Thanks everyone, the truth hurts sometimes. I don't have a limitless budget or even $5K. I shoulda bought a VPI or a Clearaudio when I was a dealer. As to this :
my words: I prefer good/creative engineering to slighlty better fidelity anyday.
reply: A lot of good, creative engineering has been applied to LP playback components since yours were designed. The result is not "slightly" better fidelity, it is massively better fidelity.
I meant this regarding comparing any given recording to another one-nothing related to gear.
Soooo thanks everyone again for your input. I will report on using a better phono pre as I can borrow these from where I worked.
ET
my words: I prefer good/creative engineering to slighlty better fidelity anyday.
reply: A lot of good, creative engineering has been applied to LP playback components since yours were designed. The result is not "slightly" better fidelity, it is massively better fidelity.
I meant this regarding comparing any given recording to another one-nothing related to gear.
Soooo thanks everyone again for your input. I will report on using a better phono pre as I can borrow these from where I worked.
ET