Your dream turntable?

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  • SeleniumFalcon
    SeleniumFalcon Posts: 3,834
    Evidently B&O is building 95 turntables to commemorate their 95th anniversary, selling for $11,500.00 each.


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  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 1,173
    Always loved the look of this table.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,569
    SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
    Evidently B&O is building 95 turntables to commemorate their 95th anniversary, selling for $11,500.00 each.


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    Is that two arms?
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  • SeleniumFalcon
    SeleniumFalcon Posts: 3,834
    edited March 2023
    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.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,905
    the second arm, as @SeleniumFalcon intimates, is a sensor. All (?) of the b&o tangentials were so equipped (AFAIK).

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    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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  • SeleniumFalcon
    SeleniumFalcon Posts: 3,834
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    SeleniumFalcon Posts: 3,834
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,905
    Now you're just rubbing it in, @SeleniumFalcon
    ;)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,905
    aww, heck -- why not join the fun? ;)

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  • SeleniumFalcon
    SeleniumFalcon Posts: 3,834
    ^ The handmaiden plays a record:

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,905
    I just watched the video on b&o's site -- it's all heartwarming and stuff. :blush:
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,569
    SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
    ^ The handmaiden plays a record:

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    You sure that's not a Manson follower..........Then again maybe they all "aged" out :#:#
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,905
    I think I am gonna start a thread on this new/old b&o. Seems only fair...
    :D
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,149
    edited March 2023
    Oops Copyrighted
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,145
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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. ~
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  • engie490
    engie490 Posts: 432
    treitz3 wrote: »
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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

    If I purchased that (fat chance), I wonder which Beatles' album I would play first? Hhhhmmmmm....
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  • newbie308
    newbie308 Posts: 769
    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".
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,601
    newbie308 wrote: »
    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?
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  • newbie308
    newbie308 Posts: 769
    Turbo Lover?
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  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,161
    newbie308 wrote: »
    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".
    From Pink Floyd, I like Wish You Were Here, and especially the title track. There are some audio ques I listen for.

    Brothers in Arms, from Dire Straits, is another...particularly side two.

    Aja, from Steely Dan, is yet another.
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  • engie490
    engie490 Posts: 432
    Depends...

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  • newbie308
    newbie308 Posts: 769
    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.
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  • Nex
    Nex Posts: 36
    My dream is digital
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  • gp4jesus
    gp4jesus Posts: 1,988
    newbie308 wrote: »
    …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.
    I hope this makes sense as it parallels.

    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.

    $0.02

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