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Have you spent any money on your turntable rig (not including records) in the last 12 months?

Stereophile  |  Aug 10, 2008

Who would have guessed? As the CD falls, vinyl rises again. Online readers have probably noticed Stephen Mejias diving deep into the black art this year. What about you? Have you spent any money on your turntable rig (not including records) in the last 12 months?

Have you spent any money on your turntable rig (not including records) in the last 12 months?
Yes, quite a bit
23% (72 votes)
Yes, a decent amount
25% (76 votes)
Yes, but just a little
18% (55 votes)
No, I've already got just what I need
18% (54 votes)
No, I don't do vinyl.
17% (51 votes)
Total votes: 308

COMMENTS
Jacques Raymond's picture
Submitted by Jacques Raymond (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:16am

Anew tonearm and a new cartridge.

Steve's picture
Submitted by Steve (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:16am

Linn Sondek - they keey updating it and once in a while I do too

Chris Kenney's picture
Submitted by Chris Kenney (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:16am

I'm right at 500 LPs. Love the vinyl sound through my budget Music Hall MMF-5 TT and Parasound Z-Phono preamp, but put the bigger dollars into CD/SACD - purely convenience over LPs.

Kenneth's picture
Submitted by Kenneth (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:16am

Well, actually not the 'turntable rig' itself, but a Modwright phono preamp, 120 or so used bluegrasss LPs, and a DH Labs interconnect to link to the pre-amp. I'm very pleased with the results. Oh, and I thought about buying a CD at one point (the thought passed).

WSE3's picture
Submitted by WSE3 (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:16am

Barely use it lately, but I have plenty albums still. Upgrade coming soon....

Klen's picture
Submitted by Klen (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:16am

VPI periphery ring, heavyweight center clamp, dustcover and second cartridge

Charlie be Wise's picture
Submitted by Charlie be Wise (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:16am

One Grado Black cartridge as a backup, good enough to keep on listening to all my LPs.

Mark Miller's picture
Submitted by Mark Miller (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:16am

A new cartridge to replace the original Technics MC P mount for my Technics SL-10. Also a Sanyo TP 8250 with a Shure V-15 II to replace an old Kenwood that had given up the ghost.

Grosse Fatigue's picture
Submitted by Grosse Fatigue (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:16am

This vinyl hype pushed by audio magazines, just like they pushed SACD before that, almost killing the CD, is all about getting newbies to get into vinyl and buy their magazines while long timers have actually got out and stopped listening to vinyl, staring mostly at their turntable while using their CD player instead. This is a commercial trick. They want happy threads to boot thanking them and telling them how great and insightful they are: merci beaucoup!

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