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[audio39]

I do get the feeling that no matter how lavishly presented, Luxman gear is very expensive for what's inside and the performance on offer - just my thoughts..

I love Glenn Croft's phono stages and the £600 one he does is based on the "R" spec. I'd also give a shout for Mr Lurcher's take on things if he's able to do summat for you.

While I'm in whingebag mode, I also feel that so many of these "legacy" products are leftovers from when the audio industry was more bouyant and still priced accordingly. Internal components are ten-a-penny and even sensible "boutique" ones aren't hugely pricey. I'd rather put my vinyl money into a dedicated hand made phono stage, rather than a purely-for-profit confection for people with more money than sense. Just my rambles - put the Cambridge 640P into a fancy box, charge many hundreds for it and it would be hailed as the second coming

Wow...are we related? Your sentiments match mine very closely.

Price and performance are very far apart in this hobby and Industry...which is why unfortunately it is so difficult to make a decision.

I'm actually running a 640p in my system right now as a hold-over to get me to the next long term PS in my system...I don't feel like I'm missing much, albeit I did try out a Chris Johnson modded PS Audio GCPH and there was a difference - an improvement.

I would sincerely appreciate more info specific to your recommendations - Glenn Croft and Mr. Lurcher - these are gents and products I have no prior experience with.

Fun thread,

Rick.

[John]

Here is what Nick (Lurcher) did for Marco
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...ght=nick+phono
and what he did for Black Adder
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...ght=nick+phono

[chris@panteg]

I do get the feeling that no matter how lavishly presented, Luxman gear is very expensive for what's inside and the performance on offer - just my thoughts..

I love Glenn Croft's phono stages and the £600 one he does is based on the "R" spec. I'd also give a shout for Mr Lurcher's take on things if he's able to do summat for you.

While I'm in whingebag mode, I also feel that so many of these "legacy" products are leftovers from when the audio industry was more bouyant and still priced accordingly. Internal components are ten-a-penny and even sensible "boutique" ones aren't hugely pricey. I'd rather put my vinyl money into a dedicated hand made phono stage, rather than a purely-for-profit confection for people with more money than sense. Just my rambles - put the Cambridge 640P into a fancy box, charge many hundreds for it and it would be hailed as the second coming

Dave ' i aggree with you on that , but you see i had a 640p and tried the Diablo on a 30 day sale or return from Alex (audio afair) and even with the basic and it is a basic psu ! it blew the 640p out of the window and kicked it down the street , that is with the DL160 of course , but also it was an ex dem unit with £200 knocked off ! so i grabbed it with the NCPSU its oh so quiet and it doesn't need fancy mains cables either ' which is a plus .

[audio39]

John, thanks very much for the links, I'm going to look closely at the info provided. I take it these are folks here on this site?

I'll include that I just received an email from a long time audio acquaintance who I have bought and sold many wonderful pieces of gear from and to. He informed me that he has just purchased the Jasmine LP2.0MKII after spending a few weeks with the previous SE version. Now this gent was running the Jasmine with a Zu Denon DL-103 cartridge and found the pairing very good...good enough to order one.

So I'll ask for any thoughts regarding the Jasmine???

Rick.

[Chivas]

Just to throw another in the mix, I recently got the Pure Sound P10 and am over the moon with it. At this stage I honestly cannot say that I need more. I also rate the Graham Slee phono stages highly!