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PS. Did you really mean you are going to ditch the P9 and return to the hallowed LP12?

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Yes, assuming I can get a buyer for my P9. Don't get me wrong, the P9 really is a fabulous deck, and in many systems would kill a LP12, but in my current system it does not do what I am after.

I believe very strongly in system matching and synergy, and very little in qualitative absolutes, and in the context of my current system I am convinced a decent LP12 will work far better. A mint, boxed P9 should get me a pretty decent spec second hand LP12.

Tony.

I tend to buy mostly new CD's at the moment, though I could go to a record fair & get another 20 vinyl albums.

I use CD & LP about equally. Records sound soooo good on my LP12

Bob.

The LP12 is definitely the player to synergise with your Kans. One was built for the other.

Andrew

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I would have thought an ARO was on the cards, or are you sticking to kit of a certain vintage?

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I'm looking either to get a really good LP12 (e.g. one with a Aro) or to get a cheap one with an Ittok and a good few hundred quid in the back pocket. As for vintage, I have no preference other than post 88, eg corner braces.

Tony.

Recently bought a CDS-II and love it! The LP12 still carries away the prize though. Although the CDS-II gives me listening pleasure the LP12 with a good quality vinyl pressing (early Dire Straits, KD Lang or Beautiful South) just makes the speakers sing with pride. The CDS-II is outstanding with some CD sources (Cat Stevens best of, Joni Mitchell and BB King) but never quite gets me to the same level of pleasure. I am convinved of two things - 1. I'll get more from the CD player from really good software and 2. There's more to come from CD and I am sure that a new offering from Naim cannot be far away.

Nigel

enjoy...

ken

I use my gyrodec first (although I have over twice a many cds as lps) and rarely use my tuner and tape deck.

However, I am consistently amused when my £140 Sony tuner (with pitiful ribbon antenna) destroys my ancient Sony cd player, especially with R3's live concerts. The concert for
Gujarat was outstanding, bring on the Proms'.

By the way, how many FEPs do I get for running a Gyro into an Arcam Alpha+ and Rotel RL850s?

Vinyl sales have risen quite well for the last few years, but let's get real - they're still miniscule compared to cassette and CD. One note is that many of the sales are going to a very small segment of the population; rather than new people picking up vinyl.

Also, remember the hidden market for music - automobile play. Cassette first passed up vinyl for this very reason and now it's getting harder to find an aftermarket cassette player for the car - the majority (at least here in the states) are CD players. This market alone will keep CDs going for a while, and will keep the owners of these units away from any format that can't be played on a simple CD player.

Of course, longevity was predicted for 8-track for this very reason and look where it went. Although that format definitely had some technical reliability problems.

Side note: my Linn is still in a box (we just moved) and my SOTA is on consignment, so I'm using a Dual 1219 (it plays my 78s). Is there anyone else besides me that misses automatic play? I do enjoy cuing a record myself; the involvement adds something to the experience, but I love just plopping a record on the Dual and flipping the switch.

Cheers

Keith.

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I mostly play mp3's from my computer into...

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You're not alone; I'm slowly amassing a collection of MP3s (and .shn) of concert recordings (Floyd, Marley, Phish; I'm downloading Wes Montgomery as I write) and have the 'puter hooked right into the tape in/out of my integrated. I am, of course also suffering from the expected ground hum and am floating the amp's ground line until I figure this out.

Cheers

Keith.

[This message was edited by Keith Mattox on WEDNESDAY 02 May 2001 at 23:30.]

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I have an old Denon direct drive TT that was great for £25.
Although the sound won't ever compare to my gyro, it's great when I'm ready to fall asleep and don't need to worry about picking the arm up at the end of the side. Motor noise isn't much of a problem either for a DDQuote:

Can someone tell me if Naks range from vivid/lively to bright on tapes made by other decks? That's what I'm hearing.

--Eric

but then DBL's actively driven by 500's !!!

Still a thrill!
pcm

I have a cossetted/well maintained LP12 (Aro/DV17D2/Valhalla/Cirkus), but would be very interested in hearing a P9 in my system (52/135s/SBLs/Mana).

Perhaps we could discuss a dem arrangement...

Tim J

Tony.

Peter