Re: Weird. - olddude55 - Vinyl Asylum

Re: Weird.

Posted by olddude55 on September 17, 2006 at 08:52:51

In Reply to: Re: Weird. posted by Sylvian on September 17, 2006 at 08:40:28:

I don't the platter on my Moth is a Rega product, if that makes any difference. I didn't like the way the Moth sounded, or the constant problems with the set-up, so it's been for sale for about a month.
The "effortless turntable" that sounds good exists. There were loads of them back in the day.
They were so well-built, so easy to set up correctly, that they still exist in the tens of thousands.
Some advice, if you don't mind me giving it--don't give up on vinyl because of your experience with the P2. Instead, simplify. Resist the urge to tweak and upgrade. Avoid fancy expensive counterweights, $150 platter mats, $200 wiring kits, etc. Fix any mechanical issues with your deck and find a cartridge that's a good match for the RB250 arm.
Then, just enjoy music. Don't start thinking, "what if this could sound better" because it can always sound better. Play around with your listening space, move the speakers around until you find a sweet spot, damp any reflective surfaces (cheap and easy to do--you might already have what you need just laying around) because bad room acoustics will make a $100,000 system sound bad.
And the bucks you save avoiding $500 external power supplies and $400 sub-platter/platter upgrades can be spent on LPs.

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Topic - Found out why my Rega sucks. - Sylvian 02:38:10 09/17/06 (24)

Rega crowd - OMalley 15:17:55 09/17/06 (2)

yep - OMalley 06:07:56 09/18/06 (0)

Have you checked out discussion of VPI Scout antiskate? - hukkfinn 05:06:17 09/18/06 (0)

If it sounds good one way to you - Stale 09:31:24 09/17/06 (0)

This post is a joke! - MintVinyl 07:57:29 09/17/06 (9)

Having the platter upside down can cause serious problems with sound quality. - hukkfinn 10:37:03 09/17/06 (3)

My platter is exactly the same on both sides. - robert young 12:46:36 09/17/06 (2)

No. Some of their glass platters are perfect on both sides. Not all are though. - hukkfinn 05:04:09 09/18/06 (1)

Thanks Hukk! (nt) - robert young 05:29:38 09/18/06 (0)

Re: This post is a joke! - Sylvian 08:37:10 09/17/06 (2)

So tell us all... - MintVinyl 10:23:21 09/17/06 (0)

My Planar 3 (older model, usually in a box ... - robert young 09:08:01 09/17/06 (0)

Re: This post is a joke! - Pierre Leblanc 08:24:04 09/17/06 (1)

I always listen to music on the wrong side. )MT( - J. S. Bach 18:21:21 09/17/06 (0)

Weird. - olddude55 06:23:14 09/17/06 (2)

Re: Weird. - Sylvian 08:40:28 09/17/06 (1)

Re: Weird. - olddude55 08:52:51 09/17/06 (0)

Re: Found out why my Rega sucks. - zuheyr 02:56:18 09/17/06 (6)

Re: Found out why my Rega sucks. - Mark W. 10:15:57 09/17/06 (0)

Re: Found out why my Rega sucks. - Sylvian 08:43:21 09/17/06 (0)

Instructions for testing your platter - hukkfinn 05:30:19 09/17/06 (2)

Re: Instructions for testing your platter - zuheyr 06:00:22 09/17/06 (1)

Re: Instructions for testing your platter - Sylvian 08:49:37 09/17/06 (0)

They are. At least my Planar 3's glass platter was, and - HenryH 03:49:11 09/17/06 (0)

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Re: Weird. - olddude55 08:52:51 09/17/06 (0)

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