Budding audiophile/vinyl questions

LasciviousXXX · 04-05-2011, 11:58 AM

Hey CA Fam!

I wanted to put up a thread with a few questions that maybe some of you audiophiles out there could answer for me. I've realized as I go along that more and more the quality of music is very important to me. I have almost 4,000 albums and really enjoy my music at all times of the day. Recently I've been trying to break into the realm of high quality headphones w/ a couple of higher end purchases, namely a pair of Sennheiser HD380 Pro's and a pair of Monster Turbine IEM's. These headphones really gave me a taste of what high quality audio can sound like and man was I impressed.

So in my quest to begin down this path I wanted some advice from the CA Fam on good places I should start to build a decent home system for listening to music. We've got the regular Home Theater in a Box system for the TV so this will be completely separate and built from the ground up.

Also, and this is difficult to admit, I've never really heard music played from a record player. I know I know, its more than likely a generational thing but I've always been raised w/ cassettes, CD's and MP3's so my experience with turntables is non-existent. I would like to change that. Although, I really have no clue what all components are necessary to start listening to record albums. I'm looking at a Rega RP1 on ebay right now but other than that what else should I look into to begin my journey into Vinyl?

Thanks for all your help!

04-05-2011, 11:58 AM	#1
LasciviousXXX Team of 11...Always Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Týr Location: New Orleans Posts: 4,579 Trading: (8)	Budding audiophile/vinyl questions Hey CA Fam! I wanted to put up a thread with a few questions that maybe some of you audiophiles out there could answer for me. I've realized as I go along that more and more the quality of music is very important to me. I have almost 4,000 albums and really enjoy my music at all times of the day. Recently I've been trying to break into the realm of high quality headphones w/ a couple of higher end purchases, namely a pair of Sennheiser HD380 Pro's and a pair of Monster Turbine IEM's. These headphones really gave me a taste of what high quality audio can sound like and man was I impressed. So in my quest to begin down this path I wanted some advice from the CA Fam on good places I should start to build a decent home system for listening to music. We've got the regular Home Theater in a Box system for the TV so this will be completely separate and built from the ground up. Also, and this is difficult to admit, I've never really heard music played from a record player. I know I know, its more than likely a generational thing but I've always been raised w/ cassettes, CD's and MP3's so my experience with turntables is non-existent. I would like to change that. Although, I really have no clue what all components are necessary to start listening to record albums. I'm looking at a Rega RP1 on ebay right now but other than that what else should I look into to begin my journey into Vinyl? Thanks for all your help!