"Mike Gilmour" wrote in message
...
:
: "ruffrecords" wrote in message
: ...
: Arny Krueger wrote:
: "ruffrecords" wrote in message
:
:
:
: Already am. Having a disagreement with a guy on another group who
: reckons hi end vinyl sounds way better - I mean obviously better than
: CD.
:
:
: This is a well-known scam. You're supposed to believe him and pay
: 1,000's and 1,000's on a fruitless search for the holy grail of a vinyl
: playback system that actually sounds better than the audio section of a
: good $50US DVD player.
:
: Hopefully I am a tad smater than that - hence my desire to listen to a
: system localy.
:
:
: He suggested I should visit a hi-end hi-fi shop and listen to 5
: to 10 grands worth of vinyl kit to hear what I have been missing, so
: that's what I intend to do.
:
:
: Only if your time is not worth very much to you...
:
:
: Well, I am retired, I do have an open mind and it is a long time since I
: heard a so called high end system.
:
: Ian
:
: Ian,
:
: As its a long time since you've heard a high end system and (if you have)
: plenty of time being retired then I'd suggest you don't rush into a
: purchase. Don't just visit 'a' hi-end shop..... Listen to as many high end
: systems as you can of both retailers and private systems to get some idea
of
: what a good high end system can sound like. Remember most owners think
: their system are the bees knees...some are and some are not! I know I was
12
: years in the business. Include your listening room into the equation and
be
: sure to get lengthy home dems and don't be railroaded into anything if its
: not what you want (some dealers in mind here ;-)
: Happy hunting.
:
: Mike
:
I agree with all of this, and I'd add that you're getting in to serious
dimishing returns territory over £500 for a turntable/arm/cart. To add some
fuel to the underlying challenge, I transferred some vinyl to (Revox) r2r
years ago and the results were stunning, I really couldn't tell the
difference. I find LP-CD transfers pretty good too.

Rob