Removed Sansui 1000A (preamp and tuner) out of this system and replaced it with the CJ PV-10A. I am getting ready to add a Cinemag SUT and mount my Denon 103R to the SP-25. I also am getting ready to replace my original Altec crossovers with Markwardt crossovers. I am hoping this will be all I find necessary for a while.
I recently purchased this preamp and so far it is a major improvement over my previous Sansui 1000A.
Altec Lansing Model 17 (604-8G) factory 620A cabs
I bought these about 6 months ago at a church yard sale. $150 for the pair. 100db/watt/meter. I tried these with SS and I much prefer the tubes.
Marantz CC-65 se
Found this unit at a local HiFi shop. THey had taken it in on trade. It is in great condition and I needed a CD player in my system. $20, but it is missing the remote.
Technics SP-25
Found at yardsale with factory base and AT-1501 MK2 arm.
Audio Technica ATP-12T
Nice old arm for the money. High mass with adjustable VTA. Good value
Denon 103R
My first foray with LOMC. Will be adding a Cinemag SUT in the next couple of days.
What's heartening is that music is big now, in spite of what the RIAA has done to attack those who listen to it. We just have to hope that one day, these kids will want to appreciate their music better, and that there'll good equipment around when they want it. Keep letting your kids listen to their music on your gear, and they'll come around.
I don't know why vinyl is considered so old fashioned. I listen to a lot of new music as well as classic jazz, and still buy about 75% of my new recordings on LP. My local record store reserves more than half of its floor space for vinyl, and most of that is new releases. Recently, I bought Cat Power, Beck, the Elected, Pink Mountaintops, and Belle & Sebastion, all on vinyl, and a lot of those are on 180 gram and heavier. New vinyl is alive and well, but it's mostly played on DJ tables or other non-hi-fi equipment. People don't realize that an analog setup like yours, Steve, could make their vinyl sound so much better at so little cost.
Vintage is cool again in clothing and furniture - if we can only convince the kids that it's cool in stereo, they'd probably wind up with better stuff than the new stuff they could buy for the same money.
