Racio wrote:Wowowow!
Curious jadis, there's somewhat a trend I notice among the ultra high-end setups. Humongous amps, boa-thick cables and skyscraping speakers but just a flagship CDP as a source (and by and large MLs). Except for Mr. Atienza's setup, most if not all of them doesn't comprise an analog rig, not to mention no sight of SACDPs even. Could you give us a bit of insight on their reason behind this? Thanks.
Racio,
That is the BEST observation of the month!
Let me see, most of these people actually told me that they do not have the patience anymore for the finicky setup and ceremony just to
spin a record. But mind you , most of them HAVE HAD a JAPANESE
turntable and actually played it in their lifetimes. Some actually
told me they are 'lazy' (and that word, I think, is actually taken in
a positive term-like to say, tinatamad na ako magtayo at ilagay
yung plaka eh, tapos tatayo nanaman ako para iskip yung cut 2
tapos ilagay ko pa sa cut 4---huwag na po! ). As we can see from
the gear, these people can't be THAT lazy bec they somehow worked
hard enough to garner such modest cash to pay JR and AV Driver.
BUT, another reason, really, is that most of them are now in the ehem,
'late' years, ie, 55 onwards, so they have developed the 'reading glass'
syndrome, they can't see the cartridge or cut groove THAT near. This,
is a secondary obstacle.
Third, they manifest that there are no LPs to buy in SM,
Rustan, Glorietta, Shangrila unlike CDs, so easy to buy. And when they
commission a runner to buy LPs in HK, they have to gift the runner
with anti-hernia pills to boot, unlike CD, the runner can just hand-carry
them ba. In a few more days I might be able to post yet another
gargantuan system owned by an 85 year old audiophile who told us
that he listens to his system at least FOUR (4) hours a day everyday.
Do not ask me if he has a turntable. But there is one with an analogue
setup-Rockport Capella. His area is too infested with traffic I am the
one LAZY to go. But who knows...
In short, it's age and convenience. Maybe we of the lesser
age ought to rejoice now till Parkinson's or Alzeimer's strike. Can you
imagine your fingers shivering while you lower your $12,000 cartridge?
Better insure it first with Sunlife. Stay tuned for the next few giant
systems....coming soon....
PS: as to why no SACD player....I guess it's too cheap.
really, they wouldn't want to invest in double software anymore. poor guys.