earwicker7
Headphoneus Supremus
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Well, this has been one hell of a week! I got a call from my sister informing me that my grandfather is giving both myself and my daughter $24,000... each!!! There's a really sad side to it, which is that he's doing this because he doesn't believe he'll be around much longer, as he's 101, and he doesn't want his estate to be taxed to death, so he's giving the maximum possible to each family member that qualifies (to the IRS) as a gift, which is $12k per person per year (the other $12k comes at the beginning of January).
My daughter's $24k is going into certified deposits in her name; she isn't going to hear word one about it until she's starting to settle down, at which point she's going to get a really nice surprise (she's eight years old, so you figure twenty years at whatever rate I can get).
I'm thinking about using it for a major source upgrade. The turntable is the weak link in my analog chain... it's not that it's a bad table, by any means, it's just that every other part (cartridge, arm, phono stage) is top of the line. It's like every other part is an A (maybe even an A+), and the table is just a B or B+. Something's gotta give.
I'm seriously looking at the Avid line. Has anyone tried the Acutus? What about the Acutus Reference? I'm trying to figure out how a better power supply is worth the extra $8k
. Then again, stranger things have happened.
My daughter's $24k is going into certified deposits in her name; she isn't going to hear word one about it until she's starting to settle down, at which point she's going to get a really nice surprise (she's eight years old, so you figure twenty years at whatever rate I can get).
I'm thinking about using it for a major source upgrade. The turntable is the weak link in my analog chain... it's not that it's a bad table, by any means, it's just that every other part (cartridge, arm, phono stage) is top of the line. It's like every other part is an A (maybe even an A+), and the table is just a B or B+. Something's gotta give.
I'm seriously looking at the Avid line. Has anyone tried the Acutus? What about the Acutus Reference? I'm trying to figure out how a better power supply is worth the extra $8k