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"You spent how much on that cartridge?"

Should there be a ratio of the amount of vinyl to the cost of your playback system? A recent thread implied that you should not have a nice rig unless you own a lot of albums. Almost like one does not qualify.

I want to enjoy listening to the relative-to-some few that I own without compromising. I agree that if you have little to no familiarity with the format, you should enter gingerly. But once you've decided you like it, why accept mediocrity?

 

 

tcutter
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tomic601
13,677 posts
 

No magic formula…. Seek joy.. find friends to share with and if needed drink mad dog out of the finest cup and Sea Smoke Ten out of a Dixie…

kennyc
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Should there be a ratio….

No, unless you want to drive yourself nuts judging your or other “ratios” which lead to nowhere.

+1 Hobbies are simply for personal enjoyment. 

kennyc
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Ratios are useful tools in finding relationships and forecasting future results. It is not useful in high-end audio as each individual has unique disposable incomes, unique audio budgets, and unique personal sonic preferences. 

billstevenson
1,165 posts
 

Fascinating subject.  I am thinking about my VPI HW19 MKIII, bought new in 1986, but now fitted with an SME 3009 Series II Improved, which is even older.  Oh well, I am playing mostly old records anyway.  Having a lot of fun too.  As I sort thru these records and enter them into the Discogs database most of them aren't worth much either.  Maybe I should hang my head in shame.  I am also mostly using MM cartridges too.  Not much to brag about.

parkergetdean
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a formula is not a bad thing when upgrading and you are a beginner.

Luckily I never had the budget to have to limit my upgrade by a formula, I always went all out and spent 100s of dollars!

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