Also, change your stylus regularly (about once every 9 months should be about right, but it depends on how hours you play, and you can't go by how the cartridge sounds (if you can hear distortion caused by a worn stylus your records have already been damaged by the bad stylus) or how it looks (even trained professionals can't always determine this under high power microscopes)).
I'm looking at getting a denon DL-301II. Would this be true even with the better fixed stylus cartridges? Or are they able to last longer?
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I'm not sure. What I said was just the average life of styli according to the manual for my Ortofon OM20 (an MM with a replaceable stylus). Also, most companies that sell MCs w/o replaceable styli allow you to either have them "re-tipped" or trade them in for discounts on a new one.
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There can be no average stylus or cartridge life because it is entirely dependant on the amount of daily use the turntable gets. I believe most people can get at least one year if not several out of a cartridge.
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You are going to have tough decisions to make, Cd's on G08 or vinyl through RSA XR-2. It's a tough call, don't forget to breath as you go back and forth trying to decide.
Sorry couldn't stick around at Ray's for you and Ryan, but I had to get back to the hospital to see my Dad.
I listened to Ray's HRX (what a piece of art!), my XR2, and his speakers, stunning! Diana Krall never sounded so real and intimate. I listened to Jacintha for the first time. She's definitely on the list for purchases. I also listened to a record where the artist played a stand up bass. The visceral impact of the bass was impressive, but the detail was more telling. I heard the bassist grunt as he was finishing up the piece. You heard him play the piece, but yet you felt how much he put into the piece because of the detail.
I also watched as Ray meticulously cleaned and made sure the Rega was in perfect working order. Before I left, we listened to the Rega and the XR2. Ray posed the question is the HRX necessarily worth 10Xs the Rega??? You will have fun with the Rega, though I do see a VPI Scout in you future.
This is going to be a fun (expensive!) ride.
As for me, I'm kinda doing things backasswards - I have some vinyl, the XR2, but I'm waiting for the Comet and Sumiko BPS. Hopefully, I'll pick up the TT from Sota next week and we'll be ready to go.
Regards - Rey
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Digital - Meridian 507 and modded NAD541
Sorry couldn't stick around at Ray's for you and Ryan, but I had to get back to the hospital to see my Dad.
I listened to Ray's HRX (what a piece of art!), my XR2, and his speakers, stunning! Diana Krall never sounded so real and intimate. I listened to Jacintha for the first time. She's definitely on the list for purchases. I also listened to a record where the artist played a stand up bass. The visceral impact of the bass was impressive, but the detail was more telling. I heard the bassist grunt as he was finishing up the piece. You heard him play the piece, but yet you felt how much he put into the piece because of the detail.
I also watched as Ray meticulously cleaned and made sure the Rega was in perfect working order. Before I left, we listened to the Rega and the XR2. Ray posed the question is the HRX necessarily worth 10Xs the Rega??? You will have fun with the Rega, though I do see a VPI Scout in you future.
This is going to be a fun (expensive!) ride.
As for me, I'm kinda doing things backasswards - I have some vinyl, the XR2, but I'm waiting for the Comet and Sumiko BPS. Hopefully, I'll pick up the TT from Sota next week and we'll be ready to go.
Regards - Rey
hahahaha if we joined forces we can have a actual full vinyl rig!..lol
I ordered two duke ellington lps from Md, I am waiting on them now.hhehehe
I am sort of bumed that andrea bocelli isnt found on vinyl, but there will be a entire world of music to find and enjoy.
You are going to have tough decisions to make, Cd's on G08 or vinyl through RSA XR-2. It's a tough call, don't forget to breath as you go back and forth trying to decide.
believe me I am going through this already...rolling stones for cd's or wait for vinyl hunts?
To bad I have more envolving thoughts on my head now..lol
The Technics 1200 can be a very good TT. I have a Mark II with the full boat mods from http://www.kabusa.com/frameset.htm?/index.htm I also have a Rega Planar 3 w/ an SME tonearm in my bedroom system. You need to spend thousands to exceed the performance of a KAB modded 1200.
Check out the KAB web site, call and speak w/ the proprietor, Kevin Barrett, he's forgotten more about analog than most folks ever know and is one of the good guys in audio.
Vinyl is definitely more trouble than CDs. Its not for everyone. I like it.
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