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Posted: January 11 2023 at 14:47

And what cartridge do you find to be appropriate to your new table, Catcher?

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Posted: January 11 2023 at 16:07

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And what cartridge do you find to be appropriate to your new table, Catcher?

Lyra Delos

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Posted: January 11 2023 at 16:17

ProJect Xtension 10 Evolution - 22 kg total turntable mass.

At the risk of continually repeating myself...Holy F#@k !

And don't even get me started on the price.

Although, if I had that kind of disposable income I can think of a few Nikons I might like to buy.

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Catcher10 wrote:

David_D wrote:

And what cartridge do you find to be appropriate to your new table, Catcher?

Lyra Delos

Which means you certainly don't spare money when buying cartridge, and my experience tells me too that it's very good to do so, as the catridge quality means very much for the overall sound quality of the whole system, while what one spends on the catridge is still a small part of the price for the whole system.

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Posted: January 11 2023 at 17:23

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ProJect Xtension 10 Evolution - 22 kg total turntable mass.

At the risk of continually repeating myself...Holy F#@k !

And don't even get me started on the price.

Although, if I had that kind of disposable income I can think of a few Nikons I might like to buy.

I save money.....I get money from coaching HS lacrosse and camps during the summer. To buy the table, which again I paid nowhere near MSRP, I saved two summer's worth of coaching stipend. I never use credit to fund my hobby. My audio gear does not come out of our yearly house budget....

Music listening is my passion, my hobby and I am one who knows that music played on a well put together system can sound stunning, the immersion is something you have to experience.

Whether one can afford it or not, go to an audio show or to a local hifi store and listen to a well put together system and you'll understand. Until then its really tough to explain it.....

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Posted: January 11 2023 at 17:26

David_D wrote:

Catcher10 wrote:

David_D wrote:

And what cartridge do you find to be appropriate to your new table, Catcher?

Lyra Delos

Lyra cost is all upfront....They have an excellent trade in program that will drop the MSRP by almost 35% if you buy the same model. I can trade up to a higher end model but that then becomes spendy, the Delos suits me just fine, performs well above price point.

Hercules has a fantastic analog rig as well with a Lyra Lydian cartridge, an older model but still was a pretty penny back then.

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Posted: January 12 2023 at 04:46

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JD wrote:

ProJect Xtension 10 Evolution - 22 kg total turntable mass.

At the risk of continually repeating myself...Holy F#@k !

And don't even get me started on the price.

Although, if I had that kind of disposable income I can think of a few Nikons I might like to buy.

Music listening is my passion, my hobby and I am one who knows that music played on a well put together system can sound stunning, the immersion is something you have to experience.

Whether one can afford it or not, go to an audio show or to a local hifi store and listen to a well put together system and you'll understand. Until then its really tough to explain it.....

Oh I understand it just fine having done just that at a high end shop in my home town. That was just my jealously rant. Thumbs Up

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Lyra cost is all upfront....They have an excellent trade in program that will drop the MSRP by almost 35% if you buy the same model. I can trade up to a higher end model but that then becomes spendy, the Delos suits me just fine, performs well above price point.

There's also the question whether the arm and the table can make the catridge to perfom its optimum, and the whole system is able to reproduce this optimum.

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There's also the question whether the arm and the table can make the catridge to perfom its optimum, and the whole system is able to reproduce this optimum.

Well yes, you have to understand compliance of cart and tonearm. You have to know the total effective mass of the arm, then add up the weight of cartridge and all mounting hardware like screws, use that determine the resonant frequency which should be around 10Hz, accepted range is 8-12Hz so you don't have any problems with compatibility.

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Posted: January 13 2023 at 01:10

Now, I'm curious about your amp(s), Catcher, but somebody might get too jealous. Big smile

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Now, I'm curious about your amp(s), Catcher, but somebody might get too jealous. Big smile

Here is my power amp.....and again, I did not pay MSRP. Part of the audio game is watching for specials or deals. Mine was a demo, which means it was used for a photo shoot so a discount was deducted from the price, call it an open box sale if you like. There were no hours on it.......

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Now, I'm curious about your amp(s), Catcher, but somebody might get too jealous. Big smile

very nice and surely kicking ass m..f..er Thumbs Up

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Posted: January 14 2023 at 07:32

And here's the more exotic choice I made 24 years ago, and which I've been very pleased with:

http://usato.audiograffiti.com/annunci/amplificatori-integrati/253828/

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Posted: January 14 2023 at 08:14

Looks like we all cook tubes on here. Lol

Right on. I’m a big fan of tube amps.

Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣

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Looks like we all cook tubes on here. Lol

Right on. I’m a big fan of tube amps.

I'd say tubes and vinyl is not a bad mix. Tongue

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Posted: January 14 2023 at 09:42

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progbethyname wrote:

Looks like we all cook tubes on here. Lol

Right on. I’m a big fan of tube amps.

I'd say tubes and vinyl is not a bad mix. Tongue

Warmth and fuzz is a damn good time.

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And here's the more exotic choice I made 24 years ago, and which I've been very pleased with:

http://usato.audiograffiti.com/annunci/amplificatori-integrati/253828/

Yea nice tube integrated amp.... Clap

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Posted: January 14 2023 at 15:45

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progbethyname wrote:

Looks like we all cook tubes on here. Lol

Right on. I’m a big fan of tube amps.

I'd say tubes and vinyl is not a bad mix. Tongue

Yea that's good synergy......I'm not a tube gear user, I prefer solid state. I do have a DAC that has tube output stage, sounds pretty good. Only decodes up to 24bit, which is more than enough. It's a Grant Fidelity Tube-DAC 11

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