‘Twas a Marantz 6370Q
Spyder’s Vinyl Showcase (With Added Toe)
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Oh, wow, direct drive, very nice!
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I used to have a Marantz Deck and Amp back in the day
Thank you, inherited from my dad who was going to throw it out when he started buying CDs in the late 80s.
My credit card is currently clear, are there any Spyder approved low budget but good quality tables you’d recommend if I just can’t wait to save up for a new one?
If I buy that Mrs C will make sure I’ll never be able to sire a second child. She will terminate with extreme prejudice.As always with the PCS forum, I'll see your three and raise you to 7
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Project and Rega are my favorites.
The Project Primary E is new and incredible value at around £180 all in except for phono stage
The Rega Planar 1 or 2 (if you can stretch to it) are probably better sound quality, but more fiddly to change speeds and more expensive.
I'm rather biased towards those, because they may be cheaper, but they definitely do not sacrifice any performance.
The best way to pick up stuff like this is search for ex demo, all the big dealers will often have ex demo stocks with links on their websites, it's well worth it, they treat them incredibly well and highlight if there are any defects. But they're only gonna have a few hours play on them and they often knock off £50 or so, or throw in extra's.
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The Primary E has had amazing reviews, it's a hell of a lot for the money
That’s exactly what I’ll need, though. I was spoiled by inheriting the Marantz from my audiophile father! No way I can drop a grand on a dream machine at this stage in my life. A £200-£300 turntable of good standing will provide an adequate stopgap for me to listen to my music at a reasonable fidelity.
I will read the article now! You are, as always, an arachnid of good standing 👍The Primary E has had amazing reviews, it's a hell of a lot for the money
I’ve just happened upon the Avid Acutus, slightly out of my price range.
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Ooo, I just got introduced to the Avid stuff by a guy I watch on YouTube who just bought their entry level deck. They are stunning, but yeah, a little on the expensivo side. But totally justified from what I've read.
Aye, one for the ‘if I win the EuroMillions’ list. Along with a McIntosh amp and the Bowers & Wilkins speakers 😆
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Just found this on an ex demo Rega Planar 2. Valued at £475 new, discounted to £310 if you can stretch to it, includes the Rega Carbon cartridge which isn't incredible but will certainly see you through
Plus it's from Audio Emotion who I bought my tube amp through, they were absolutely incredible, allowed me to pay in 3 installments before they shipped it, and as far as I was concerned, it was a brand new product, it was as new, there was nothing wrong with it even being ex demo
Rega Planar 2 (Carbon) Turntable - Gloss Black | Preowned | Audio Emotion
Original box and packaging Excellent condition - only months old, little use Product Information Tonearm - The RB220 tonearm is packed with
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Jesus, I wasn't prepared for this, the listing has already gone from Mofi's website, either they've sold out or pulled the release.For you vinyl fans out there, there's a really special release just gone on preorder.
It's one of the MoFi Ultra Disc One Step pressings, these are insanely expensive at $125 and then around $50 shipping and a further roughly £30 import tax, but if any of you are vinyl fans and haven't got a UD1S, ignore the cost and buy one, you won't understand what your system is capable of until you hear one of these. They are truly mindblowing. I've only got one which is the Bridge Over Troubled Water one which was one of their early pressings when they only released about 1000 copies and weren't so popular. That copy now sells for around £750 not that I'd ever sell mine. That's not said to brag, purely to highlight how impossible these are to pick up second hand as they're instantly exorbitant prices.
They tend to do very classic rock releases, which are great, no doubt, but I have quite a modern appreciation of music. Not that I don't like the classics, but I tend to favour newer releases.
They've just announced pre orders of Eric Clapton's - Unplugged which is one of my all time favorite albums. 10,000 copies available and limited to 2 per household.
You CAN sometimes get these from UK stockists, BUT they sell out insanely fast and will cost more than importing, and I've never managed to secure one, so just buy direct now.
It's almost a certainty that they'll sell out during pre order, and as soon as that happens, they double in value on the flipper market.
Eric Clapton - Unplugged
Strictly limited to 10,000 numbered copies, pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl at RTI, and mastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity's ultra-hi-fi UltraDisc One-Step 180g 45RPM 2LP collector's edition enhances the blockbuster work for today – and the ages to come. Surpassing the sonics of...mofi.com
But it's already listed on Discogs, so looks like they've shipped at least some.
I can't believe that sold out so quickly!
Eric Clapton - Unplugged
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2022 Vinyl release of "Unplugged" on Discogs.
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Well don't know what's going on here but Clapton has been relisted on Mofi
Eric Clapton - Unplugged
Strictly limited to 10,000 numbered copies, pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl at RTI, and mastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity's ultra-hi-fi UltraDisc One-Step 180g 45RPM 2LP collector's edition enhances the blockbuster work for today – and the ages to come. Surpassing the sonics of...
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Ah, and just checked again, officially all sold out.Well don't know what's going on here but Clapton has been relisted on Mofi
Eric Clapton - Unplugged
Strictly limited to 10,000 numbered copies, pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl at RTI, and mastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity's ultra-hi-fi UltraDisc One-Step 180g 45RPM 2LP collector's edition enhances the blockbuster work for today – and the ages to come. Surpassing the sonics of...mofi.com
What a rollercoaster ride! I should not get this het up over a record, it's just not normal
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Probably my most anticipated release so far this year.
Norah Jones 20th Anniversary Remaster "Come Away With Me" Deluxe 4 disk boxset
Each one of those leaves has either a record or the booklet in it, so nicely done.
It was rather expensive but apparently the pressing is second to none, better than the $70 Analogue Production one which just on one record, and the liner notes and box are such high quality also, that you understand where the money went
2 of these records contain the 20th Anniversary "rejigs" of the songs, slightly more jazzy versions, and again, that's so unusual. Plus contains her actual demo's she sent in to the record label when she was trying to get this album realised.
Norah Jones 20th Anniversary Remaster "Come Away With Me" Deluxe 4 disk boxset
Each one of those leaves has either a record or the booklet in it, so nicely done.
It was rather expensive but apparently the pressing is second to none, better than the $70 Analogue Production one which just on one record, and the liner notes and box are such high quality also, that you understand where the money went
2 of these records contain the 20th Anniversary "rejigs" of the songs, slightly more jazzy versions, and again, that's so unusual. Plus contains her actual demo's she sent in to the record label when she was trying to get this album realised.