@analog_tiffer - Not sure about that 'staple' - Auto-return is not a feature on my Japanese-made Technics SL-1200G.
Why hasnt a turntable manufacturer produced a table with automatic tonearm return/shutoff?
I'm listening to my old Technics 1700 turntable, which has the tonearm return/ shutoff mechanism. It's one of the reasons I don't upgrade. The idea that you have to get up to retrieve the cartridge and turn off the machine makes little sense when the technology has been there for years. I know the issue of the mechanism introducing sound into the table, but it seems to me that the mechanism can be isolated and kept off until the record ends. What gives?
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Personally, I prefer to have as few things in my turntable that can vibrate and adversely affect the sound - I also remove the dust cover when playing records - plus, if it was a big deal for me to have automatic turnoff and return, I'd listen to CD's or stream instead. But I remember the old spindle stacker days when I was a teenager. I also often didn't bother putting records back in their covers back then! |
@pryso - Tone controls have come back relatively recently; you see them on quite a few newer, very expensive, high end preamps and integrateds, and they can be completely removed from the circuitry if they're not to be used. Usually just bass and treble, but I've seen some that have a 'Mid' adjustment, too. |
@analog_tiffer - Ah! I see what you mean. I had a Dual 1019 in the 80's until I let it go when CD's came in and alas, I had no turntable at all during the 90's.... |