One Component You Would Never Change One Type You Would Return To
You are given an opportunity to revamp the system. Is there one component you would never change, and one you would want to return to?
For me my SOTA Cosmos Eclipse with Origin Live Agile tonearm is an end game table. It will not leave. I might put a different cartridge on it, and have been considering moving my Kiseki Blackheart to it. I would like to try the Audio Technica ART20 on it also.
What I would return to is SET amplification and tube preamp. I have loved the sound of SET gear, and left because speakers I bought meant I needed different amplification.
That is the rub. To return to SET I would need something other than my JBL 4365. They are expensive, large, and hard to sell. Also I would never get them back, as nice a shape as mine are or as affordable a price.
For SET I would need something like the Pure Audio open baffles. Or possibly a pair of Klipsch Belle where I would retrofit a modern horn like the Fastrax or something equivalent
What would yours be?
@kennyc HRS has you you want. If I were in your shoes I'd probably settle for a R3X as good enough. I just think a turntable is far more critical in terms of isolation so I went for the best one. I originally wanted to get a Minus-K for the turntable, but they weren't really very helpful with my questions, and offered no decent option for an audition. Getting CG correct is critical for their isolation bases, and that's a challenge for my turntable. |
I have enjoyed reading this thread. There is a lot of nice stuff here. I have to say, for me, nothing that I have is something that I would say "never change" about. I learned many years ago that there is always going to be nice stuff and it is possible to enjoy any of it once you let your ears adjust for a short while. I did turn my back on tape after many years, but that is a long story not worth dwelling on. I use streaming to preview things that I might want to buy, but I certainly could live without a streamer. My weakness is turntables. I really like them, own several and seem to collect more all the time. Change them all the time, but never seem to sell any. Give one away from time to time, mostly to make room. So as a category, turntables, cartridges, tonearms, phono stages, those are my weakness. |
Air Tight Opus phono cartridge - never change Air Tight Step Up transformer - return IMO the Air Tight Step Up is as poor as the Air Tight phono cartridge is excellent. Ypsilon Step-Up (the big one) has been the best step-up transformer I've used so far, but I admit there may be something better out there. |
