from the Sundazed website...

[bobbldr]

100% agree from a USA perspective.

Let's get something clear here, though. I don't know if this was touched on in another page of this thread, but no matter how good your turntable is, it comes down to your AMP and SPEAKERS. I can have a $10,000 turntable (yes, they exist), but if I have a sub-par amplifier and lousy speakers it is going to sound like shit.

Seek out the November 2001 Rolling Stone Magazine (w/ Alicia Keys on the cover) for a fantastic article titled, "The Budget Audiophile." It'll get your blood pumping about picking up some new (old) gear. Like bleach, I have been using the same gear for years and have never felt the urge to update.

I agree 100% as well. Same gear for years here too...

[iaredatsun]

Let's get something clear here, though. I don't know if this was touched on in another page of this thread, but no matter how good your turntable is, it comes down to your AMP and SPEAKERS. I can have a $10,000 turntable (yes, they exist), but if I have a sub-par amplifier and lousy speakers it is going to sound like shit.

Seek out the November 2001 Rolling Stone Magazine (w/ Alicia Keys on the cover) for a fantastic article titled, "The Budget Audiophile." It'll get your blood pumping about picking up some new (old) gear. Like bleach, I have been using the same gear for years and have never felt the urge to update.

There's another school of thought that says if the turntable (or cd) cannot reproduce a good clear signal with low wow and flutter, rumble etc etc then the amp and speakers cannot make it sound good. More recently using a programmer's jargon it's called shit in = shit out. Of course a balance is needed and the turntable should be a reasonable proportion of the whole. It used to be something like 40%, 30%, 30% (turntable/pickup, amp, speakers). That 'ideal' ratio must have changed since Rega rethought the whole turntable design approach, making it cheaper whilst retaining good reproduction.

i agree, once you have a good system it lasts for years. Buying an s/h classic turntable can be both good and bad depending on its setup and care and maintenance.

[fontalamh]

I found the RS article here:
http://deluxedonut.com/?p=122

I heard a pair of BBC spec speakers at a friends house and they were wonderful.

A quick search on eBay lets me see my idea of budget is not the same as theirs...

rob

[sonic124]

Anyone got any more reviews of this set it does sound fantastic esp the added "warmth" ?100 is rather a lot but Fathers day approaches!! Anyone got tips on where to get this for the cheapest price in the UK??

[MJG196]

There's another school of thought that says if the turntable (or cd) cannot reproduce a good clear signal with low wow and flutter, rumble etc etc then the amp and speakers cannot make it sound good. More recently using a programmer's jargon it's called shit in = shit out.

Oh, absolutely. It all starts with the source, and you can either reproduce the recorded sound or just shit out a bunch of tinny crap!