it was.

http://www.fluance.com/?gclid=CKPjnPXx68sCFYwfhgoduNoHaA
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fluance/fluance-turntable-audiophile-sound-performance
all your vinyls are safe with us...
(or words to that effect)


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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,020
    Looks kinda neat. I wouldn't mind getting hands/ears on it just to see what it's like.

    Says MDF cabinet, but only weighs 4.5lbs?

    0.2% wow and flutter?
    I don't even know what that means, but Pioneer's PLX-1000 gets crucified for its 0.1% spec.
    I disabled signatures.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    Vinyls. Ugh. I cringe when I hear or read that.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,020
    haha, funny, yeah, there's this guy at work who used to be a dj - super nice guy - but he keeps calling records vinyls. also calls Technics TEK-niks. Isn't it Tek-NEEKS?
    I disabled signatures.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,897
    Don't you need to have a man bun to be into vinyl these days....lol.
    The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

    It is imperative that we recognize that an opinion is not a fact.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    Don't you need to have a man bun to be into vinyl these days....lol.

    Don't forget the hipster beard.



    I know...I have one. But I'm far from hip and balding on top.

    What's the deal with the kickstarter fund drive?
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,285
    lightman1 wrote: »
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    Don't you need to have a man bun to be into vinyl these days....lol.

    What's the deal with the kickstarter fund drive?

    lot of people use it to fund new projects

    Peach tree did it with bluesound2

    I got one for 1/2 the new retail price


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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
    edited April 2016
    I would never render an opinion on how a tt sounds based on any published specification.

    The battles that erupt between vinyl nerds about tts' specs, without ever seeing/hearing the components under discussion, strikes me as profoundly goofy. In few (if any) cases are the standards used to measure wow & flutter published with the spec... and, over the years, there have been many published standards (and weightings) for wow & flutter.

    I figured out quite a while ago that the only real way to judge a component is to listen to it. I've been surprised many times, which led me to a pretty jaundiced opinion of published specifications.

    I am relatively tolerant of a little wow from a tt -- of course, it irritates me on a piano sustain, but even some pretty awful-performing tts with respect to a sustained piano chord sound fine (to me) on most other music. Plus there are numerous piano recordings that have plenty of audible wow and/or flutter before they were cut to disk (as a listen to a digital release will readily confirm). Sometimes one'll hear it on guitar, as well.

    Sorry for the mini-tirade ;- )
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  • pongshi
    pongshi Posts: 376
    I personally love my PVCs (vinyls), tie-dyed, t-shirts. With my hair thinning in front, I have been told my hair looks better in pigtails rather than my ponytail....who the hell let Willie Nelson into our commune...
    Living Room
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    Turntable 2 - Dual 1229 turntable, Dual AS-12 45 RPM stacker, Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
    Schiit Mani Phono Preamp for Turntable 2
    Oppo UDP-205 CD/SACD USB and FLAC duties
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  • pumpkinman
    pumpkinman Posts: 9,813
    msg wrote: »
    haha, funny, yeah, there's this guy at work who used to be a dj - super nice guy - but he keeps calling records vinyls. also calls Technics TEK-niks. Isn't it Tek-NEEKS?

    Yeah someone got into my face because I called Tek-neeks. I told him to back the f--k off. Who really cares. LOL
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    Because I am The Pumpkinking


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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    TEK-NEEKS, who would call it TEK-NIKS?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHqr7B4pZoM
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • pongshi
    pongshi Posts: 376
    Nightfall wrote: »
    TEK-NEEKS, who would call it TEK-NIKS?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHqr7B4pZoM

    I just call it gorgeous. Nice to see the naming war is still alive and well. I can remember getting into this discussion 40 years ago :)
    Living Room
    Parasound Model 2250v2 amplifier
    Parasound P5 preamp
    Turntable 1 - Technics SL-1210Mk2 turntable with Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
    Turntable 2 - Dual 1229 turntable, Dual AS-12 45 RPM stacker, Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
    Schiit Mani Phono Preamp for Turntable 2
    Oppo UDP-205 CD/SACD USB and FLAC duties
    Technics RS-1500US reel to reel
    Polk SDA SRS (2nd Gen) fully modded
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    TEK-NEEEEEKS!
    Discussion closed. Move along.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,240
    lightman1 wrote: »
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    Don't you need to have a man bun to be into vinyl these days....lol.

    Don't forget the hipster beard.



    I know...I have one. But I'm far from hip and balding on top.

    What's the deal with the kickstarter fund drive?


    They call them LumberSexuals.. :D
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,240
    edited April 2016
    edit..
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited April 2016
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    lightman1 wrote: »
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    Don't you need to have a man bun to be into vinyl these days....lol.

    Don't forget the hipster beard.



    I know...I have one. But I'm far from hip and balding on top.

    What's the deal with the kickstarter fund drive?


    They call them LumberSexuals.. :D

    Just the way you like 'em Larry. Gimme some sugar.. :p
    And the tiny picture in your edited post is quite tittilating...
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
    edited April 2016
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    ...


    They call them LumberSexuals.. :D

    That's good -- I like that.

    and... ahem (Marky looks down at his shoes & shuffles his feet)...
    put me in the tek-NICKS, camp, please.

    I even gots one.

    23920650610_2785af6a2c_b.jpgDSC_2460 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    Illiterate rube...
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    ...


    They call them LumberSexuals.. :D

    That's good -- I like that.

    and... ahem (Marky looks down at his shoes & shuffles his feet)...
    put me in the tek-NICKS, camp, please.

    I even gots one.

    23920650610_2785af6a2c_b.jpgDSC_2460 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
    edited April 2016
    Yeah.. I know, huh? Next thing you know, I'll be listenin' to

    25588595684_84fd7c9941_b.jpgDSC_3113 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    or some such schnizzle...

    ;- )

    edit: heh, and those clip leads ain't even cryo treated.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    Fingernails.....chalkboard... :s
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
    edited April 2016
    actually, they weren't half bad -- not as liquid smoooooth as the 802Ds, but surprisingly listenable.

    This hobby ain't no fun at all if'n ya don't 'sperment.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    actually, they weren't half bad -- not as liquid smoooooth as the 802Ds, but surprisingly listenable.

    This hobby ain't no fun at all if'n ya don't 'sperment.

    Hey now. I listen to the same speakers and equipment every single day and I still enjoy it. :)
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
    edited April 2016
    Not mutually exclusive -- that's why as the late, great Baltimore O's skipper would say, it's nice to have "deep depth".

    24708699480_e3e975f643_b.jpg012 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    I could listen to the 2A3s and the Duplexes for the rest of my life & not complain -- but I still like to dink around with other things on a rainy day.

    Heck, even...

    25609935380_ff26cd8676_b.jpgDSC_2912 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    to stay, sort of, on topic :- )

    EDIT: and, no, neither of those EICOs is powered up! They'd set the tt or mrbiron's Reduction ablaze if they were! :-O
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,020
    Larry - I think that's just the rcm I've been holding out for.

    Mark - maaaan, love those photos and your collection!
    I disabled signatures.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
    edited April 2016
    Y'all here have a standing invitation to c'mon by and give a listen sometime, you know!

    EDIT: Oh, and I see that I somehow managed to fail to include the name of the "late, great Baltimore O's skipper" in my earlier post!

    That, of course would be:

    Earl_Weaver_y51ejawl_ja7yd9tc.jpg

    Earl Weaver.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
    http://www.cnet.com/news/this-250-turntable-totally-rocks/

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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    http://www.cnet.com/news/this-250-turntable-totally-rocks/
    Interesting.It kinda has the 70's CEC,Marantz ,Pioneer vibe.I wonder if the motor will hold up long term.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    Nothing like a good vinyl vs. CD debate and the comments section
    here doesn't disappoint. Both are stone age.
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  • codycatalist
    codycatalist Posts: 2,662
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Not mutually exclusive -- that's why as the late, great Baltimore O's skipper would say, it's nice to have "deep depth".

    24708699480_e3e975f643_b.jpg012 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

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    Just a dude doing dude-ly things

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
    most of it's junk...
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    most of it's junk...

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