List of High-End Analog Source Owners on Head-Fi

Jun 10, 2008 at 8:45 PM Post #16 of 118
Audiophiler:

Thorens 160s with SME V tonearm / Shure XV ver iv

VPI Industries Aries 3 with JMW10.5i tonearm / Benz Ace \ Audienc

Though the first table isn't 1k the arm retails for 4k
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Jun 11, 2008 at 7:42 AM Post #23 of 118
I see this thread being quite useful when I do my next upgrade. I'm sure I'll be picking the brains of the owners of certain turntables.

So the question is begging to be asked... are we going to have a thread for phono stages next?
 
Jun 11, 2008 at 11:38 AM Post #24 of 118
here goes. Main analogue sources

Turntables

1. Logic DM-101 MkII with external electronic PSU / Logic Datum II (Audio Origami rewired ) / Supex SD-901 (Soundsmith ruby retip)

2. Thorens TD125 Mk2 / Origin Live OL1 (fully modified) / Dynavector DV20L

3. Goldring-Lenco GL-75 / Linn LVV / Shure M95 / Various Shure tips for '78s

Tape

1. Revox PR-99 MKII

2. Uher 4400

Tuners

1. Technics ST-S8 / SH 4060 (timer)

2. Kenwood KT-7500
 
Jun 11, 2008 at 3:30 PM Post #25 of 118
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Originally Posted by gz76 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
So the question is begging to be asked... are we going to have a thread for phono stages next?


It seems to me that the phono stage should be included in the vinyl-based analog source.

If you think about CDPs, or tape decks, or tuners, they are all black boxes that start with a music source, and end with line-out signals. Using this paradigm, then the phono stage falls within this black box, and a vinyl source would generally be something like:

Cartridge->Arm->Table->Phono Stage

You can't listen to vinyl with any of these four components missing from the chain. Now in some cases the phono stage is integrated into a pre-amp, so the line is a bit fuzzy, but in most high-end systems, it would tend to be a separate component.

Just a thought...
 
Jun 11, 2008 at 3:35 PM Post #26 of 118
Phonostage is part of the vinyl setup.
 
Jun 11, 2008 at 6:31 PM Post #27 of 118
VPI Superscoutmaster w/JMW 9 signature arm
VPI Superplatter
VPI SDS, ring clamp, center weight
Dynavector Te Kaitora Rua cartridge
Sim Audio LP5.3 phonostage
 
Jun 11, 2008 at 6:52 PM Post #28 of 118
Well you guys can list all your vinyl equipment in a post but I'm going to continue to list only actual source components, for the reason that the price of the other components is variable and that they can be "mixed & matched" so to speak (I know they're required for a full vinyl system, I have a subscription to Stereophile and read TAS & Tone Audio so I've been learning about this stuff). In the same way that external discrete DAC units and CDPs are one piece of the system, a turntable is also one piece of the system, right?
 
Jun 11, 2008 at 7:13 PM Post #29 of 118
Technically yes, a table would be akin to a DAC or a cart closer to a DAC...wherein one can't do much without the other parts.

My whole system:

Michell Gyrodec modified, also includes the Orbe platter, motor and psu.
SME V arm
Grado Statement Statement cart
Hovland MG 2 phono cable (incoming)
 
Jun 11, 2008 at 7:16 PM Post #30 of 118
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Originally Posted by Asr /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Well you guys can list all your vinyl equipment in a post but I'm going to continue to list only actual source components, for the reason that the price of the other components is variable and that they can be "mixed & matched" so to speak (I know they're required for a full vinyl system, I have a subscription to Stereophile and read TAS & Tone Audio so I've been learning about this stuff). In the same way that external discrete DAC units and CDPs are one piece of the system, a turntable is also one piece of the system, right?



If your going to do that then you might as well only list the cartridge. The true source of all vinyl playback.
 

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