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Inexpensive Good Vintage Turntables?

I'm considering buying a turntable again. I've been without one for going on 10 years. This time around, could you recommend some really good inexpensive models (prefer belt but DD OK, too). And carts (preferably modern) that will work with them? And who are good online sellers of restored models? I know very little about vintage turntables ...

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billwojo
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@pindac, could you tell us more about this "Kaneta" design? I'm not familiar with it.

 

BillWojo

billwojo
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"Just say no to DD."

 

Wow, as an owner of all types of drives I had to laugh at that moronic statement. There are plenty of vintage DD tables that still perform better than most of the junk sold today. It would take a hell of a good belt drive to match the drive motor in say a JVC QL-A7! About 3 to 4 hundred verses how many thousands? Lot's of thousands to come close to those specs. Just good powerful smooth delivery of music.

Just because your biased doesn't mean your right. Of course you could be British, they were duped to believe that kind of nonsense.

 

BillWojo

billwojo
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Just because your biased doesn't mean your right

Probably typed without a hint of irony.

 

Like I stated at the beginning, I own all three types of drives. For sheer fun my restored and hot rodded Russco Studio Pro Model B is the table that I enjoy most, gotta love that shifter, for easy no fuss listening with perfect speed it would be my JVC TT71 motor drive in a 2 arm Victor CL2P plinth and if I want to fuss around, it would be my massive Acoustic Solid table, (belt or actually thread drive). I think that covers all 3 drive types pretty well.

My recommendation for someone getting into vinyl? Look for an older mid to upper level DD table. No fuss, just get on with playing.

 

Billwojo

billwojo
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"I recommend an indestructible Victor QL7/QL7A"

 

I use that motor drive in a Victor CL2P plinth with 2 tonearms. Very good speed stability, JVC/Victor really knew what they were doing when they designed this drive. Extremely well engineered and made.

 

BillWojo

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