Eee Pee
Headphoneus Supremus
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When you're shopping for turntables or turntable packages at the same price points you're going to get fairly similar sounding set ups. The manufacturer can only do so much with a certain price point. One package might be a better soundstager, one might be a bit bassier, one might be a pace rhythm timing type, or any of the audiophile descriptive words you want to use, but they'll still be close to one another overall.
You might have made up your mind about the RP3, walk into Needle Doctor and see/hear something else, and change your mind just like that. I was set on the RP3, then the RP6, then completely forgot about them when I saw the VPI Traveler.
The vinyl world makes people do this:
But then you get home, put a record on and stare at it go round and round, listen and smile. It's fantastic.
So is the RP3 w/ Elys 2 about the best I'm gonna do in the sub-$1000 turntable range (bear in mind that I don't want anything more than a few years old)?
When you're shopping for turntables or turntable packages at the same price points you're going to get fairly similar sounding set ups. The manufacturer can only do so much with a certain price point. One package might be a better soundstager, one might be a bit bassier, one might be a pace rhythm timing type, or any of the audiophile descriptive words you want to use, but they'll still be close to one another overall.
You might have made up your mind about the RP3, walk into Needle Doctor and see/hear something else, and change your mind just like that. I was set on the RP3, then the RP6, then completely forgot about them when I saw the VPI Traveler.
The vinyl world makes people do this:
But then you get home, put a record on and stare at it go round and round, listen and smile. It's fantastic.