One Amigo Visits Utah To Hear 5 Reference Turntables-My Step Beyond

[spiritofmusic]

Christian and Mike, the main issue is the total lack of tech back up in the UK.
I run a planetarium-grade Barco Cine 9 crt projector, in my opinion the high water mark of analog technology in the video field (overkill on a par w/Mike's bleeding edge Studer), and we're down to one remaining tech in the UK. Fingers crossed he doesn't suffer a cardiac arrest ! Or die of old age.
I've invested £55k/$130k in this baby since 1998. This is stressful enough w.out 1/having to buy a SOTA R2R from the US or on Ebay, 2/being all at sea re availability of titles, 3/having no techhead to share headaches with.
R2R is just not for me, despite being all too aware how it takes analog superiority to unprecedented levels.

[rockitman]

Christian and Mike, the main issue is the total lack of tech back up in the UK.
I run a planetarium-grade Barco Cine 9 crt projector, in my opinion the high water mark of analog technology in the video field (overkill on a par w/Mike's bleeding edge Studer), and we're down to one remaining tech in the UK. Fingers crossed he doesn't suffer a cardiac arrest ! Or die of old age.
I've invested £55k/$130k in this baby since 1998. This is stressful enough w.out 1/having to buy a SOTA R2R from the US or on Ebay, 2/being all at sea re availability of titles, 3/having no techhead to share headaches with.
R2R is just not for me, despite being all too aware how it takes analog superiority to unprecedented levels.

Don't torture yourself....you really need to be motivated to surpass those obstacles you mention. My vinyl rig sounds very close to tape on the titles I do have in both tape and vinyl. Tape is quieter....no occasional pops or ticks, the apparent density and extension of the music is better and the bass is more resounding in authority. It is closer to the performance than vinyl, but not by a whole lot when compared to very well sorted vinyl playback system..imho.

[NorthStar]

Spirit,

the first rule of the tape 'grey market' culture is discretion. even though i likely own multiple legit commercial copies of almost every tape i own and so the artist has been paid multiple times already, i don't normally post about specific titles. i know I've let my guard down a couple of times in 7 years, but i try not to do it. your tape source has legal and possibly ethical exposure. you have legal exposure. best not to press your luck.

i have access to 80% of the titles you listed. i own 25% of the titles you listed, and i don't have that many classical titles compared to pop rock and jazz.

a good source for the most top, top, titles is to find a tape head you trust and that trusts you and ask him/her where to get top titles. my wife calls those guys my 'drug dealers'.

they don't have web sites or advertise.

Basically the music underworld.

[NorthStar]

You will never be able to quench your thirst for all the titles you love on vinyl and get them on tape. I have a decent tape collection and invested a lot in both the software and the playback hardware...that said....I'm lucky to have what I have, but only look at it as a supplement to my vinyl experience. Vinyl still rules 80% of my listening time as I have so much more to listen too. I say knock your vinyl playback system out of the park and if you still have money to burn and a lot of time, patience and luck...get a tape machine.

...And a Ferrari machine.

[spiritofmusic]

Nothstar, don't get onto cars, otherwise I'll have to reveal my third obsession after audio and home cinema, my 1968 Citroen DS21.
If you guys think audio esp R2R is a vortex of OCD, I suggest you try classic car ownership. The joy of driving/pride of ownership/sheer fear of breaking down at any moment takes "living in the moment" to new levels!
I should be able to take R2R in my stride.
Christian, thanx for your input, I remain content my decision to pass on tape is fully justified.
Now, can I really justify that uber tt buy?

[LetsMakeaDeal]

Its here !

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I picked up a copy of this disk. All I can say if you can find one, buy it....OMG is it fantastic..

[Steve Williams]

I picked up a copy of this disk. All I can say if you can find one, buy it....OMG is it fantastic..

I'm glad you like it. Not only do I use it was a demo album but because of all of the transients and dynamic peaks I also use the album as a burn in disk

[LL21]

I'm glad you like it. Not only do I use it was a demo album but because of all of the transients and dynamic peaks I also use the album as a burn in disk

Agree!!!

[lordcloud]

Sorry to bring an old thread back from the dead, but after reading through the op, I had to thank you for this wonderful post.

It's posts like these that make being on forums so amazingly enjoyable. I love hearing about other's systems, and people's enjoyment of them. Particularly when they create experiences like these.

Though I'm a bit disappointed, as I lived in Utah for fifteen years, and would never have guessed a system of this magnitude was just a few hours drive away from me.

Again, this was a wonderful read, and I thank you for the post.