Originally posted by UncleVanya Mitch as much as I love vinyl I've moved away from it largely. I suggest you give this site a read:
audio science review
Even if you stick with vinyl consider the current class d amps. I retired my Luxman and Rotel amps.
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I should also point out that I've listened to a lot of analog gear. The sota sapphire with a vac kit and Linn LP-12 and even Michelle Gyro have grabbed my attention at times. I still own a Sumiko arm and a Supex Moving Coil cartridge and a few tables.
On the camera front - the K-1/K-1ii are the better landscape cameras, but the k-3iii is the better action camera.
Dear UV,
I may have slipped up with the LP12 as it was first purchased for my wife to listen to her old 70s LPs. Then my metrology side got involved, and I was carried away with analog perfection. On the digital side, at the time of the purchase of my Nait XS2 Baud, rates here in country Oz were very slow. ADSL was a boon when that happened though lagging and dropouts with the then children's Playstations were intolerable let alone streaming audio equipment. Then came NBN with a fiber to the node and speeds approaching 5 - 20 kb. With Shelley's Foxtel, and kids running Netflix, my streaming music ideas were put on hold, and with the fact that music streaming in country Oz was in its infancy at the time, plus my lack of knowledge with routers and modem configurations.
Now we have fiber to the premises. It is a different story. I am considering a NAIM ND5XS2, though I allocated financial resources elsewhere for the time being. After being injured at work and on a virtual disability pension, paying as I go from my super what I have left from the payout until I am eligible for a disability support pension from the government. Everything runs at a snail's pace for any new acquisitions. This is a very long story of a 6.5-year dispute with my employer, which I eventually won at a great financial cost to my wife and myself.
Back on track, I may go streaming one day, though all my favourite performers are from the late 70s and 80s, with a few exceptions. Hence my collection of vinyl and CDs.
We have no music in the house at the moment except for the radio in the form of an Apple Home Pod. I know the Home Pod can stream music, though it was a present from myself to my wife, and our music interests are different. First things first, my wife's TV and Foxtel. Stereo is where I am at the moment, and I will hopefully have that system up and running in a week or so on its new stand. The old IKEA media station will not fit through the window. With a much smaller house after the third move due to the financial hit with the dispute, none of our old furniture will fit in the new house, except two couches (and two beds), one of which had to come through the window in two pieces as the doorways and passageways are too narrow. Then I will look at a Pentax 3 iii in about 12 months with a couple of lenses for birding. I left out the wife's small garden, which will expand as it is her special interest in gardening, a current work in progress.
I have resigned from my toxic motorcycle club and possibly the Harley is the next to go. Though it is our nest egg, and my psychologist wants me to hold on to it at all costs in case of a monetary emergency. Please refer to my dispute for the reason why.
Hopefully, this explains why a simple thing like a Pentax 3iii is not on the radar as yet. Though a part of my dream building.
Warm regards,
Mitch in Oz.