no, a lot of audiophiles get tweaky about tone arm/cartridge pairings. these are the same guys who in the 80s would have debates about whether it was better to mark the edges of a cd with a green or blue marker.
Some of those turntables look like they have more than one tone-arm. Is that for different vinyl formats, or what?
I had to check to be sure. But as ryan stated above, audiophiles have their quirks about not only the records and what they play it on, but what kind of needles and tonearms. For some, people will play their "classical" records with one, others will play their "jazz" or "rock" records the other.
LP's and 45's on one, 78's on another.
One tonearm has a stereo needle, the other being mono.
One for "quality records". One for "Mrs. Miller".
Then you have one like this, which has THREE tonearms:
Yeah, that's what blew me away too. I guess old department store record players where you just move the needle around with the plastic handle is "not proper".
I would like to at least hear some of these things.
Well, 78's require a wide radius stylus (I won't say needle), like 2.5 mil radius, which is not very good for your vinyl LP's and 45's. Audiofools can be very strange people, but they are right about this one.
I went with Danno to a hi-fi convention where we saw some of this stuff in use. Some, like the lazer turntable, was bs, but a lot of it is amazing & you can hear a major difference in sound. I don't think you need a 29,000 turntable to achieve good results, tho.
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whoa, that was some nerdy shit. (expensive too.)
How long does it take to load up a record on one of those?
What always amazes me about these audiophile turntables are the cost, like the one that's $29,000 WITHOUT the tonearm.
Or look at this:
Then there's the record flattener, to unwarp records:
Or this, for the hardcore Sinatra heads:
I had to check to be sure. But as ryan stated above, audiophiles have their quirks about not only the records and what they play it on, but what kind of needles and tonearms. For some, people will play their "classical" records with one, others will play their "jazz" or "rock" records the other.
LP's and 45's on one, 78's on another.
One tonearm has a stereo needle, the other being mono.
One for "quality records". One for "Mrs. Miller".
Then you have one like this, which has THREE tonearms:
If anyone wants to look up on this one:
http://www.audiomax-ltd.com/ear.htm
Okay. All I need now is a
Plus a heavy-duty label-covering device to protect the identity of your raers!
These are strictly for playing raers!
!!!
Well, 78's require a wide radius stylus (I won't say needle), like 2.5 mil radius, which is not very good for your vinyl LP's and 45's. Audiofools can be very strange people, but they are right about this one.
What a bunch of Nerds.
I went with Danno to a hi-fi convention where we saw some of this stuff in use. Some, like the lazer turntable, was bs, but a lot of it is amazing & you can hear a major difference in sound. I don't think you need a 29,000 turntable to achieve good results, tho.
Good point man - I'm gonna need a
Cosign.....'audiophiles' are really on that dust.
Or on the anti-dust.
Ayo?
I'd really like to hear some of those setups though. These speakers look pretty sweet.