DIGITAL vs. ANALOG


Hi folks! I'm very interested on getting into analog but I don't know how much money would have to be the minimum to spend in a TT to worthily surpass my $1000 cd player, a Musical Fidelity A3CD. Any suggestion or thought? Thanx in advance!
jorge_err

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Elgordo... you fat! ;-) I agree with the hamburger/steak analogy.

I also concur that less expensive analog rig will blow the doors off 1 grand CD players. As an extreme example, I've heard older, modestly priced & tweaked, tt's that KILL CD front ends at the $1,000 price point and more. Case in point: heard a friend's Thorens TD160 Super, AQ PT5 arm, Blue Point, AQ Big Feet all the way around, AQ Sorbathene platter mat, Mod Squad cable adapter. You can buy a tt like this for way less than $500 today and still stomp the donkey snot out of $1,000+ CD players. And this is the budget, low end of the spectrum. Spend a little more and get exponentially better sound than CD.

That said, I am between tt's for the time being and, as much as I am an analog man, I've adapted to CD's and have to say that I enjoy the convenience factor. There are lots of albums that I don't like to listen to from beginning to end and, frankly, CD's are a whole lot easier. Yeah, if I did this with a tt I would be able to crack walnuts on my ass from the jumping up and down -- as much as the wife would like that, I'm pretty content pushing the button with one hand and trying not to spill the Sierra Nevada with the other.

Now, THAT SAID, once I finish sorting out (and paying for) my new subs, cables and IC's I will be jumping on a sweet deal for a VPI TNT with JMW arm. Like Muddy Waters said: "I'm Ready..."!