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RE: Happy?

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I don't have many goals or needs. I wanted to be able to listen to my 70s and 80s record collection. I needed to a new belt for a family turntable (a Dual CS506). I found the VA website and other sites - I bought a new belt, I printed a cart protractor and I followed the cart set up guidance. I'm happy with my low budget system.

I like buying used records - that's where my spending goes. And the quality of the recordings and the condition of the records has a big impact - as much an impact - on the audio as does the equipment, IMO.

I haven't compared my system to any other systems. I haven't listened to other systems. I'm a skeptic when it comes to serial upgrades of audio equipment. I am skeptical only b/c I once read in a hi fi mag that judging audio merits of loudspeakers (for example) - was a real undertaking. The magazine article said you have to take care when you make the compaison - so they hid the appearance of speakers behind screening - so there wouldn't be a visual bias or brand bias, they set volume carefully to the same level b/c louder is usually perceived as better. The comparison judging was in a single, short session - said you can't expect to remember or compare sound quality after any length of time - they were switching between speaker brands, listening just for a matter of seconds or minutes.

Although I say now that making A to B comparisons is difficult and open to bias, I still make my own easy comparisons. I buy a used record; I clean the record; later, I play it again and I tell myself, "Yeah, better - less crackle."

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