andy_c wrote: > Smart move getting it used. I bought mine new, and it was really > expensive here in the States, like $550 for the Ittok arm, $850 for the > table, and $600 for the Karma cartridge (stupid choice). At that time, > my record collection was not very big, and in pretty bad shape, so I did > need to replace many of them anyway. It was a nice table though. I had > a black one, and also got one of those wall-mount shelves from Target in > the UK, and it was black too. The combination made a really handsome > package, and the wall-mount shelf totally eliminated the skipping and > unsteadiness issues. > > I do remember in the early days of CD, selection was bad, and they were > typically more expensive in absolute dollars than they are today, even > with no inflation adjustment. I ended up building up my collection very > slowly because of that. Then it seems in about 2000 they started > releasing many obscure titles, and the prices got a lot more reasonable > due to the competition brought on by online CD sales, so I bought a lot > of CDs around that time. They're all sitting in boxes in my garage now.
I too have my Linn LP12 sitting upon a wall mounted shelf but I made the shelf myself using a very solid and heavy laminated square of high density fiberboard, two large metal shelf brackets and some black spray paint. I should also mention that several years ago I bought a used Lingo power supply for the LP12 which I installed myself along with a Zu Audio turntable cable. As you said in the early days CD not only were they rather expensive but many times they sounded quite unpleasant, especially all those poorly mastered and hastily released CD versions of analog recordings. Heck in those days the record companies often just digitized the analog master that was used to cut the LP, even leaving in the RIAA equalization. A very sad state of affairs. Add to this the fact that many "record" stores and individuals were in such a mad rush to get of their vinyl that more often than not the vinyl (which at that time often sounded superior to the CD) could be bought for quite a bit less than the CD. Yes indeed in the late 1980s and early 1990's at the beginning of the CD era my vinyl collection grew quite a bit. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103238 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
