What
good are records if you don’t have something to play them on? I
started with a 1960’s portable player. Almost immediately I
recognized I could do better. For my 12th birthday I got my first
stereo with components-separate speakers, amplifier and turntable.
Over the next 50 years I have continually climbed the
mountain-seeking louder, clearer, more refined…better sound. I feel
like I’m there now. If I’m not, I’m pretty good. Here is a
sample of my lifetime’s work. A two-channel system including VPI
turntable, McIntosh power amp, Levenson Pre-amp JBL speakers and sub,
a 5.1 surround sound system, various speakers, a 1946 Seeburg 78 RPM
jukebox, and a bunch of old-timey turntables. I don’t love music
any more than I used to, but I sure can hear it better.
- Paul Epstein
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