OP didn’t pose a question or ask for help. He made a statement. Period. I don’t know why anyone feels the need to respond when there was no call for a response. This by the way is often the case with his posts. Just take it or leave it.
High Performance & Low Cost
As you know a high quality stereo system is expensive, But if your system was say 90% of high quality you would certainly enjoy it. Listed are a few items that way outperform their price point. I list these so you can get quality without breaking the bank. It is much better today vs 10 years ago for a deal.
AMPLIFIER
Everyone believes tube amp are the best and they are. But vintage are not that good in the under $1K category and I owned a lot. Rebuilt them as well so heard about everything. A Nobsound 300Wx2 amp that is $189 new will outperform up to $1K vintage tube amps. .It has tone controls and phono input. About 40 watts RMS per channel. It does not need an op-amp upgrade either.
TURNTABLE
I owned a few Turntables. Best was Garrard 401. A good TT is a Project Debut Carbon. New is $1K and used $750. I compared to a Pioneer PL-30-K and I did not hear much difference. I was using an AT VM-95ML. The Pioneer is under $300.
CARTRIDGE
I compared an Audio Technica VM-95ML to a lowly AT3600L at $20 new. Not a lot of difference but treble was smoother with the VM-95ML. However, you can live with the cheap cartridge. It is lively.
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@lewm , You're absolutely right and I shouldn't have commented. If he wants to tout equipment of his choice, there you go. I also know by now speaking in absolutes is his writing style. I didn't look at it from that perspective. |
Toxicity is sadly becoming one of the defining characteristics of the time we live in. You see it everywhere, in politics, in business, in relationships with people we supposedly love and care about. I find this trend to be very alarming and a harbinger of bad things coming for the human race if we do not figure out how to corral it and find some common decency in our interactions with others. |
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