Your dream turntable?
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Evidently B&O is building 95 turntables to commemorate their 95th anniversary, selling for $11,500.00 each.
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Always loved the look of this table.
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SeleniumFalcon wrote: »Evidently B&O is building 95 turntables to commemorate their 95th anniversary, selling for $11,500.00 each.
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If I remember correctly the inside most arm is to help avoid having the tonearm come down on an empty platter. It also might help with playing different sized records.Post edited by SeleniumFalcon on
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the second arm, as @SeleniumFalcon intimates, is a sensor. All (?) of the b&o tangentials were so equipped (AFAIK).
The b&0 4004 (check, that, it's the 4000) is in the NY MOMA permanent collection (or it was, at any rate). They're gorgeous, indeed. They work(ed) pretty well, too.
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/2483
(I cannot help but to hear Jacob Jensen in my head intoned by a goofily stereotypical, singsong Scandinavian accent
Shame on me.)
$11.5k doesn't seem outrageous in this day and age for such a piece -- especially coming from a company like b&o (who aren't exactly the entry-level/commodity sound bar kind of organization).
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aww, heck -- why not join the fun?
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^ The handmaiden plays a record:
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I just watched the video on b&o's site -- it's all heartwarming and stuff.
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SeleniumFalcon wrote: »^ The handmaiden plays a record:
You sure that's not a Manson follower..........Then again maybe they all "aged" out
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I think I am gonna start a thread on this new/old b&o. Seems only fair...
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While it may not be my dream TT, as I already have a decent one IMO, this one did make me do a double take. Very nice with clean lines - White J.Sikora Initial Max.
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
While it may not be my dream TT, as I already have a decent one IMO, this one did make me do a double take. Very nice with clean lines - White J.Sikora Initial Max.
Tom
If I purchased that (fat chance), I wonder which Beatles' album I would play first? Hhhhmmmmm....Alon Petite / Infinity 1.2S / Coda Continuum / Counterpoint SA5000 / Oppo BDP-105D / Technics SP-15 w/SAEC WE-308SX & Ortofon AS-309 arms / Ikeda 9C2 & Dynavector XX2 Mk II carts -
That raises an interest question. What is your goto album when you are testing out a new turntable or cartridge? Mine is usually Pink Floyd, "The Wall" but sometimes Jethro Tull, "Songs from the Wood".Sources: Technics SL1200MKII | SME3009 Tonearm | Monster Alpha 1 MC cartridge | Oppo UDP203 disk player | Nikko NT-790 analog tuner | Musical Fidelity Trivista 21 DAC | Preamp: Threshold SL-10 | Amplifier: Threshold Stasis 2 | Speakers: Snell Acoustics C/V | Kimber 12-TC bi wire speakers | Analysis plus Oval 1 preamp to amp | Wireworld Eclipse 7 DAC to Preamp | Wireworld eclipse digital IC Oppo to DAC | Audioquest Quartz tuner to preamp |
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That raises an interest question. What is your goto album when you are testing out a new turntable or cartridge? Mine is usually Pink Floyd, "The Wall" but sometimes Jethro Tull, "Songs from the Wood".
Judas Priest. What else?Gustard X26 Pro DAC
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Turbo Lover?Sources: Technics SL1200MKII | SME3009 Tonearm | Monster Alpha 1 MC cartridge | Oppo UDP203 disk player | Nikko NT-790 analog tuner | Musical Fidelity Trivista 21 DAC | Preamp: Threshold SL-10 | Amplifier: Threshold Stasis 2 | Speakers: Snell Acoustics C/V | Kimber 12-TC bi wire speakers | Analysis plus Oval 1 preamp to amp | Wireworld Eclipse 7 DAC to Preamp | Wireworld eclipse digital IC Oppo to DAC | Audioquest Quartz tuner to preamp |
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From Pink Floyd, I like Wish You Were Here, and especially the title track. There are some audio ques I listen for.That raises an interest question. What is your goto album when you are testing out a new turntable or cartridge? Mine is usually Pink Floyd, "The Wall" but sometimes Jethro Tull, "Songs from the Wood".
Brothers in Arms, from Dire Straits, is another...particularly side two.
Aja, from Steely Dan, is yet another."This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
"Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon -
Depends...
Alon Petite / Infinity 1.2S / Coda Continuum / Counterpoint SA5000 / Oppo BDP-105D / Technics SP-15 w/SAEC WE-308SX & Ortofon AS-309 arms / Ikeda 9C2 & Dynavector XX2 Mk II carts -
Billie Holiday has such a beautiful voice! She is definitely a good choice. I should have been more specific. In particular, I use the song, "Nobody Home". I listen for the television in the song. With a good cartridge and setup, I can more clearly hear what the woman says on the TV.Sources: Technics SL1200MKII | SME3009 Tonearm | Monster Alpha 1 MC cartridge | Oppo UDP203 disk player | Nikko NT-790 analog tuner | Musical Fidelity Trivista 21 DAC | Preamp: Threshold SL-10 | Amplifier: Threshold Stasis 2 | Speakers: Snell Acoustics C/V | Kimber 12-TC bi wire speakers | Analysis plus Oval 1 preamp to amp | Wireworld Eclipse 7 DAC to Preamp | Wireworld eclipse digital IC Oppo to DAC | Audioquest Quartz tuner to preamp |
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My dream is digital
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I hope this makes sense as it parallels.…I listen for the television in the song. With a good cartridge and setup, I can more clearly hear what the woman says on the TV.
MFSL’s UHQR of “Dark Side of the Moon.”
Per one of the guys that got me into this marvelous pass time so many years ago says “play the track that has a brief stretch of spoken words w/a ton of ‘verb &/or echo. You can “measure” a TT’s “information retrieval quality” by if or how well you understand that portion of the track.
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