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Considering going Vinyl--Please talk me out of it

I'm standing here on the vinyl cliff,peering over the edge...I had a TT in the eighties & nineties, an AR with the Underground Sound mods by George Merrill from Memphis, TN. It got destroyed in a series of moves, and my vinyl disappeared. I have a perfectly good CD player(Denon 1650AR),EAD PM2000 amp & EAD Ovation plus prepro, & thiel 2.3's. I would need a phono preamp before I could run whatever TT I obsess over enough to buy, as the Ovation has no phono stage. Push me over, or save me! mb
michaeljbrown

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michaeljbrown OP
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So for $5,000, I can get a cd player that'll stay with a $1500 TT...?
michaeljbrown OP
146 posts
 
I'm still peering down into the void; keep up the input, as I am looking at a beautiful AR restoration/mod.....gulp!
michaeljbrown OP
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Indeed they are. I had an AES djh signature pre, which matched up nicely with the thiels. Of course, I couldn't stand prosperity, and traded it back to upscale audio for a Cary cinema 6, which I sold after I finally bit on an EAD Ovation +, which is proof that there is nothing o.o..o...obsessive about me!
michaeljbrown OP
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Gee, I just met a bunch of very interesting and entertaining people by asking essential questions about vinyl; its like the people I've met while on a sailboat--only cheaper! Really, it is cheaper, isn't it? Isn't it?...tell me it is..........
michaeljbrown OP
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Aborigine, your system definitely cost more than a sailboat; probably in the neighborhood of a Cal 45 footer...
michaeljbrown OP
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Well, I like the czccbl (sounds like a polish name I once tried to pronounce in Chicago and got the door slammed in my face)approach. I can get a great AR mod, do the memory lane thing, buy some old jazz records, and then jump off the vinyl cliff and splatter myself all over the rocks of Obsession, continuing until I have a tt that looks like something the U.S. marines would explode with the aid of their bomb control units......
michaeljbrown OP
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Some of these turntables you guys have posted here would never make it through an airport metal detector..bomb scare!...
michaeljbrown OP
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I'm stepping back from the precipice for awhile. Whew. That was close. You guys are fascinating. Thanks for the shared experience and excellent advice. I can't believe I generated such a long thread. I'll start another one when I fall off. thanks to all....mb
michaeljbrown OP
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OK, I rested for awhile and then snapped and bought a modded AR AX from david at vinylnirvana.com. He's adding a Rega 250 arm and Ortofon OM 30 cartridge. Now I'll see if I can find some vinyl, and join you guys for awhile. Just like an alcoholic, right? A few beers won't hurt, just a couple...........
michaeljbrown OP
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ER, I meant XA. that's AR XA..
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