Subj : Re: Turntables and LPs
To   : Ogg
From : Brian Rogers
Date : Tue Oct 05 2021 10:03 am

Hello Ogg;

-=> Ogg wrote to Brian Rogers <=-

 Og> I thought it was just the stylus that would wear out.  But
 Og> because of the cost, it's just as easy to get a whole new
 Og> cartrige+stylus combined.

Cartridges also wear with age and usage... however the ear tends not to notice
the degredation of sound as much as you would with a worn stylus. Typically
you should change your cartridge every 5th or so stylus change. The newer
ones may get you better milage :)

 Og> I've been pretty happy with generic consumer hi-fi AM/FM/
 Og> Receiver amp combos.   I'm impressed with people's systems that
 Og> have dedicated amps for just for LP/CD use, but my listening
 Og> spaces have been relatively small over the years (mostly
 Og> apartments) so the difference in sound with a audiophile
 Og> quality amp vs a receiver would not be much.

I'm a bit impressed with the modern stuff tbh. I have an inexpensive soundbar
system with 4" subwoofer and it sounds pretty nice for what it is. If Samsung
didn't block the FM receiver in the phones I could link it with bluetooth for
radio listening... but I can also use the various streaming apps. Still though
nothing like old school audiophile stuff. Bass is more natural sounding than
electronically generated sound.

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