Bought this stuff off the shelf in 1985 with two ideas in my head. Best TurnTable I could afford to protect my records and the best speakers I could afford to reproduce the music with accuracy. In the same Price range were Klipch Heresy unfinised pine, Polk Audio's red woofers were $100 less and Bose 901 were $100 more. As Joseph of Arimathia said to Indiana Jones ! You have choosen wisely. All equipment has been maintained to runs at specifications and still sounds so Good today !
These JBL 240Ti are a full frequency response 3way loud speaker 37 Hz to 27kHZ flat. With a efficency rating of 89db their rated maxiumum is 300 watts per channel. I hardly push them at all with 130 rms. The Teak cabinets are truly beautiful to behold. Each speaker of this matched pair contains a 14" Woofer, a 5" midrange and a I" Dome Titanium Tweeter. Now if I could find a pair of 250's in teak for the Loft I would be set.
Carver Magnetic Field Power Amp XR-130
Carver Magnetic Field Power Amplifier 130 watts @ 8 ohms. Stereo or 260 watts bridged mono
JVC QL-Y66F
Quartz Locked Fully Automatic Turntable (1985)Direct Drive bi directional Servo Quartz lock FG Motor
Clearaudio Maestro Wood MM
Just the best I have heard in a Moving Magenet Cartridge
Empire EDR.9 Moving Magnet
This Vintage Moving Magnet Cartridge came highly recommended for good reason. Out of the box the EDR.9 delivers sound that is in another class of sound reproduction from the respected Ortofon OM-30 Super that I enjoyed untill now . Cole Porter wrote Night and Day - thats is exactly the difference between these two cartridges. The Empire EDR.9 gives more definition and clarity, opening up a wider and higher soundstage full of more precise detail and lush sounds. This cartridges more than 25 year old design may be the best MM cartridge in its class and it is an understatment to say it is an outstanding value. I have been told this Empire EDR.9 outperforms many MC Cartridges costing 5 times the price paid. I believe it. Rather then adding a phono stage or step up transformer to the audio chain, if you do not have an MC input on your system the MM Empire EDR.9 is a great choice. BTW Although this cartridge was manufactured 3 miles from where I grew up, I had to send to France to find one! Still a bargin, thanks Raul !
Ortofon OM-30 Super
Nice Cartridge originaly had the straight om 30 not the super when I needed a new stylus the difference in price from styli to cartridge and stylus was small
Long Time since I posted in a while. In June I bought a new Clearaudio Maestro Moving Magnet Cartrige - the best I've heard on my system. I've been concentrating on playing music live I have bought a lot of instruments and amplifiers
System edited: I added picture of the main room It is Adirondack Rustic with some very comfertable chairs. The huge room has about 1200 sq. feet of open space withe the upstairs open loft bedroms. The sound stage is incredable from the two sweet spots, one is upstairs in the lofts deck, the other is downstairs infront of the fire. The Room is particularly well suited for my JBL Speakers acting as a forth component of the sound.
Thanks for the kind words. I always believed its the message not the medium The Music reproduction system in my heart and head is the best sound I will ever hear. I can hear Music sweet sweet Music, The sounds of the city baby seem to disapear whoa oh oh.
I am going to begin buiding a new analog system . More to come in the New Year. Alot to consider and take one step at a time
Happy Holidays
Groovey Records
Listening to Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank Generation Sire Records 26 403 German Vinyl
