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Posted on March 31, 2015 at 19:14:01 | ||
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This evening I've been listening to a vinyl system I assembled on the cheap as a gift for my daughter's upcoming birthday. I've been spinning old spirituals and folk music and loving it! Currently spinning Simon Estes "Spiritual" and before that some Joan Baez. Pretty different than my usual classical fare. I'm having fun! Over the years, I've spent more money than I'd care to admit on high-end stereo and analog gear. It's kinda refreshing to get nice sounding results from a more modest package. We're ending up with a cheap used Technics SL-Q2 table with a red Denon cartridge I found in a drawer (DL-110?). I think it came with a table I bought a few years ago and restored. The big bucks -- $300 -- went for the Lounge Audio LCR Mk.III phono stage. The whole setup was about $360. And it sounds darn good! The phono stage is dead quiet with this table and presents a warmish and intimate soundstage with this cartridge/arm/table combo. I'm ashamed to say I've spent more money than this before just on interconnects and had less sonic reward. It's been great, Spinning records for several hours and feeling no strong need to go back to my "big" system at the moment. Feeling very pleased with the gift I'll be giving and wanted to brag a bit on it. "Knowing what you don't know is, in a sense, omniscience" |