matthewhoult

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Moving from CD to analog
04-15-13: RauliruegasThank you for your reply.I currently own a small collection of LP's these I have recently brought to experiment with vinyl.My digital front end is currently a Gryphon Mikado Signature this is an excellent CD player which I am ... 
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04-18-13: GregkrausThank you for your kind reply.I live in the UK and yes it is very difficult to walk into a dealer in the UK and listen to several turntables.Matching a tonearm and cartridge is sound advise I will investigate this further, thank... 
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04-15-13: ChayroThank you for our kind reply.I live in the UK so it may be difficult for people on Audiogon to recommend a good dealer?I fully understand what you are saying about dealers selling you what they have in their shop and that these pro... 
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04-15-13: Onhwy61Thank you for our kind reply.I will eventually settle with some kind of music server as I have recently copied all my CD's to hard drive using the FLAC codec.You are correct in that listening to vinyl requires much more messing ab... 
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04-15-13: Zd542Yes I fully understand what you mean and don't worry I was not offended in any way it's great to get some honest opinions.I'm currently listening to my brothers Rega Planar 3 and it sounds very nice so your theory is correct! 
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04-15-13: Lowrider57The budget has got buy me a turn table, tonearm, cartridge, phono stage and cables it will soon be eaten up, I will try and buy from the used market except the cartridge this way I can access higher priced equipment for half th... 
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04-15-13: LewmThanks for your great response.My budget of 16k must include a turntable, tonearm, cartridge and phono stage so although it seams allot of money to invest it does not go far in the world of high end audio components. I will search th... 
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04-15-13: Jrb25Hello and thank you for your comments.This is something I have not considered until you mentioned it.I do most of my listening at the end of the day mostly at night from about 9pm onwards and sometimes fall asleep listening to music... 
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04-15-13: JperryThank you for your reply.I have not heard of Basis turntables I will check the website out and read some reviews, thank you. 
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04-15-13: Wolf_garciaThank you for your kind response.I will of course plan to keep all my CD's I have collected so many over the years and they mean a great deal to me. I have made a digital copy and they are stored on a hard drive, a painful but... 
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HifiharvThank you for the advise this will be my plan to stay clear from the low end of the market as my electronics and speakers are very good but likewise stay away from those ridiculously priced turntables this would only be a waste of money as... 
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I have set up my first TT it is a Rega Planer 3 borrowed from my older brother, it has the original tone arm and a new Rega cartridge, the TT was fitted with a new drive belt and a new set of Phono leads the TT then was set up by Rega themselves. ... 
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ChayroA good dealer sounds like sound advise but most of them only want to sell you what they want to sell you? I will try a new dealer and see how I get on. I have borrowed a Rega Planner and will listen to this to try and get a better understand... 
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KiddmanGood advise! I will contact Andy Payor and ask for his guidance. 
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VicdamoneI have just completed the ripping process of all my CD's this was a massive task but one I am now happy with, I am still trying to find a user friendly good sounding music player this was one of the reasons I wanted to try vinyl as I was ...