I’m sure is. I’m sure I’ve also help fund his retirement .
Just playing WYWH back to back. As nice as the Rega is in that warm analogue way, the NDX2/555PS is way ahead. Probably not a far comparison really. I’m sure a top LP12 would be superb, but I can only afford one rabbit hole.
I agree!
This hobby is a Sonic Adventure, not a Beauty Contest.
A Black Ash LP12 Magic or ‘Frankendeck’ would definitely up the Sonic ability and WIN the Beauty Contest
That is the problem if you’ve got a top digital player you’d need to spend a lot of money to get a good turn table to equal them. Then there’s a phono amp and other add ons. Total that up plus the cost of good (if you can find it) vinyl and you’ve got a trench as opposed to a hole.
A thought process I went through c. 10 years ago… go vinyl which, if you throw enough money at it, might be better BUT you need to spend a heck of a lot to, IMO, to better a good streamer setup. In the end it was more the cost of the LPs that was the decider: CDs and downloads are generally cheaper and more guaranteed to be acceptable quality.
He better gets up here than at AJ van den Hul’s place which is nearby. There is no possibility of an escape there without a super expensive element and some fancy cables.