What really bothers me is the 2M Blue cartridge on a table that's almost $1600. The $1500 Martanz TT 15S1 comes with a $700 Clearaudio cartridge. Even the Fluance RT85 that cost under $500 comes with the 2M Blue..... EAT should have the option of deleteing the cartridge and knocking off the $225? The $1200 EAT Prelude, why even bother with a $100 2M Red? I love the EAT line up but the price point of these "intro decks" don't look to be a great deal when shopping around.
That $700 cartridge is just a rebadged Audio Technica AT95E worth $40. Oh, wait, I forgot the little piece of ebony wood instead of molded plastic, worth $660. I guess you are right! Now seriously: I have never seen any bigger scam than this one, in fact it really IS the AT95E with a piece of wood, for fifteen times the original price. AT95E is good cartridge in its price tier, but nowhere near to Ortofon 2M Blue, hands down.
Absolutely outstanding review.. Well done - i am looking @ the EAT Prelude with an upgrade from ortafon red to blue - i think i may just go w the B-Sharp instead. all feedback welcome.
I love the tactile feel you get from vinyl. There's a process to it: Buy it from a store, take it out of its sleeve, place it on the turntable, carefully place the needle on the disc, sit back and enjoy it! It's refreshing and we don't get that from digital. With that being said, I wanted to love the sound and not just the experience. It never happened. Digital is about convenience and great sound quality (if you have a great source, not something like TH-cam or Spotify). Analog (vinyl especially) is mostly about nostalgia and that's it. The guy here stated that this piece of tech is mostly for folks that already have a vinyl collection and I'd have to agree. I think most turntables are. You'd have to be quite the hipster to get into vinyl today. Maybe I wasn't a big enough hipster because I still think it's a waste of money. Also, most vinyl albums you can purchase today are made from digital masters so you're basically getting an analogified version of your favorite Spotify album which is not the point of vinyl albums. Go old-school all the way otherwise you'll just be a hypocrite 😂
I don't blame young people for not appreciating the sound of vinyl, I listen to digital 100% of the time these days. However I used to have a great analog setup and it produced a sound that will never be matched by a digital source. It's unquantifiable, I think the word is 'soul'.
We can definitely get into the technical aspect of why your old setup sounded better and why is has nothing to do with vinyl and more to do with the quality of the components and circuitry of that era but it won't matter. You did mention appreciation and i don't think it's the right word. I think preference is the correct word. I appreciate vinyl and i think i made myself clear on that in my comment but i don't find its sound to be superior. A great lossless digital recording will be better in terms of accuracy and with vinyl you get 'soul' but no accuracy. See? It's all about what one prefers above all else. And you can always add the nostalgia factor which makes everything 'better' because it takes you back to simpler, more enjoyable times.
Not all need a Phono pre-amp, some AVR's have a phono pre-amp included in their system.
What really bothers me is the 2M Blue cartridge on a table that's almost $1600. The $1500 Martanz TT 15S1 comes with a $700 Clearaudio cartridge. Even the Fluance RT85 that cost under $500 comes with the 2M Blue..... EAT should have the option of deleteing the cartridge and knocking off the $225? The $1200 EAT Prelude, why even bother with a $100 2M Red? I love the EAT line up but the price point of these "intro decks" don't look to be a great deal when shopping around.
Exactly! There is no way I'm listening to a lower quality MM cartridge over my Lyra Delos.
That $700 cartridge is just a rebadged Audio Technica AT95E worth $40.
Oh, wait, I forgot the little piece of ebony wood instead of molded plastic, worth $660. I guess you are right!
Now seriously: I have never seen any bigger scam than this one, in fact it really IS the AT95E with a piece of wood, for fifteen times the original price. AT95E is good cartridge in its price tier, but nowhere near to Ortofon 2M Blue, hands down.
Absolutely outstanding review.. Well done - i am looking @ the EAT Prelude with an upgrade from ortafon red to blue - i think i may just go w the B-Sharp instead. all feedback welcome.
1500 dollar tables shouldn't have plastic sub platters. These use racer bearings . So you have a plastic sub platter ridding directly top of metal.
Looks great, but for the price I’d expect a little more. An automatic mechanism at the least...
Omg. Lol!
Nice turntable.
Made in the ProJect factory. Kinda lame with the metal platter for $1200. But you could ring the platter as a dinner bell, so there’s that.
If you get poor results from vinyl it either one of these two things or both....
A. Your vinyl is junk
B. Your equipment is junk.
I love the tactile feel you get from vinyl. There's a process to it:
Buy it from a store, take it out of its sleeve, place it on the turntable, carefully place the needle on the disc, sit back and enjoy it!
It's refreshing and we don't get that from digital.
With that being said, I wanted to love the sound and not just the experience. It never happened.
Digital is about convenience and great sound quality (if you have a great source, not something like TH-cam or Spotify).
Analog (vinyl especially) is mostly about nostalgia and that's it.
The guy here stated that this piece of tech is mostly for folks that already have a vinyl collection and I'd have to agree. I think most turntables are.
You'd have to be quite the hipster to get into vinyl today. Maybe I wasn't a big enough hipster because I still think it's a waste of money.
Also, most vinyl albums you can purchase today are made from digital masters so you're basically getting an analogified version of your favorite Spotify album which is not the point of vinyl albums. Go old-school all the way otherwise you'll just be a hypocrite 😂
I don't blame young people for not appreciating the sound of vinyl, I listen to digital 100% of the time these days. However I used to have a great analog setup and it produced a sound that will never be matched by a digital source. It's unquantifiable, I think the word is 'soul'.
We can definitely get into the technical aspect of why your old setup sounded better and why is has nothing to do with vinyl and more to do with the quality of the components and circuitry of that era but it won't matter. You did mention appreciation and i don't think it's the right word. I think preference is the correct word. I appreciate vinyl and i think i made myself clear on that in my comment but i don't find its sound to be superior. A great lossless digital recording will be better in terms of accuracy and with vinyl you get 'soul' but no accuracy. See? It's all about what one prefers above all else. And you can always add the nostalgia factor which makes everything 'better' because it takes you back to simpler, more enjoyable times.
@@a4andrei no you're just wrong. Anyway, whatever
great argument =))
just a few thousand more and it would sound almost as good as a 30 dollar cd player
😂 if you say so
kate lewis A thirty dollars CD player sounds nothing like a CD transport and a DAC.
Well looks like a overpriced Music Hall table. There are differences between this and my Ikura but nothing that would effect functionality of either .
Without the acrylic platter!
1. Belt drivin smh
2. Too expensive
3. Not a Technics or Pioneer
smh.
SMEH
Like "shaking my empty head"...
@@PhonoDirect
Some people just don't get it.