The top end Stack Audio treatment is over £5k. Personally I really like the look of a wood plinth.
Not really convinced of the primacy of vinyl over other formats but will end up with Karousel & either kore or stack equivalent.
I think that’s what I will do, no problems with compatibility with Karousel?I also prefer the look of a nice wooden plinth too. I agree that the complete Stack Soprano set is over £5k so will only appeal to a few. I would love to hear one though. I currently have the Karousel fitted to the new Stack Alto sub-chassis & arm-board, very pleased with that combination myself.
I’m afraid that the gulf in performance between digital and LP in my system is so marked that digital sounds broken.
hoping for another jump in performance with the new radikal.
I think that’s what I will do, no problems with compatibility with Karousel?
To be honest I am really enjoying digital at the moment so only spin vinyl once a week or so. Quite like the Bandcamp set up where you can buy the vinyl & get an instant HQ download.
Oh the broken metaphor, is it the 80s? Utter nonsense, digital can & does sound incredible.
My digital front end cost far less than my vinyl. Then again, I don’t have a £20k TT.
I find machining a chassis from solid to throw more than 90% of it away simply unforgivable in this day and age. I know it's recycled but it's still a massive waste of time and energy.
Yes, probably cheaper than a TT though? I did run a CDX/XPS2.I'm duty-bound to say that you need a high quality CD player. Just IMHO of course.
...digital can & does sound incredible.
My digital front end cost far less than my vinyl. Then again, I don’t have a £20k TT.
Recordings are not natural, I have a pretty decent spec LP12, it can sound ‘better’ but not as consistent. I used to much prefer vinyl whereas I don’t seem to have the same feelings today.[edit]
Digital might sound impressive but it's not a natural sound imho. And one doesn't need to spend silly money on a turntable to show up it's limitations.
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Digital might sound impressive but it's not a natural sound imho. And one doesn't need to spend silly money on a turntable to show up it's limitations.
Pretty much most of my music on vinyl never went near digital.Pretty much all your vinyl music was digital at one stage.