I ended up purchasing a pair of the def tech studio monitor 450s from amazon. SO far so good. I still was not liking the sound of my pioneer av receiver for music so I dug up my emotiva lmc-1 pre and I connected my little icon amp to it. I am liking the sound in a near field config.
I am really liking this whole vinyl thing. Since my turntable is totally manual I do not like to lift the arm mid side so its forcing me to listen to entire sides of records which is a different experience than just throwing on a tune or two and then switching to something else. Forces you to have a longer attention span. I am really like the sound quality on the mad season reissue. I had not listend to that in years and I play it almost every day now.
I ended up purchasing a pair of the def tech studio monitor 450s from amazon. SO far so good. I still was not liking the sound of my pioneer av receiver for music so I dug up my emotiva lmc-1 pre and I connected my little icon amp to it. I am liking the sound in a near field config.
I am really liking this whole vinyl thing. Since my turntable is totally manual I do not like to lift the arm mid side so its forcing me to listen to entire sides of records which is a different experience than just throwing on a tune or two and then switching to something else. Forces you to have a longer attention span. I am really like the sound quality on the mad season reissue. I had not listend to that in years and I play it almost every day now.
Well shit, you have an Emotiva sitting around? I'd definitely be using that. Does your icon amp degrade the quality? I'm sure that's a much better and higher end set up than the standard Pioneer. I'm glad you are enjoying your vinyl. I just sold all of mine off. I was driving a Pioneer Elite SC class into some Def Tech 8060St's, then tried with the BP8B's (with Dayton sub) and I could not get the vinyl to sound any better than the FLAC digital music (Burr-brown DAC). In fact, I thought the FLAC's sounded better. I REALLY wanted vinyl to win, but it didn't, so I just sold the records. I found myself buying vinyls of my favorite albums of all time, when I already had them in FLAC. It became obvious this was going to be expensive, and I'd rather buy more speakers, subs and amps to be honest. Maybe it's because I grew up on CD's and I'm more used to that sound? Dunno.
Thanks guys. I am going to resist paying crazy prices for vinyl, At least thats my plan. If I cant get it for retail forget it. Which means I wont be listening to a lot of PJ material unless they re release all their middle albums.
Well that just went out the window last night. I spent way more than I said I ever would for a record and picked up a white backspacer for $130. I think i should just sell it all now before I get myself in trouble :(
Thanks guys. I am going to resist paying crazy prices for vinyl, At least thats my plan. If I cant get it for retail forget it. Which means I wont be listening to a lot of PJ material unless they re release all their middle albums.
Well that just went out the window last night. I spent way more than I said I ever would for a record and picked up a white backspacer for $130. I think i should just sell it all now before I get myself in trouble :(
This is a dangerous hobby.
Oh Boy... The flood begins. Dangerous road!
I just bought a Pro-ject Carbon debut. My deal fell through for the Marantz amp i looked at so now I am in the market for one...
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I am really liking this whole vinyl thing. Since my turntable is totally manual I do not like to lift the arm mid side so its forcing me to listen to entire sides of records which is a different experience than just throwing on a tune or two and then switching to something else. Forces you to have a longer attention span. I am really like the sound quality on the mad season reissue. I had not listend to that in years and I play it almost every day now.
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I'm glad you are enjoying your vinyl. I just sold all of mine off. I was driving a Pioneer Elite SC class into some Def Tech 8060St's, then tried with the BP8B's (with Dayton sub) and I could not get the vinyl to sound any better than the FLAC digital music (Burr-brown DAC). In fact, I thought the FLAC's sounded better. I REALLY wanted vinyl to win, but it didn't, so I just sold the records. I found myself buying vinyls of my favorite albums of all time, when I already had them in FLAC. It became obvious this was going to be expensive, and I'd rather buy more speakers, subs and amps to be honest.
Maybe it's because I grew up on CD's and I'm more used to that sound? Dunno.
This is a dangerous hobby.
This is a dangerous hobby.
Oh Boy... The flood begins. Dangerous road!
I just bought a Pro-ject Carbon debut. My deal fell through for the Marantz amp i looked at so now I am in the market for one...