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We need a detailed comparison of the 1200G vs the UltraDeck. You opened up this can of worms and have everyone thinking about how the 1200G would be in their systems. I’m especially curious since your system is so similar to mine.

How are you liking those Thetas? I had some Triangle Comete speakers that I liked a lot and have been drooling over the Antal 40th for a while. Triangle makes some gorgeous looking speakers. They also sound good.

I purchased a record cleaning kit from Squeaky Clean Vinyl about a year ago and am just now getting around using it and it’s great. I have a crate of old records from the 70s that my mom had in a closet. I’ll just say that they haven’t been well cared for. So far I’m 2 for 4 on cleaning and...

If you like the 6XX you’ll like the Meze 109 Pro. It’s a nice upgrade to the 6XX in terms of top end detail and sub bass, while still keeping things nice in the mids. If your preamp drives the 6XX well it should be fine with the 109 Pro.

There are a lot of good headphones to be had for $1k USD and under. What are your current headphones? What phono pre with headphone out are you using? You might do well to invest in a good set of headphones and an amp. I’m partial to the Meze 109 Pro and am hearing good things about the Meze...

Anyone heard from @Ghost this evening?

When dealing with a reputable retailer I agree, with random person from the internet I am going to extra cautious. My job provides me some insight into a lot of the scams being perpetrated on the inter webs. It’s making me paranoid in my old age.

That’s dedication! I have an old Sonos 5 in my garage gym. I would never think to try and play records and work out.

Or PayPal. Really no reason to transact in cold hard cash for high $$$ in 2025 unless have a reason not to leave a paper trail.

Does he have any kind of history selling audio equipment that you can track down? I don’t like to be suspicious, but you gotta be careful doing something like this with all that cash.

That looks really good. Takes the edge off of the DJ look I dislike about the 1200G. Might have to reconsider my thinking on that. 🤔

I’ve considered DAPs over the years but have settled in on dongle DACs. My current dongle DACs are the Earmen Eagle and the Cayin RU7. The RU7 is excellent. It’s the same DAC Cayin uses in their DAP.

Again not shilling for Skyfi Audio, it I saw in one of their videos that they have custom plinths for the Technics decks.

I just received a catalog from Music Direct today. It had a lot of great looking TTs. One that really caught my eye was the Denon DP-3000ne. It’s a direct drive table and looks the part. Add a nice MC cart in the $1k-$2k range and you’re are in the $4k-$5k price range. Also check out the new...

He lost me at the end when he said he used Bose headphones for his critical listening. :p

I'm going to test this out. I upgraded the power cable on my Ultradeck, but I never put the old cable back in to see if I could detect a difference. I will say this. I recently upgraded all the cables (interconnects, speaker, power) in my system and I did notice an elevated sense of clarity when...

I’m becoming direct drive curious and that 1300G is what I’ve wanted from Technics. A TT without all the DJ stuff. The Denon DP3000ne is also a sweet looking deck. But as I sit here listening to Ben Webster - Soulville on my UltraDeck I realize I have all the TT I need already.

I’m circling that hole myself. I picked up some DSD files from Rare Classical and Jazz music in Audiophile Sound and they sound really good. I think part of it is I’m finding playback of files stored on local drives sounds better that streamed music. Not by a huge amount, but there is a...

Trust but verify with GenAI. I use AI from Antropic and OpenAI on a daily basis for work. If you prompt them properly the results can be very good. The Google results are trying to guess at what you want from a search request. Ask it a proper question and see what it returns for results...