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"Arny Krueger" wrote:

"MINe 109" wrote in message

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In article ,
George M. Middius wrote:

MINe 109 said:

[CD : AMP : SPEAKERS]
1 : 6 : 12

6 : 1 : 5

Oww.

But Krooger's been telling us you're a "digitalphobe" or some such.
Cash in those bits on something analogous!


[LP : CD : AMP : SPEAKERS]

17 : 6 : 1 : 5

The extra phono preamp didn't help...

You really are a sucker for all that hype about front ends, aren't
you?

"LP" includes: new table; used arm; used high end cartridge (at 20% of
new); used power supply; and a high end preamp.

IOW, sucker bait.

Analog costs money. Used 'tables (complete) like mine go for about what
I paid for my cd player. I could probably get a good phono stage for
half the cost of mine, but I would have to spends lots more to get a
better one.

Make it a used 'table and you get this:

6 : 6 : 1 : 6

(I short-changed my speakers first time around. No big deal.)

I'd still need a phono preamp, so I would look at a big NAD integrated:

6 : 6 : 3 : 6

"CD" is a demo model
and a relative bargain at one tenth the price of the ultra high end
DAC that uses the same design.

IOW, more sucker bait.

And this changes my claim how?

Well, it's still a specious claim. I've put together a high end system
for relatively little money.

I suppose you think any money spent on a turntable is "sucker bait" but
I find a turntable a handy way to play my thousands of LPs.

Of course, adding another source is going to change the proportions of a
"front end". I paid about the same for my integrated amp, tuner, DAT, CD
recorder, and cassette deck.

Things look a bit skewed because of the used integrated amp, not that
it was expensive when new.

Speakers???

New speakers equivalent to mine are about $6500. Mine are used.

I suppose I should look for a high end integrated to make my
proportions look better, but if you look at new prices you get this:

[CD : AMP : SPEAKERS]

6 : 1 : 15

Make that 6 : 1 : 16

Not so bad...

This is supposed to mitigate the excess money spent on the front end?

Excess? To me it looks like the new value of my system is about a third
for front end *and* amplification and two thirds for speakers.

Throw in what I paid for LP and it's roughly equal between speakers and
everything else.