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Bruce from DC

In Reply to: Help me downsize without loosing quality/performance posted by hatfield on May 19, 2005 at 07:05:56:

I read your response to Jack G's post, so I have a better idea (I think!) of your goal.
The first thing to do, it seems to me, is to figure out what the sale of your Meridian would bring to you. From that, subtract the cost of a replacement CD player; and you're left with the net proceeds of what you have to play with to buy a turntable, cartridge and phonostage (you wanted analog, right?).
Somehow, I don't think this transaction is going to make financial sense (I'm assuming that you want to keep the rest of your system).
If you're going to adopt a new, "niche" format, you also have to look at music that's available on that format and the cost of aquiring a library of recordings in that format.
And, if your happy with the sound of your CD player, to be honest, I'm not sure it makes sense to dive into another format. CeeDees by far offer the greatest selection of new recordings of any format and it's hard for me to imagine any new recording that's not released on CD, but released on vinyl or some hi-rez digital format (I'm not really counting what you might be able to pick up in thrift shops, yard sales and the like of old records).
I think a lot of us who have a vinyl playback system started with our own collection of records -- or perhaps one given us by an older family member -- from the days when vinyl was the dominant format.
I'm actually quite fond of my CD player, which Stereophile rated as Class B when it came out in 1998. I think it sold for $800 new and should sell now for half that, used. However, the cure for much of what ailed that player was to feed it through a 20-amp Equitech balanced power supply/isolation transformer, which literally transformed the CD player's sound. The right interconnects made some difference, too. However, the Equi=tech cost me $1,000 used; so the total price of the two units is well over $1K. The Equi=tech also provides audible benefits to the subwoofer I use, so my purchase probably makes financial sense.
I suspect that you would notice a substantial difference between my Ultech, unaided by the BPS, and your Meridian and would not be happy.

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Topic - Help me downsize without loosing quality/performance - hatfield 07:05:56 05/19/05 (11)

Re: Help me downsize without loosing quality/performance - hatfield 12:21:02 05/26/05 (0)

Re: Help me downsize without loosing quality/performance - BAJ 08:42:28 05/22/05 (0)

No magic bullets. - Harmonia 10:38:36 05/21/05 (0)

I wouldn't do it - JeffH 06:44:51 05/20/05 (0)

Nothing constructive here, just a thought - welly 19:38:42 05/19/05 (0)

do the numbers - Bruce from DC 10:55:04 05/19/05 (2)

Further clarification - hatfield 11:24:33 05/19/05 (1)

Re: Further clarification - Bruce from DC 13:44:10 05/19/05 (0)

Re: Help me downsize without loosing quality/performance - bamadawg_63 09:48:39 05/19/05 (0)

??? - Jack G 08:24:06 05/19/05 (1)

Re: ??? - hatfield 08:39:28 05/19/05 (0)

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do the numbers - Bruce from DC 10:55:04 05/19/05 (2)

Further clarification - hatfield 11:24:33 05/19/05 (1)

Re: Further clarification - Bruce from DC 13:44:10 05/19/05 (0)

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