what do you play your VINYL on...?

oliverstoned wrote: Why do you need these connectics? My father had a big Akai integrated, i can tell that's very bad, not musical.

Au contraire - if it was bad and not musical I would stop listening to it and buy something that sounded better.

It feeds a Reel-to-Reel, a MiniDisc recorder, a cassette deck, a video recorder and a computer, so it needs these outputs.

As it is, I've yet to hear anything that sounds as good (to my reasonably musical ears) in the price range. A friend of mine has a comparably sized and specced Rotel which has a less musical sound (to my ears).

So maybe your father was unlucky and got a turkey - but mine is fine

listen to Uncle Oliver, he knows his stuff - not much in this world is free, but there is  nothing  better than free advice!

Edited by mystic fred - April 29 2006 at 05:22

mystic fred wrote: listen to Uncle Oliver, he knows his stuff - not much in this world is free, but there is  nothing  better than free advice![IMG]alt=Wink src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley2.gif" align=absMiddle>   by the way, you've one component diong too many jobs - junk the "mini disc" recorder (yecccccch!) and the reel to reel etc. and keep it all simple. quality rules over convenience IMHO.

I know he knows his stuff.

I also know what my ears tell me - and what I need to to with the bits and pieces I own.

No-one needs a huge amount of electronic junk - a guitar is the best way to hear guitar music - and costs less than Ollie's cables.

However, I bought these toys to fulfil a purpose, and they still do what I bought 'em for. Anything I don't use gets flogged on eBay.

The quality of my Akai is just fine - I must have been lucky and picked a good one. The whole point of getting it was that it was a work-horse to do multiple jobs. The quality of sound it has is extremely high for its class - and, without bragging, I have better ears for music than most.

Thanks for the advice anyway.


    
    

Edited by Certif1ed - April 30 2006 at 17:15

My configuration :

Vompatti wrote: Are the Project Debut turntables any good, some of them are less than half the price of Rega Planar 3? Also, if I bought a turntable, an amplifier and speakers, would I also need a phono preamp?

Certif1ed wrote: mystic fred wrote: listen to Uncle Oliver, he knows his stuff - not much in this world is free, but there is  nothing  better than free advice![IMG]alt=Wink src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley2.gif" align=absMiddle>   by the way, you've one component diong too many jobs - junk the "mini disc" recorder (yecccccch!) and the reel to reel etc. and keep it all simple. quality rules over convenience IMHO. I know he knows his stuff. I also know what my ears tell me - and what I need to to with the bits and pieces I own. No-one needs a huge amount of electronic junk - a guitar is the best way to hear guitar music - and costs less than Ollie's cables. However, I bought these toys to fulfil a purpose, and they still do what I bought 'em for. Anything I don't use gets flogged on eBay. The quality of my Akai is just fine - I must have been lucky and picked a good one. The whole point of getting it was that it was a work-horse to do multiple jobs. The quality of sound it has is extremely high for its class - and, without bragging, I have better ears for music than most. Thanks for the advice anyway.

Yes i've heard about these and seen them for sale on ebay, i'd love to audition one for a few days.

Unfortunatly the Creek preamp for the same price works better.

How much did you paid the Nad?
I know that there's a Creek around 100/120€.

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