retro rules
My Turntable Collection.....
B&O 8002 with an MMC1 and a Sound-Smith SMMC1.
Dual 1219 with some sort of Grado Gold Series.
My favorite - a Garrard Lab 80 MkII with a Grado Silver-Blue Series.
Then a Garrard Type A strictly for 'kitsch' factor. I fitted it with a Grado DJ cartridge because of the weight of the arm.
The Lab 80 fully functions, cycles automatically and drops records properly ( I know its sacrelige {sp?] but I have 12" singles) It's really hard finding a fully functional Lab 80. I really like the heavy platter and the sound that comes out of it.
1219 is a great unit, touted to be comparable to the better units of current day but I'm sorta indifferent to it.
The B&O works fine but the sound is a bit edgy - probably a combination of the light platter and the cartridge.
Aside from the B&O, these units represent things that I lusted after in my youth but was somehow unattainable. A brand new Lab80 or Dual 1219 was a real big deal.
Thoughts or comments on this? Just rambling really.
Dual 1219 with some sort of Grado Gold Series.
My favorite - a Garrard Lab 80 MkII with a Grado Silver-Blue Series.
Then a Garrard Type A strictly for 'kitsch' factor. I fitted it with a Grado DJ cartridge because of the weight of the arm.
The Lab 80 fully functions, cycles automatically and drops records properly ( I know its sacrelige {sp?] but I have 12" singles) It's really hard finding a fully functional Lab 80. I really like the heavy platter and the sound that comes out of it.
1219 is a great unit, touted to be comparable to the better units of current day but I'm sorta indifferent to it.
The B&O works fine but the sound is a bit edgy - probably a combination of the light platter and the cartridge.
Aside from the B&O, these units represent things that I lusted after in my youth but was somehow unattainable. A brand new Lab80 or Dual 1219 was a real big deal.
Thoughts or comments on this? Just rambling really.