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Best Turntable Mitsubishi LT-22 or Harman and Kardon ST-7 to Restore

Hello I am a new member and I gave up hi-fi listening when I got tinitus; but now I am fully retired and my tinitus has demished to the point I enjoy music again.  I have very good hearing except for that one D!!! ringing frequency.  

I am the original owner of a Mitsubishi LT-22 and a Harman/Kardon ST-7 but 20 years ago the cartridges got damaged.  I just powered up the turntables and they appeared to function except that the speed sync light on the H/K ST-7 is dead (that was the reason for the LT-22 purchase).  I know all belts are just waiting to break with age.  I can’t test the sound because of the damaged cartidges.

What is the opinion of the knowledgable member as to which one I should reburbish?  Is this work possible for a meticulous engineer or would it need to be hired out?  I am certain that the LT-22 had the better specs. 

Also any suggestion for a modest mid level cartridge.  In the past I used both moving magnet and moving coil but the names have gone poof in my memory.  A high end cartridge is not justified with my tinitus.

The turntables would be connected to a Carver C-4000, an Adcom 400W power amp, and custom speakers that were near equals to Klipsch corner horns or Conwalls.

Thanks,

Allen

 

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The Mitsubishi LT-22 is a Direct Drive, Linear Tracking, quite solid, I recommend it for an easy hands free start/stop setup.

I just listened to my friends again yesterday, I helped him get it/set it up a few years ago, still quite impressive, I have a Vertical version LT-5V which is belt drive, belt arm movement, and LED for arm tracking, works great,.

a belt and an led are involved with the arm’s movement/tracking.

easy to replace the arm’s belt, not so easy to replace the LED, however the LED does not age when just sitting around for years, so if it was not used a great deal, you can expect years of trouble free, just put a new small belt that moves the arm.

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