Oracle Alexandria turntable question

Yeah, thinking about asking the guy if he’s willing to ship, can’t hurt the thing as it’s already broken and the worst he can say is no. Seems like a lot of hub bub over something I’m just curious about. Pride in getting it running and all that but hardly a priority at this time...

I wouldn't drive for the turntable alone, that's 3 hours. Shipping would be fairly cheap though. 

Unless you have some particular emotional reason for the brand. I know I would drive 3 hours for Celestion SL6 speakers.

I would say parts alone are well north of $80.

Thing is it's close to 100 miles away. Still weighing time and gas to pick up a broken turntable whose parts are really hard to acquire.

@thecarpathian I regularly spend (waste) $80 on old and imperfect audio gear to try it and then if it doesn't work out: sell it. I am probably in the red as I have 3 items waiting to fix. (I never fixed anything in my life, have disassembled electronics in plastic bags in every corner in my garage.

Still, I would say that the simplest, dumbest component is the turntable, easiest to fix. Is it worth $80 for the parts alone?  

Nice sounding turntable but difficult to maintain.   I have one and would pay $200 for yours to use for parts. 

@tubes4good ,

Thank you for the information.

I shall send him an email.

I have a Delphi so can't speak to the Alexandria. However, Jacques at Oracle answers emails. They usually have parts. Also, there's a FB group of Oracle owners, which Jacques is a member. 

Hoping to hear from someone who has/had one and if it's worth the bother.

Don’t have a clue how to fix it and a little research says parts are scarce. Maybe I’ll pick it up and if it’s too much trouble to fix, part it out. But it would be a cool project to attempt once it’s determined what’s wrong! I read they’re dandy tables.

For $80 if you have the know how to fix it why not? It's worth more than that in parts I'm sure.

Should mention the table itself and plinth look great.