Is selecting a turntable a faith-based initiative?

caesar · Oct 22, 2016

Since there is no real way to compare turntables - unless you are rich in funds and time to get everything set up in the same room and compare, is this just a matter of faith or trusting someone?

Talk to an eloquent manufacturer or an analogue expert, and if the story they tell you tickles you and the system sounds good, you pull the trigger?

Any better way to do this?

microstrip · Oct 22, 2016

Selecting an high-end component is most of the time in part faith and truth -based , as you say. The offer is enormous and we can not consider or listen to all alternatives. At this primary phase we are strongly influenced by what have read and previous experience with the brand or type of component. I have a few sources that I consider reliable, and privately cross checking opinions and reading between the lines is a great help.

But, in general, only after a few weeks with a component I discover how good it really is - or how much I dislike it. Most probably I would give up too soon if I did not have some faith in it.

Considering the complex interaction of the turntable - room, tonearm and cartridge - I think that it is a case where you in general have great faith when you order it!

ddk · Oct 22, 2016

microstrip said:
Considering the complex interaction of the turntable - room, tonearm and cartridge - I think that it is a case where you in general have great faith when you order it!

You left out a key factor, the person who sets it up

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