Power, power, power, clean and detailed, bass to spare, hardly breathes to bring concert level sound. Milspec, built, i love it. I was second owner, it arrived kinda beaten up, but it still sounded great, so i kept it. Use it in my vinyl rig, with a 5.1 set up for SACDs and DVD/Blu-ray concerts using a vintage Yamaha flagship for the center and rear channels and balance the two amps by ear.
Audio Research PH 3 (upgraded) Phono pre-amp
Vintage tubes, lovely sound for my vintage system. Connected to my KW500 with Tara Labs 0.8 interconnects.
Clearaudio Anniversary
Clearaudio 25th Anniversary Turntable with TT2 Tangential tone arm with the first generation of Clearaudio Goldfinger Cart. The synergy is gorgeous.
Vienna Acoustics Beethovens and Mozarts
Beethovens give musical, detailed sound as my main speakers with Mozarts as my surround speakers. Connected with vintage MIT- 750 speaker cables. Sound is impressive for the price point. A-rated sounding amp, turntable, and phono pre with B-rated speakers. Still good enough to being me to tears with a well-produced album.
FYI….Lots of audio gear lasts 50+ years. Very few other consumer products can make the same claim, with a little maintenance, if needed? Talk about a great value over time. Enjoy!!
Jond, thank you! I love my table. The rest IS great 90s gear, but it was 10-15 years old when I bought the amp and preamp used to replace my (very) vintage Pioneer from the 1970s. I don't know what the audiophile standard for vintage is, I just figured 10 years is a “lifetime” for gear, so i considered it vintage, lol. I’m old, so everything i own is vintage, lol. The Clearaudio Anniversary table was my second upgrade from my vintage upgrade. I still have my Clearaudio revolution TT—my first step into audiophile vinyl—its sitting in a friend’s system right now. The Revolution (2003-ish?) with the PH3 was a HUGE step up from the pioneer. The Anniversary was a measured step up from there in resolution, dynamics, bass weighting’s, etc. Love my TT. The Oppo 105 is no slouch for digital playback—I forgot to mention it.
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