Suggestions sought: silly sidegrade or sensible scenario?
Posted by: JeremyD on 21 August 2002
System: LP12/Cirkus/Lingo/Ekos/<cartridge>; Rotel RCD965BX; 102/90; Kans. [With an Audiotech table for the turntable, KanII stands for the Kans and a Tripod stand for the rest].
Problem: I had been vinyl-less for a couple of months until I got, on trial, a Rega Super Elys cartridge to replace my old K9. However, unless a near miraculous transformation occurs today or tomorrow, I'm going to have to return the cartridge because I simply don't find it good enough. I don't want my K9 back with an Audio Technica stylus [I've been using it so long that I want a new perspective on my record collection] and it would take me months to save the extra for a Dynavector 20X, which (if it sound closer to a 17D2 than a 10X4) I expect I will like.
Question: Assuming I like the 20X, does the following radical course of action make sense from the point of view of getting a better sound from vinyl without having to wait several months for it:
Sell the 102, 90 and CD player, and add the money to the £150 (approx) I have in my cartridge fund to get a 20X, MC Stageline, used SNAPS (or HiCap if I'm very lucky) and a used NAIT2 or NAIT3?
(I can live without CD indefinitely, or use my PC's CD drive occasionally).
All constructive suggestions/comments welcome.
TIA
JD
[This message was edited by JeremyD on WEDNESDAY 21 August 2002 at 13:41.]
Problem: I had been vinyl-less for a couple of months until I got, on trial, a Rega Super Elys cartridge to replace my old K9. However, unless a near miraculous transformation occurs today or tomorrow, I'm going to have to return the cartridge because I simply don't find it good enough. I don't want my K9 back with an Audio Technica stylus [I've been using it so long that I want a new perspective on my record collection] and it would take me months to save the extra for a Dynavector 20X, which (if it sound closer to a 17D2 than a 10X4) I expect I will like.
Question: Assuming I like the 20X, does the following radical course of action make sense from the point of view of getting a better sound from vinyl without having to wait several months for it:
Sell the 102, 90 and CD player, and add the money to the £150 (approx) I have in my cartridge fund to get a 20X, MC Stageline, used SNAPS (or HiCap if I'm very lucky) and a used NAIT2 or NAIT3?
(I can live without CD indefinitely, or use my PC's CD drive occasionally).
All constructive suggestions/comments welcome.
TIA
JD
[This message was edited by JeremyD on WEDNESDAY 21 August 2002 at 13:41.]
Steve B: 3 - Sell your 102 and buy a used 32.5 and put the funds towards a much better cartridge.
I think this, more than anything else, makes me realise the folly of my plan. I upgraded from 32.5 to 102, and there's no way I'm going back.
Your suggestion seems a bit extreme to me... ...You could be without a system for a long time.
Yes, you're right. In retrospect, "a bit extreme" seems like an understatement. Thanks, Steve.
Geoff, thanks very much for the offer but I think I'll abandon my plan for now. If I'm overcome by another outbreak of sidegraditis in the next few days (e.g. in the unlikely event that my dealer doesn't think it's a wholly crazy idea) then I'll contact you.
JD
PS Thanks to the "Phantom Voter" who awarded this topic 3 stars before anyone had replied to it.
I think this, more than anything else, makes me realise the folly of my plan. I upgraded from 32.5 to 102, and there's no way I'm going back.
Your suggestion seems a bit extreme to me... ...You could be without a system for a long time.
Yes, you're right. In retrospect, "a bit extreme" seems like an understatement. Thanks, Steve.
Geoff, thanks very much for the offer but I think I'll abandon my plan for now. If I'm overcome by another outbreak of sidegraditis in the next few days (e.g. in the unlikely event that my dealer doesn't think it's a wholly crazy idea) then I'll contact you.
JD
PS Thanks to the "Phantom Voter" who awarded this topic 3 stars before anyone had replied to it.