overkill said:DOH!!! Touche!!
A cheap DVD? Anything in the sub £100 to £150-200 from the last couple of years, as yes, I would agree the new budget Pioneer DVD all-in-one is outrageously good value for money!!
On the LP12 CJ, I never said you did. It was humerous aside!! For £300, to be honest, I'd go for a 2nd hand Radius. IMHO, Linn helped kick start the digital revolution with the LP12. I want a turntable that just gives me the music, not it's version of the music. It was that, that turned many people off it when CD players were less "characteristic" in their presentation. Back then, if I'd had a choice between a quality CD player or a LINN, I'd have gone for the CD - once I'd heard the two. And that's from someone who (still) prefers vinyl.
Put your fingers in your ears, dont listen to the pied piper of vinyl nirvana, you will end up selling your wife and kids, I know, I was a victim
Now Im sat up every hour of the night dusting off and playing albums like a chain smoker. I dont sleep any more, I cant walk past a secondhand vinyl shop without getting a fix. Ive got callouses from adjusting my azimuths, tracking weights and VTA, my 'works' consist of carbon brushes, weight balances and spirit levels hes a monster dont let him talk you into it
........it will start by teling you to by a Roksan, just a Radius or a Xerxes (must find one with a straight arm board). He will seduce you with thoughts of Rega 9s and 1000s or SME IV. Finally he will point you in the direction of brand new Ortofon Cartridges from a guy on the Ebay, who sells them for less than half of list price (in my case a third of ).......
Then you will be hooked..........hes the lord of evil - vinyl incarnate