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  Who will survive? One last table til I die.
I want to buy a final turntable (call it 25 years worth of use until I can't hear or don't care). I want to be able to get parts and have it repaired for the next quarter century. I would also like the sound quality to be near the top or upgradable to near the top for that time period. I don't necessarily require that the manufacturer be solvent that long (the preferable situation), but otherwise the parts would have to be readily available and the design such that competent independent repair shops be able to fix it. I won't spend more than $10,000 and prefer (but don't require) an easy set up that doesn't need constant tweaking. I'm willing to pay for the proper stand and isolation needed over and above the initial cost.

I've got 9,000 LPs, and it doesn't make sense to start over replacing them with CD/SACDs (although I have decent digital equipment) even if I could find and afford replacements. Presently I have a CAT SL-1 III preamp and JL-2 amp, Wilson speakers, Sota Cosmos table, SME IV arm, and Koetsu/Lyra Clavis/AQ7000nsx cartridges.

Thanks in advance for your input. Steve
Suttlaw  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

07-20-03
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12-08-04   Hi, guys: i think my airy2 is finally getting broken in. ...   Suttlaw

12-08-04   Gregadd, excellent and well-argued post, at least when i re ...   Dougdeacon

12-08-04   Suttlaw: you might want to consider the aerial sw-12.   Gregadd

12-08-04   Dear gregadd: you, like me, have to learn a lot on all those ...   Rauliruegas

12-08-04   Dear steve: about the phono cable i recomended: analysis plu ...   Rauliruegas

12-08-04   Raul,so what ss amp/preamp/phono do you have?   Audio999

12-08-04   Raul,upon reading the same stereophile article from the 1994 ...   Twl

12-08-04   Raul, if i could listen to 20-30 hours of live music per mo ...   Gregadd

12-08-04   Raul, i wasn't going to say this, but i do have to respond t ...   Gregadd

12-09-04   Hi twl:*****" so yes, i understand your concerns about ...   Rauliruegas

12-09-04   Dear gregadd: that's exactly the point and where the differe ...   Rauliruegas

12-09-04   Raul,once again what ss amp/preamp/phono do you have?   Audio999

12-09-04   Uggh, this is suppose to be an analog thread, but i just can ...   Teres

12-09-04   Audio999- raul is not going to tell you. ever. he's not g ...   Jimbo3

12-09-04   Chris & tom, thanks for the informative (raul, you understa ...   Jphii

12-09-04   Jim,i think you are right. he didn't anwswer my question abo ...   Audio999

12-09-04   Wow! just tuned into this thread. no offence here honestly. ...   Ecclectique

12-10-04   Audio999- fact is that raul needs to take considerable time ...   Jimbo3

12-10-04   Well, how about that?   Twl

12-10-04   Dear twl and teres: with respect to the answer given by mr. ...   Rauliruegas

12-10-04   "the ideal amplifier's mission is to work as a perfect ...   Gregadd

12-11-04   Anybody notice how raul's english improved about an order of ...   Armstrod

12-11-04   Raul, i do agree that there are some favorable characteristi ...   Twl

12-11-04   Dear twl:*****" the distortion from this(my personal) a ...   Rauliruegas

12-11-04   Raul?   Vvrinc

12-11-04   Raul, yes, i know that tubes are voltage devices. bipolar t ...   Teres

12-11-04   indeed. one wonders who actually wrote it. is some ss amp bu ...   Dougdeacon

12-11-04   Raul- would love to test it for three months. everyone els ...   Jimbo3

12-11-04   Raul, anyone who thinks that the location and order of harmo ...   Twl

12-12-04   Dear teres:****" ultimately, there will never be such t ...   Rauliruegas

12-12-04   Dear twl:****" raul, anyone who thinks that the locati ...   Rauliruegas

12-12-04   Here is a very recent article "cut and pasted" fro ...   Twl

12-12-04   And my last post was premised on the damping data alone, and ...   Twl

12-12-04   Raul- if you really wanted someone like me to learn, how 'b ...   Jimbo3

12-12-04   Dear twl: just checked out your system. was curious about ...   Suttlaw

12-12-04   Suttlaw, that rottweiler "tweak" can go anywhere h ...   Twl

12-12-04   Perhaps we can talk some time about the real weakness of tub ...   Gregadd

12-12-04   Gregadd, those frqequency extreme and transient softness iss ...   Twl

12-12-04   Also if the transformer is eliminated entirely as with tube ...   Rushton

12-13-04: Sean
Hmmm... Audioholics seems to have somewhat contradicted the information that Thomas J Norton of Stereophile presented in his article about amplifier stability / frequency response into various loads. The Stereophile article ( which i've linked to more than a few times ) shows the differences in frequency response between SS, tubed and hybrid designs when fed into the same loads. After looking at those results, it is quite obvious that a "decent" SS amp will maintain a more consistent amplitude linearity over a wider bandwidth than a "typical" tube based amp ( if there is such a thing ). Before making any further comments though, i need to read the entire Audioholics article and study their test procedures and results, not just look at an excerpt.

Thanks to Twl for bringing this to our attention. Sean
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Sean  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)


12-13-04   Here's a link to the entire article. http://www.audioholics ...   Twl

12-13-04   To me, the key here is not whether there may be some slight ...   Twl

12-15-04   Tom mentions i agree. esepcially considering how the relevan ...   Gregm

12-15-04   I still haven't had a chance to read the articles, but i jus ...   Sean

12-15-04   If you want to know what kind of frequency reponse your syst ...   Gregadd

12-15-04   Hi: this statement comes from audioholics ( the twl link ):* ...   Rauliruegas

12-15-04   Clear audio, vpi, linn, maybe basis, maybe walker. not neces ...   Elinor

12-15-04   i hope this puts an end to this discussion. "...gregad ...   Gregadd

12-15-04   Dear gregadd: ***" i hope this puts an end to this disc ...   Rauliruegas

12-16-04   Good grief, raul, get over yourself.   Jimbo3


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