Life is a total SCAM
I mean really, you are born then you die?
What a rip off........
I mean really, you are born then you die?
What a rip off........
Cartridges: Complete Scam?
I’m very new to analog, and researching my options on forums I keep coming across the same sentiment: that past the ultra low-end cartridges, there is very little gains in actual sound quality and that all you’re getting are different styles and colorations to the sound.
So, for example, if I swapped out my $200 cartridge that came with my table for a Soundsmith, Dynavector, Oracle, etc, I may notice a small improvement in detail and dynamics, but I’m mostly just going to get a different flavor. Multiple people told me they perffered thier old vintage cartridges over modern laser-cut boron-necked diamonds.
It’s possible that these people are just desperately defending thier old junk and/or have never heard high end audio. But if what they’re saying is true, than the cartridge industry is a giant SCAM. If I blow 2.5k minimum on an Air Tight I better get a significant improvement over a $200 bundler — and if just all amounts to a different coloration, than that is a straight-up scam ripoff.
So guys — are these forums just BS-ing me here? Is it really a giant scam?
So, for example, if I swapped out my $200 cartridge that came with my table for a Soundsmith, Dynavector, Oracle, etc, I may notice a small improvement in detail and dynamics, but I’m mostly just going to get a different flavor. Multiple people told me they perffered thier old vintage cartridges over modern laser-cut boron-necked diamonds.
It’s possible that these people are just desperately defending thier old junk and/or have never heard high end audio. But if what they’re saying is true, than the cartridge industry is a giant SCAM. If I blow 2.5k minimum on an Air Tight I better get a significant improvement over a $200 bundler — and if just all amounts to a different coloration, than that is a straight-up scam ripoff.
So guys — are these forums just BS-ing me here? Is it really a giant scam?
Showing 6 responses by uberwaltz
@ thehorn Just a little edification on why maybe the op is getting such replies Take a look at the titles of the treads he has initiated so far, see a pattern? Cartridges: Complete Scam? Basis Turntables: Worth it or Ripoff? CD players = dead? Class D = Trash? Rega and ProAc: Bad? Anticables: Scam? The impression given so far by the op is that he is basically anti audio and the majority are wondering just what the heck he is doing in these forums at all. Or that he has some agenda, you chose. Also even where members have taken the time and trouble to put together a pretty meaningfull informative reply the op has blown those posts off and carried on his merry way of insisting all of audio is some type of huge scam. There will always be the haves and the have nots, its life. Hope that illuminates the attitude now being displayed towards the op somewhat. Have a blessed day! |
Unfortunately the OP just cannot seem to comprehend that it is not directly related to cost/value of components. Sometimes it is and a collection of high $ items WILL result in stupendous SQ. More often not it is a matter of system synergy which does not always follow any known cost form factor. I have made many costly "upgrades" only to go backwards in SQ. Did I scream scam at the top of my lungs? No I regrouped and reevaluated my choices and went in a different direction. Trial and error and much good advice on these forums have helped me achieve a semblance of sonic nirvana. But I am content? Heck no, that is not the way of the audiophile....lol. |
Why is it that more and more threads lately are opened with a pretty antagonistic header, what exactly does the op hope to accomplish with that besides a number of equally antagonistic responses or outright derision and the possibility of not being taken seriously at all. Now I know under current handle I have a low post count and join date of 2013 but aeons ago I was a member but lost all the info and just easier to start again. Back even 10 years ago the forums ( and the world in general) was a much more civilised and nicer place to be, just go skim through some older threads to see the type of discussion and the general level of decency and politeness involved. Nowadays I see way too much vitriol and a lot of self important people who come across as it all being about me, me, me, rather than actually wanting any real answers or even to hear partial truths. Just my 5 cents worth and my opinion only. |