Turntable recommendations?

[chaz]

Yes...any receiver/amp/preamp you plug a turntable into need a phone pre-amp and a phono ground.  Without the results will be very very bad and possibly harmful to the equipment.

[chaz]

if i had the money...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170615245054

If you really wanted to get into electrostatic speakers, this is the cheapest way in.

http://www.magnepan.com/model_MMG

You can buy them direct brand new for $599, but if you had a little patience you could probably find a used pair for a lot lot less.  Electrostats need a lot of power to be their best though, so you'll end up paying in that dept....

[ggw]

if i had the money...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170615245054

If you really wanted to get into electrostatic speakers, this is the cheapest way in.

http://www.magnepan.com/model_MMG

You can buy them direct brand new for $599, but if you had a little patience you could probably find a used pair for a lot lot less.  Electrostats need a lot of power to be their best though, so you'll end up paying in that dept....

I have always wished I had the right space for a vintage pair of MG1s.

[chaz]

Here's your chance!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Magnepan-MG-1-Improved-recently-totally-restored-/130501224678?pt=Speakers_Subwoofers&hash=item1e627aa8e6

There's tons of speakers I'd like to check out, but yeah, a lot of stuff won't work in the wrong room.  Can't put these babies back against the wall.

[sweetcell]

Here's your chance!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Magnepan-MG-1-Improved-recently-totally-restored-/130501224678?pt=Speakers_Subwoofers&hash=item1e627aa8e6

There's tons of speakers I'd like to check out, but yeah, a lot of stuff won't work in the wrong room.  Can't put these babies back against the wall.

awesome, thanks!  i've been getting some domestic push-back on my plan to upgrade the sound system.  working on that...

[ggw]

Thanks. 

I don't have the right room for them.  And I would get the six footers in cherry or oak with the white socks:

[chaz]

This is what i'd get if i was blowing a few grand on speakers...

[aglanixp]

The Anthony Gallo speakers are amazing.  My boss has them so I have had the pleasure of listening to different kinds of music with them.
If I had the $$ it would be my next audio purchase.

And they look cool.

[ggw]

If you want to see some serious audiophile equipment, swing by this place in McLean. He's got some great vintage stuff.

www.dejavuaudio.com

[chaz]

If you want to see some serious audiophile equipment, swing by this place in McLean. He's got some great vintage stuff.

www.dejavuaudio.com

I demo'd some quaud 22l's there a few years ago.  Ended up buying a pair, not from there though.

[chaz]

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrplan&1306072202&/Magnepan-MG-1.6-QR-

Run, don't walk.  These are considered by many to be the finest value in home audio...at this price it's a steal.  Seller is local, i'm sure you could talk him down some.

I've only heard magnapans once, and they were sweeeeet.

[saltenya94]

Really think twice before getting a turntable.  I have two (one a gift) and I never use them.  There was a time when I was, but just make sure you have space for your vinyl.  It is hard to put it somewhere, since it takes so much space.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Really think twice before getting a turntable.  I have two (one a gift) and I never use them.  There was a time when I was, but just make sure you have space for your vinyl.  It is hard to put it somewhere, since it takes so much space.

fascinating.

[chaz]

Really think twice before getting a turntable.  I have two (one a gift) and I never use them.  There was a time when I was, but just make sure you have space for your vinyl.  It is hard to put it somewhere, since it takes so much space.

fascinating.

Don't you have a kid on the way?  I'd think twice about that.  They piss and shit all the time, and they take up a whole bunch of space.  Mine needed their own rooms until it just got tired of them and shoved them in a closet.

[James Ford]

That's borderline child abuse, innit?

Really think twice before getting a turntable.  I have two (one a gift) and I never use them.  There was a time when I was, but just make sure you have space for your vinyl.  It is hard to put it somewhere, since it takes so much space.

fascinating.

Don't you have a kid on the way?  I'd think twice about that.  They piss and shit all the time, and they take up a whole bunch of space.  Mine needed their own rooms until it just got tired of them and shoved them in a closet.