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| Pioneer Direct Drives - Now and then? Vintage Pioneer is much better turntable and much more expensive. If you want the best from Pioneer then look for Pioneer Exclussive P3a series, but prepare tons of cash. If you want a decent Pioneer Hi-Fi look for PL70II (used). New Pioneer is a ... | |
| What to do with pre-owned vinyl? I will tell you again, if there is one rare record in your collection, this record alone can cost more than entire collection. Jazz, Gospel, R&B from the 70's (originals) can be rare today if it's not a mainstream. Worth to check by titles on ... | |
| Buying a new TT today Please...some of the most expensive turntables in the world are uhm...belt drivenThis is pointless argument. We’re talking about turntables with stable rotation and they are Direct Drive, no one using belt drive motor to cut lacquer (acetate) beca... | |
| Buying a new TT today I’ve noticed that questions about turntable upgrade on this forum coming from people who own those Rega, Pro-Ject and related belt drive turntables, we have over 50 posts about it, almost even week a new post (and same turntables) over and over ag... | |
| What to do with pre-owned vinyl? You have to check popsike.com for each release to make sure if there are any rare records. As you might know some rare records cost over $100 each (and to infinity). Then you have to check discogs.com for each release and you will see how many av... | |
| The Hardest Naturally Occurring Substance on Earth .. folks who decide which turntable to play the LP on based on the condition of the LP. another audiophile nonsense, unless you’re not collecting vinyl in VG or VG- condition, which is impossible to listen to, even on dedicated turntable.Fair VG+... | |
| Is there an ideal (ish) cartridge output? We all know that most preamps sound best with the volume control fairly wide open.... So, I always look for a cartridge with output that for my typical system listening volume will keep the volume control on my preamp in a generously open (highish... | |
| 70’s rock pressings. Witch equipment deserve? 1.- buy yourself a nice vintage MM cartridge from the same era with Line Contact type stylus (avoid spherical/conical or elliptical). I would regard this statement as entirely false! The cutting stylus used on any stereo LP is the same today as it... | |
| Buying a new TT today But what ever cartridge you buy the ultimate sound you are able to get out of it depends on the tonearm and its support or turntable . Best sound quality for cartridges are in the moving coil camp which normally are low compliance so if you go w... | |
| Buying a new TT today So many reasonable opinions and suggestions here. But I’m going to be a contrarian. I owned a ProJect Debut Carbon DC for a few months, and...sorry, despite advice from well-informed friends, despite all the rave reviews, I HATED it. First of all,... | |
| How does Shure V15 Type IV compare? @xcool Stanton made so many different models including very cheap models for mass market and for djs and radiostations back in the day, but we're talking about a few top of the line high-end models with Stereohedron stylus tip here, nothing else. ... | |
| Buying a new TT today If you have Technics dealer make sure to check this turntable at some physical store, some people just don't understand what it is looking at the pictures online. You have to touch it, press start and stop button, put the needle of the record, adj... | |
| turntable I have Pioneer PC-1000 mkII cartridge with Beryllium cantilever, one of the greatest MM, you can read about it online. I enjoyed it so much that i’ve been looking for almost every sample appeared for sale and bought nearly all of them (including o... | |
| Turntable and amp combination That SP-20 came out beautifully! Phenomenal job. I immediately took screen shots to add to my audio porn pics. Thanks, here is a closeup and yet another view. I like that black custom armboard (we made) better than the original on this sh10b3 p... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive chakster, no joke at all. You should review your audio history. The AR XA was a ground breaking turntable. Not only was it less expensive than everything else. It was also better performing and not by a little. It’s only over site was the lack of ... |