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I AINT DEAD YET SON Welcome to the Marantz/Clearaudio club.

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Hadn't posted in a while in here. This is pre-window treatments in the new home, but you get the idea. GoldenEar Triton Twos Marantz TT-15S1 Rotel RA-1570 Oppo 103

Up your budget and buy my Sonus Faber Venere 1.5s

Um. 3D Printed tonearm is not something standard in either Rega or Pro-Ject. It was a huge deal a few years ago when VPI put one out. Also the plinth is real thick. Again, not standard. Also also the feet are better.

Not yet- pretty happy with it minus the pre. Due to my lady really enjoying audio, I wanted a more simple system. When I do upgrade, I'll probably go with the Parasound Halo integrated.

The boom was way before 2011 you n00bz

Lowered some prices; added some pieces

Rotel RA-1570. I got rid of my Parasound setup when I was dirt poor in ATL. Bought the Rotel that was a floor demo the week after I started getting paid in TX.

New house; new loud system. I get some background noise at 55ish; would like to be able to listen at 65 for when I'm wanting loud music. Just a little boost needed.

They are incredible. I was really happy with the midrange sound, and the non-tinny highs. Not that I had issue with the SFs, but older speakers I did. Super well-rounded speaker. I demoed in a room similar to mine, but with lower end equipment. I was shocked how great they sounded right off the bat. I just demoed with Postal Service - Give Up tracks 1 and 2; Save the Day - Through Being cool tracks 1 and 2; and Iron and Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days tracks 1 and 2. Plus some funk the seller liked. The bass he had set up is almost ideally what I liked; but he had never used them for movies... so I'll be exploring that this weekend. I wanted big speakers to fill my house. I got em.

Been looking to upgrade to a stand alone; currently using the onboard in my Rotel RA-1570. Rest of my system is Marantz TT-15S1 with Clearaudio Virtuoso and Goldenear Triton 2s. Been thinking of... Musical Surroundings Phenomena II (or Nova II if I find one used due to wanting the battery powered). iFi Phono2 Ray Samuels Nighthawk Thoughts?

PURCHASED TRITON 2s!!

Damn I forget no one here actually likes gear

UPDATE: Checking out some Goldenear Triton 2's on Saturday.

Don't most turntables come with a 45 adapter these days?

Alright buddy, show the rest of the system.

Finally something worth seeing.

New house. New setups. Selling the old bedroom setup. Rotel RA-1062 $450 + ship. Has MM Phono input. Cambridge Audio DAC Magic $150 + ship Def Tech Studio Monitors 350 $150 + ship

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New house. New setups. Selling the old bedroom setup. Sonus Faber Venere 1.5s w/ matching stands $1k + ship Emotiva Sub10 $150 + ship Rotel RA-1062 $400 + ship Cambridge Audio DAC Magic $125 + ship Def Tech Studio Monitors 350 $125+ ship

Oh Uncle A- if I wanted to listen to gear as old as you; I would And no, I haven't listened to ribbons for more than a quick demo in a shop. Thanks for making this point.

Also a contender I hadn't considered. Thanks! There's a guy selling some MLs ESLs locally for $1200. Maybe they're stolen?

Right, but let's put this into perspective. The turntable has multiple places of consideration for the cartridge. Tonearm. Mounting. You then step to the phono pre-amp. All of these parts are way more pricey than the cartridge. You'll like have a turntable longer than the cartridge; as the turntable doesn't really "wear out" as much as a cartridge. You're going to spend $400 to match a $100 cartridge? What are you going to do in a year of use when you have a one too many Cokes and you bend the cantilever? You're bringing up IGD for a $100 cart; on a cheap table... there's going to be issues. Have you read about people using the Carbon with the Nagaoka? Or the LP120? Ditch the whole idea of basing a system around a cartridge. Not saying ditch the Nagaoka, but don't make that the center point of the system. Dropping $500 on a system is tough, unless you go used. Do you have speakers? An amp of any kind? Phono-pre?

1) Post a budget. 2) Basing a system off a $120 cartridge is... not a great move.