kevinmi

Have you tried any 6L6's? I think they sound better than EL-34's.

Last time I had Home Depot cut me a piece of wood, it was off by a 1/2 inch! Might want to keep an eye on that.

You will get a lot more bang for your buck buying used. You know I'm here to help in any way I can.

I told my wife last night that I was working on a deal for a pair of speakers; wife: where are you going to put them? me: in the pole barn wife: don't already have speakers in the pole barn? me: it's a big pole barn

I think joessportster has a thread in the talkin tubes section about one he just bought

And somehow I got dragged into this mix. I was just an innocent bystander....

You get what you pay for, especially in turntables. I'd save my money until I could afford something better.

Beautiful speakers!

Now you understand more of where I'm coming from. The ad for the new table clearly says it's designed for DJ use. It is therefore designed for a niche market. It may sound fine in someone's system, but my concern is that it isn't designed for optimum performance as far as getting the most out of the music in a high end system. I am by no means bashing the product, having never heard it personally. But I have experience with gear designed more for commercial applications, and it doesn't sound as good to me for personal use. This is just my opinion and not grounds for an argument.

I'd like to see measurements of the different enclosures and placements that people have done over the years to see if there is a significant difference. I just purchased a Umike-1 so as soon as I get set up I'll be measuring my closed back K-Horns

I don't know why people assume I've never heard a DD turntable before. I've owned dozens of tables, used them in a DJ business, etc. I'm sure the tables are fine. I'm not here to start an argument.

I knew I'd get a lot of flak with my rumble statement! I also knew that I'd get responses about DD tables having better specs than belt drives. It's just like PP amps have better specs than set amps. I don't listen to specs, I listen to the music.

I'd be afraid of the rumble from the direct drive motor.

If you do decide to do that, I'll help. Retired, with a pickemup truck!

I ended up watching the Matrix 1 and 2

I have to pass. It sounds like a good deal for someone looking to get LaScalas at a fair price, but I have too many speakers right now.

No alternator, I'm out!

Good choice. I have a TK950s on one of my tables, and I don't think its worth the money difference from the TK850. I have an older 750 on my other table and it's no slouch either.

Very nice. What arm for the TT?

They both affect the sound quality, so only one or the other isn't going to give the best sound quality. With that being said, phono stages are usually pretty good over a certain price point, but a bad cart will not only sound bad, it can damage your records as well.Therefore, I would choose a better cart first.

Gimme first crack at scalas, 'member were nabors.

Are you planning on keeping the LaScalas or flipping?

Looks like a Jelco tonearm on the table?

See if he will throw in the chrome alternator

A little pricey