A used Thorens purchased on Audiogon or Ebay would be a good choice. Some have detachable headshells and some have detachable arm wands which I prefer. Proper mounting and alignment of the cartridge with good placement of the table in your listening room should yield the results you seek.
Turntable - And Sanity - Question
Hello all,
I have an AR EB-101 that I have had for about 15 years. It has a Shure V15 Type V-MR on it that I have always been pleased with. I'm not thrilled with the arm on this turntable, as it's always felt...cheap to me - as a matter of fact, the screw that mounts the headshell stripped almost as soon as I turned the screw.
I'd like to either replace the arm on the AR with something with headshells that can be changed (I'd like to do that with ease, as I have a couple of other styli) or else buy a Technics SL-1800 or something and use it as my main deck and move the Shure to it.
Any suggestions? This is kind of driving me nuts, as I'm really not coming up with a solution I like; I'm looking to have a good sounding rig that doesn't require much overt care and is ideal for casual listening, but won't hurt my vinyl. Does anybody know if any of the various Technics models really measure up to the AR I have?
Thanks,
John Sellards
I have an AR EB-101 that I have had for about 15 years. It has a Shure V15 Type V-MR on it that I have always been pleased with. I'm not thrilled with the arm on this turntable, as it's always felt...cheap to me - as a matter of fact, the screw that mounts the headshell stripped almost as soon as I turned the screw.
I'd like to either replace the arm on the AR with something with headshells that can be changed (I'd like to do that with ease, as I have a couple of other styli) or else buy a Technics SL-1800 or something and use it as my main deck and move the Shure to it.
Any suggestions? This is kind of driving me nuts, as I'm really not coming up with a solution I like; I'm looking to have a good sounding rig that doesn't require much overt care and is ideal for casual listening, but won't hurt my vinyl. Does anybody know if any of the various Technics models really measure up to the AR I have?
Thanks,
John Sellards
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