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Originally Posted by wbradley
Hey, cool stuff g_e
I started with a Stereo Review subscription starting around 1978 or 79, when I was around 14.
A decade later my first apartment was packed with upper end Yamaha separates, moving coil cartridge and Yamaha DSP-1 sound field processor.
Reawakening to the hobby around Jan 2017. Bought over 1000 LPS since then and have flipped components multiple times. Stopped since the pandemic for the most part as I am sort of retired now.
My current system on a budget:
https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/view...user_id=112138 |
Nice system!
I got back into analog when the kids were old enough to not trash the turntable. I got Hagerman’s Bugle as a kit and loved it. After a year I built his Cornet 2 tube phono and quickly discovered NOS tubes. I then decided it was now or never and made a big decision about my sound reproduction:
Get out of surround, sell all the supporting equipment and multichannel music software to fund a massive 2 channel system upgrade. I never looked back. All my amps and preamps no longer being used for (and I had some great memories attached to them. Adventures in acquisition ), records I never really liked back in the day and like less now were sold. I discovered some of them went for serious coin. $100 for Joy Division! My Pallas Nevermind will fetch about $200. $440 profit on Beatles in Mono before prices really went nuts. Most SACDs and Dvd_a were sold. I cleared thousand$. And I plowed it back into my system. Too bad I have 66 year old ears. Wish my 10 year old self could experience this system.
I built for speed, resolution, pace and tonality. And baby it delivers. No stately sound here. The who’s Live at Leeds pristine UK early pressing is a stunning example of what’s possible.
Have you checked out the forum stevehoffman.tv. ? I discovered it about 12 years ago and man, so much info up there. Im known as g e there too. My profile lists my stuff.