Audiophile/Vinyl Thread - Post Pics, Advice, Questions, Setups, etc.

Welcome to the Audiophile and Turntable thread. Ask questions about setups, technical topics, favorite albums and anything else you want. Post pictures of your setup and the album your listening to.

Marco Esquandolas has established himself as the most knowledgable poster on this topic and he is extremely helpful and responsive to questions. He also posted a thread of a good bang for your buck setup here: Bang for Your Buck Audiophile Setup


Thought it would be cool to see what everyone is using, feel free to post pictures, I will soon.

Also would really like to hear suggestions of some albums I should look into in this format.



FOR THE BEGINNERS JUST LOOKING FOR THE BARE BONES SETUP:
If you have a receiver with a phono input, then all you need is the turntable, receiver, RCA cables, and speakers. However, if your receiver does not have a phono input, you will need what is called a phono preamp. The purpose of the phono preamp is to amplify the sound created by your turntable (which is naturally extremely low), and back when records were the primary listening method, receivers all had a built in phono pre amp. These days, it is less common to have a turntable as a primary method of listening, so less receivers have the PHONO input, thus, a phono preamp is necessary. Instead, you hook the turntable into the preamp and THEN into the receiver. Here is a pretty simple diagram.

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1. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

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In my Amazon cart right now

No I looked and all it says is "All songs recorded live on tour 2013/2014." I seem to recall reading on the internet somewhere the various places they were recorded. I'll look for it.

I really like the sound of vinyl, but am no audiophile, by any stretch..

Technics SL 1400 turntable
Marantz 2220B receiver
Paradigm speakers and a Mirage sub

What Ive been listening to this week..

Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino
The Oblivians - Popular Favorites
Centro-Matic - Redo the Stacks
Squirrel Bait - Skag Heaven

Just ordered, and looking forward to.. the new Blake Mills - Heigh Ho

Rega RP-1 (with Ortofon 2m Blue cartridge)




NAD 7175PE




Snell JII Speakers



REL T3 Sub

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Dandelion Gum

Cobra Juicy

Ultima II Massage

Maniac Meat

fricked Up Friends

La Uti

Do you have any equipment yet? I had to get all of my first stuff pretty recently so I may be able to help out. My setup is in my living room and I had to get input from the wife while I set it up (she got me the turntable as a birthday gift but only if she could have some input on where we put everything). The turntable I got is pretty minimal, as in it doesnt take up a lot of space, which she liked.

Just did a revamp of my system and have just ordered my first turntable. Rega RP8 with the Exact cartridge. I am looking forward to diving into analog and pairing it with my McIntosh tube preamp. It needs to get here soon so I can take the empty shelf back from the wife.



Preamp: McIntosh C2500
Amps: 2 x McIntosh MC352's
Speakers: B&W 802D

I would really like some suggestions on must have albums on vinyl and what pressing to get. I want to start small and see how much I like vinyl and go from there. So , looking at getting some standards in each of the genres I lilke

Pro-ject Debut Carbon==>Marantz 2230==>JBL L26's. Buttah.

Receiver - Pioneer SX650
Turntable - I have 2 and can't decide which one sounds better so I switch them out often. A Pioneer PL500(I think, forget which number model but it's the PL line from the early 70's) and a Tecnics SL-Q200.
Speakers - Advent loudspeakers.

My favorite albums I have on vinyl:

1. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Follow the Lights
2. Steely Dan - Aja
3. Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
4. Radiohead - OK Computer
5. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica