jamesd
pfm Member
Pondering on this today. I absolutely have chased “a sound” that has been both hard to define and achieve. I’ve mostly concentrated on speakers, in a digitally dominated system.
My current WB Arcs were bought as an experiment/stop gap, but I’ve really clicked with them.
I think the penny has also dropped that I need elegance of both operation and aesthetic over the last 1% of performance.
I think I’m likely to settle on my old high end CDPs, Sonos as an end point for Roon, plus the Technics for vinyl. Might keep a belt drive too, but really not sure until I hear the 1210 for myself.
I’ve got Room running and it’s great but I’m also a computer/tech professional and it’s still not the easiest thing in the world to maintain. Using a CD player is more limiting but the user interface is predictable and reliable.
i have a Rega RP6 with an Exact so it’s pretty easy to use, but as Guttenberg talks about, the ability to swap out cartridges has appeal to me. You might not get the ultimate performance of the SME but I bet tailoring things to your taste is easier on a tonearm with quick cartridge swaps