Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/04

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Subject: [Leica] Two from The Online Photographer
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 03:13:32 +0000
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Oh yes, with a Naim 202/250/Linn Isobarik back-end I am happy and visitors 
are amazed at how how recorded music can sound ;-)

john
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From:  Robert Adler [rgacpa at gmail.com]

As well you should be!

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 6:34 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote:

> I have a Linn Karik/Numerik vs a Sondek/Ittok, I am happy with either ;-)
>
> john
> ________________________________________
>
>
> I have the Onkyo CD player.  They make two better ones, $700 and $1,400,
> less than some players.  I'm not a huge CD fan but it sounds OK and
> perhaps after that is a point of diminishing returns.  Now that I think
> of it, how did Leica miss the audiophile market?
>
> Ken
>
>
> On 12/4/2014 12:39 PM, John McMaster wrote:
> > IMO you have to spend ~3x as much on a CD system to sound as good as
> vinyl, my system is fairly interchangeable with input without hearing much
> difference...
> >
> > john
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> >> On Dec 4, 2014, at 8:08 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I will definitely check it out! Thanks Ken.
> >> I still have my, my father's, and my grandfather's vinyl.  I need to
> >> overhaul my Linn and put them on occasionally.
> > been using CD's for years, the head of our local high end Audio store
> said give your vinyl a chance again some time, I was shocked. Set up my old
> high end turntable and played a few remaining vinyl discs, wonderful!  We
> have the idea that the old has been superceeded, little do we know.
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >


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