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In Reply to: Are you a turntable snob posted by sudz1234@yahoo.com on July 22, 2012 at 19:00:48:
Your post was a little confusing to me. I don't get the Ferrari analogy- having records isn't like having some sports-car, really. If you won a shopping spree at Amoeba, the 10,000 LP's you'd select would have a sizable fraction that are poorly recorded, badly pressed, filtered, compressed or noisy, etc. Hardly Ferraris, unless you only own "audiophile" LPs - and what's the fun of that?
That litany of LP shortcomings characterizes my collection of around 4,000, but I still love them. That love is a lifelong thing, going back to Vee-Jay "Introducing The Beatles" -- the first record I bought with "my own money" in 1964. I play them on the best TT I can afford that's consistent with my principles. It's an old "used" thing and I guess you'd consider it weird, maybe a piece of junk [Original VPI base / Denon DP75 / Denon DA-401 arm / Dynavector XX]. Almost all my hi-fi gear was purchased used. I dignify it by referring to is as "vintage!" I can't fault the guy you met at Amoeba for having a Goodwill TT.
And if I buy my tires at Mexicali [for those of you outside Southern California, that's a real, decent tire store in Van Nuys specializing in budget brands and used tires]- so what? The tires on my used Ferrari are well-used too, like my turntable. [Ooops- I misspoke- it's an old Volvo... not a Ferrari!] Why pick on them- porque hablan español?
The guy with 10,000 records and a cheap old used TT is on the right track. He gets to listen to a ton of music for cheap-- that's more like my goal. I've always recommended you spend more of your "music budget" on records, not on costly new gear.
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