To all turntable lovers with more dollars than sense!! - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

G-Benz · #1 10-12-2009, 05:32 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-PS-X9-Greatest-Record-Player-in-the-World_W0QQitemZ250511830084QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVintage_Electronics_R2?hash=item3a53ab2c44

Check out the shipping cost!!!????

Pavka007 · #2 10-12-2009, 05:39 PM

Someone in Denmark needs to lay off the pills

catmandoo62 · #3 10-12-2009, 07:22 PM

damn i could fly over and pick it up for less!

CSchmidt · #4 10-12-2009, 08:56 PM

A buddy was into real high end audio in college and just after. He has a custom made "Oracle" turntable that was about $5K in the early 80's if I remember correctly. Air to isolate the base and air bearings for the arm.

He had 2 x 1000 watt amps driving 6' tall magnaplanar electrostatic speakers among other crazy stuff.

I guess this can get right up there with the boat discussion on expensive hobbies.

Whiskeydan · #5 10-12-2009, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by CSchmidt

A buddy was into real high end audio in college and just after. He has a custom made "Oracle" turntable that was about $5K in the early 80's if I remember correctly. Air to isolate the base and air bearings for the arm.

He had 2 x 1000 watt amps driving 6' tall magnaplanar electrostatic speakers among other crazy stuff.

I guess this can get right up there with the boat discussion on expensive hobbies.

Magnaplaners were NOT electrostatics but, "magnetic-planer". Bunch of bar magnets mounted to perf metal. The moving part, AKA speaker cone, is a thin mylar film with very thin wires glued to it. Two sets of wires, one for highs, one for lows. Those wire would never handle 1000 watts of power. Maybe 150 in a cold room.
I used to have a pair of Maggies years ago and still own a pr of Acoustats, a true high voltage electrostatic. Nothing can come close close to the sound of the Acoustats as the moving film is near massless.
Maggies have the added weight of aluminum wire which delaminates from the diaphragm over time. Both are very nice sounding dipole, planer speakers.

Emmerich · #6 10-12-2009, 10:47 PM

A turntable is just a motor. The money should be in the cartridge, this guy has a junk cartridge compared to the platter.

Whiskeydan · #7 10-12-2009, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Emmerich

A turntable is just a motor. The money should be in the cartridge, this guy has a junk cartridge compared to the platter.

Actually, the entire turntable and tone arm ass'y are resonant. Even different platter mats can change the sound drastically.
I agree though... most of this stuff he has is junk.

Kuan · #8 10-12-2009, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by CSchmidt

He had 2 x 1000 watt amps driving 6' tall magnaplanar electrostatic speakers among other crazy stuff.

That's like what? 88dB

I have Maggies myself. Right now I'm just running 1.6 QR's with a 250 watt Classe amp. There's no substitute however for big Maggies running a ton of juice. I used to have these 3.6's driven through VTL MB-450's and they were sweet! Dedicated listening room and all. Had to sell them to make way for the piano.

Whiskeydan · #9 10-12-2009, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Kuan

That's like what? 88dB

dbc peaks.

The old MGIIs had a problem with the aluminum wire corroding at the copper rivits with time. I had a pr I listened to for three months, put them away in the closet and found the HF open three years later.

I had my share... McIntosh C22 preamp, Quad ESLs, maggies...

Sev · #10 10-13-2009, 03:40 AM

i could get a perfect technics turntable for $400. seriously some vinly fans are just out of their mind

cd's sound better

Gurkha · #11 10-13-2009, 05:23 AM

I have two of the toughest TTs built ever, that is the Technics SL1200 Mk-II, till today they play all kinds of records including heavily warped ones with no complaint. All my 78rpm is handled nicely as well. Paid far less than my disappointing expensive German made DUAL and have outlasted it by a huge margin.

About Magnepans, they are the only US made speakers I would ever own, I have a huge weak spot for them. Far better value, sound and performance than so called expensive Martin Logans.

theref · #12 10-13-2009, 12:49 PM

to be American made?

http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/290carver/

cscmc1 · #13 10-13-2009, 02:15 PM

Looks like a decent enough table, but not nearly worth the shipping price, let alone that opening bid (if you ask me). Best in the world? Not even close. There are some silly-expensive (and very nice sounding) tables out there; this isn't even JV in comparison to the big boys.