Why stuck on Yamaha turntables? They are not what come to my mind when I think of a turntable. Why not, if you are set on direct drive, a pioneer or the technics? Pioneer plx1000 can be had for 699 or 599 on sale. The technics (forget the model#) can be had for 999. Also I'd be looking at some used but cared for denon direct drives from the late 80's. Now if you go belt drive, there Is a plethora of great models, some of which can be had for under a grand....pro-ject makes a nice table, as does clearaudio, and of course the rega tables....in fact there are so many really nice turntables for not a ton of money that I'm not certain I understand your delay in getting into analog/vinyl.....
Not much talk about Yamaha turntables.
I've been wanting to jump into the analog world for years, but for a lack of experience and/or knowledge about the equipment, I haven't. There's plenty of talk here about the big names in analog and I was surprised the other day browsing around somewhere that Yamaha has turntables. Are these any good? What do they compare to in terms of other more well-known analog names? I'm not asking about their $8,000 models. I will never be able to afford that. I'm asking more about their sub $1k models.
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