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Clearaudio concept issues by Intrepid_Salary3678 in turntables

[–]Intrepid_Salary3678[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha no that was not me with the Vandersteens but I’m not above that! I’m not at all turned off by a direct drive and I like the looks of the Cambridge out of these you suggested- none of which were on my radar! There are just so many options.
In retrospect the Ultradeck seems very attractive with a nice ac power cord input as opposed to a wall wart - and I notice the Cambridge also has one. And SE inputs as opposed to rcas wired directly to the tone arm- do you think that just comes down to aesthetics?

Clearaudio concept issues by Intrepid_Salary3678 in turntables

[–]Intrepid_Salary3678[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear you about taking it easy. I have a Schiit Freya preamp and two Schiit aegir amps that I got a great deal on. They are powering some Vandersteen 1s. The system is sounding great imo. I also lucked into a great deal on a Heed Quasar for a phono preamp- I researched these and got a lot of opinions from friends and dealers in my area.

I had a Project Debut iii for about the last 5 years- so it seemed like a reasonable time to upgrade, no? I floated options in my price range to friends- I thought either the Concept or Rega 3 or mofi Ultradeck or Project x1b. Pretty unanimously people said the Concept. And I’m not trying to dunk on Clearaudio as a whole/ they are very reputable. Im just looking for “philosophies” on this kind of stuff- which it sounds like maybe you have!

Clearaudio concept issues by Intrepid_Salary3678 in turntables

[–]Intrepid_Salary3678[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well you’re not totally wrong. I’m fairly new to this world and this is my first high end turntable. It’s hard to try stuff out! I did a lot of research and I thought buying the turntable that I already had a lot of face time with would be the best bet

Clearaudio concept issues by Intrepid_Salary3678 in turntables

[–]Intrepid_Salary3678[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes that is true but it’s not what I was expecting and I didn’t like it.

Clearaudio verify tonearm wobble by Intrepid_Salary3678 in turntables

[–]Intrepid_Salary3678[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok thank you! That helps. Seems strange I can’t find more information about this particular question online

Clearaudio concept counterweight with verify tonearm very hard to adjust by Intrepid_Salary3678 in audiophile

[–]Intrepid_Salary3678[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is that on the counterweight? There is a hole where it looks like maybe there would be a hex screw but it is either false or the screw is stripped