Heyitsmedusty: Sorry for the much-delayed reply. Good call on the displayed Sufjan Stevens record. It's the inside flap of "Come on Feel the Illinoise."
Updates: Dynavector XX-2 MkII on the way, along with JWW 10.5i arm upgrade. Any guesses on what changes these will bring?
Also am looking at changing the phone cable with the new arm/cartridge set up. Who's got a likely cable recommendation at under $500.00?
It looks like the outside album on the bottom shelf is a Sufjan Stevens album, but I can't place the cover art. If that's John Wayne Gacy next to him in the painting then I would guess it's something related to "Illinoise." Is it the back of "The Avalanche?"
Vernneal -- Thank you for the good suggestions. No HT issues here, so I recently opted to exchange the AR linestage for McIntosh C2300 preamplifier, mainly because I wanted to try a tube preamp with the solid state MC352. Thus far, this is working out great, and as an added bonus the C2300 MC phono stage is excellent.
Nice setup. For preamp upgrades 2ch only consider a used McIntosh C39. It would mesh grat with your system. For HT or future HT consider the McIntosh MC334
Zigonht: I've had the Rega Planet 2000 since it was first introduced, about 5 years ago. Probably it's time for a change, but it's been a decent player all that time and still works great despite being replaced in the Rega line by the Apollo, etc., which I've not yet heard. Frankly, I listen to vinyl so exclusively these days that digital has become a lower priority, although I've begun including iPod lossless playback for parties and such.
Khoward: the LP shelves, which are reasonably priced from www.musicdirect.com, have worked out quite well. These racks are available in various sizes and the price is decent. So far it's been quite sturdy, as I've had it in place for about 3 years with no sagging. The Billy Bags shelves are surely better, but they're a lot more expensive the last time I checked. This particular rack holds about 300 LPs, only a portion of my collection (total about 1500 LPs), but it's reasonably attractive and so is allowed to stay in the music room while the larger collection goes elsewhere in the house. I use an indoor coaxial-cable antenna from Crane Co. (about 25 dollars) for the tuner, but where I live FM is a pretty low priority. I'm about 100 miles from decent FM radio, and even a rooftop antenna would likely give me marginal reception. The local college station tunes in reasonably well, though, and sometimes that's worthwhile.
Nice system....How do you like the Rega as a redbook player...I am starting to put a 2 ch sys...I see a lot of Rega on the gon. Wondered what you thought...
