On April 28, 2014 at 23:28, modom said...
Somehow I knew Mr. Stanley would have a comment on my system. That was my core stereo for many years. All I did was change cartridges a few times, tried a couple of cassette decks, and worked my way through about 5 different CD players(NEC, Philips, Kyocera, Yamaha, Sony). Still loved the records better. When the motor wore out on the Connoisseur, I replaced it with a modded Thorens TD 166.
I really miss my KEF Corellis.
I had for a while, a Thorens TD 145 with an SME arm. Nice turntables (about the best at the time back then) - However it si CRAZY to see all of the $150,000.00 turntables out there at the shows these days.
Was in a house recently, the guy had (3) turntables in his listening room that were in that price range. He had over $1 mill tied up in the room in just acoustical treatment and design / bulid-out. Nice to have money. I didn't even recognise his speakers or electronics. Very esoteric stuff. He also had a 2 inch Ampeg tape machine. Still uses it. Amazing sound.