About 1 and a half year ago I developed an interest in tubed audio equipment after buying a Njoe Tjoeb CD player and discovered several audio forums, including this one. I have lurked for awhile now, but I belive I have developed a problem. Hi, I'm Robert and I'm an audio junkie. I first aquired a long neglected MC 225 from a coworker and its been all downhill from there. I have since aquired a Juicy Music Peach, a pair of Forte 1 from a forum member and had Dean G mod xovers on them. My latest slide is a Goldring GR-1 TT and a pile of GW albums. My other equipment includes a Sunfire Cinema Grand, A HK Citation 16, a dB systems DB-1B pre, Kenwood KR-5400, pair of AR-9's, and a pair of AR-11's.
I have been following threads and trying to relearn about turntables. I have forgotten a lot about vinyl since college and CD's. Well, I just purchased a Goldring GR-1 and can't stop listining to it. I toyed with the idea of buying vintage or used, but in the end didn't feel I knew enough about setup to tell if TT was operating correctly.
The Goldring was a snap to set up. Unpack, install platter, set tracking weight; 30 min after it hit my porch, I was listing to a pristine GW copy of Dire Straits "Making Movies". I've heard it at least 100 times on CD, but could not belive the warmth and texture of the LP sound.
My wife and I must have listened to 10 lp's last night, really listened. With CD's I sometimes find myself playing the disc instead of listening. Something about removing a vinyl disc from sleeve, cleaning it, placing it on platter, cueing up arm that makes you appreciate the sound more.
I hope I can stop before I get a tubed phono stage, upgrade cartriges, new interconnects,get more speakers.. HELP.
Thanks for the bandwidth, at least I feel better about my addiction and upcoming trip to GW.
Robert