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Enthusiast I
November 16, 2018

Found! What was missing all these years.

VINYL!
I absently fumbled into a local weekend record market and walked out with 10 vinyl albums! Nothing to play them on though! So jumped online and soon a brand new Pro Ject turntable arrived. Hooked it into the Play 5s and oh my freaking aunt! I’m back in love with music! Words cannot describe the sound. I have two Play 5s paired and they have absolutely come alive, and then when I play it through the Arcam and Dynaudios and crank them up, they just sing like I’ve never heard!

I usually listen to digital flac files that I rip myself from cds using EAC, or recently have bought and downloaded some flac albums through HD tracks etc. but the vinyl is just in incredibly awesome. I would urge anyone to have a listen before you start dissing vinyl.

Some of the albums I bought - all second hand and most play like new:
Nick Cave: My Trial (12” double album at 45rpm) WOW!
Nina Simone: It is Finished (omg - it’s like she’s singing in my lounge room!)
JJ Cale: Troubadour
Chick Corea: Return to Forever SIMPLY AMAZING
John Lee Hooker: On Campus. Legend and sounds so much more authentic on vinyl.

While I’ll still mostly listen to my digital library, I’ll be building a new vinyl library now, but man it’s going to be worth it!

Did I mention I love my SONOS system?
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    Clip2Author
    Enthusiast I
    November 20, 2018
    Absolutely
    Clip2Author
    Enthusiast I
    November 29, 2018
    Just an update for the record lovers. After listening for a week on the ProJect, I grew to realise there was something not quite right. Hence buying the 2M Blue. However, I could not install this on the little ProJect, so I went and grabbed a new Rega P2 (got it for a good price) and fitted the new Ortofon to that. Well, words can't describe the difference. I did a comparison with the Carbon cartridge that came with the Rega, but the 2M Blue was an obvious improvement. This combination is light years from the little ProJect, sure it cost me a LOT more $$$, but how can you put a price on music? Of course the bottle neck now is, you guessed it- the Play 5's. Although, in fairness, for what I want, for the convenience and reliability of SONOS and the conditions that I live in, there's not much out there that beats them. So I'm now (for the mean time anyway), over the moon with the sound and loving the return to the dynamics of a vinyl recording.
      buzz
      buzz
      Grand Maestro
      December 2, 2018
      You have barely cracked Pandora's box open. For low end systems investing a little more money has large benefits. For higher end systems investing a lot of additional money has smaller benefits.

      If you update the speakers and amplifiers to very high end kit, the Rega/Blue will become the limiting factor.

      There is no end to this.

      Plus, regular living spaces are rarely conducive to good sound. One should get into acoustic treatment.

      Again, it's all in the ear of the listener. When you decide that the system sounds "good enough", it does sound good enough, stop fretting, and ignore the rest of us.
      Clip2Author
      Enthusiast I
      December 4, 2018
      Not fretting Buzz, just excited. The new setup sounds great and I'll be stopping at this (unless I move back into a house). Mind you I was considering one of these turntables:


      At only $199,000 it's got to be the steal of the century! Although I can't quite make out where the actual record goes???
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