Daverz;610714 Wrote: > It's bogus in the sense that a lot of the people that say that are just > repeating received wisdom rather than speaking from experience. But > there are folks that really enjoy the sound of records more.
That may be exactly what Im going through right now. I see all these blogs about how people are jumping back into vinyl and Im wondering if Im missing out on something. Maybe I am just getting caught up in the hype. So far though, Im not convinced. There would have to be major improvements over my B&O to bring it up to the level of my SB3/DAC. Daverz;610714 Wrote: > > I don't think much of Rega tables, though the arms are very good. And > $1500 total doesn't leave much room for a good cart and phono pre-amp > given that the P3-24 starts at about $900 or so. Was it all Rega > equipment? > > Some of those B&O tables were quite respectable. I had a couple back > in the 90s, and I remember enjoying them more than the Rega Planar 3 I > had. If the stylus is worn, you might consider replacing the cartridge > with one from 'SoundSmith' > (http://www.sound-smith.com/cartridges/boall.html). They have an > adapter so you can keep the cart if you upgrade to a new TT. It's also > possible you might benefit from a better phono preamp. It's never going > to sound like the Benchmark, though. The equipment I auditioned included the Rega, a Grado Sonata cartridge and a Sumiko Tube Box phono preamp. The $1500 figure I mentioned was just ballpark. We never even got close to negotiating a final price on it. It was difficult to compare his Rega on his system in his store with the sound of my B&O on my system in my living room 2 hours later. But I didnt think they sounded that much different. In fact, I couldnt even tell if his sounded better than mine. The big problem with the B&O is that I cant upgrade it. Ive got a good cartridge in it, and thats about all I can do. I do have a cheap ($50) phono preamp. Will upgrading the preamp make a big difference? Daverz;610714 Wrote: > This is all pretty irrelevant unless you have records you really want > to hear. If you're happy with the digital versions available -- and I > have to say I'm usually pretty satisfied with the quality of digital > transfers when they are available -- then there isn't much point to > this exercise. I have a fair amount of music that I still like to listen to that I have only on records. Of course the aggravation of dealing with them, plus the inferior sound quality discourages me from pulling them out of the closet. If I could substantially improve the sound I would be listening to them a lot more. -- duke43j ------------------------------------------------------------------------ duke43j's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15911 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85590
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