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| vintage turntables? That Technics should not even be mentioned on this site. Strictly DJ fare. DC Direct drive. With all of those DC pulses and other coupled motor noise, it is unlistenable on a ref or near ref system. Made for a different purpose.PcoppolaI'll be the... | |
| vintage turntables? Don't be afraid of the better quality vintage Japan Inc. tables. Denon, JVC, Technics, Pioneer etc. all made high quality tables during the day that would give many an new light fantastic tables today a run for the money if not beat the snot out o... | |
| What's a good beginner turntable at $2500+- range? Just buy a modded KAB USA SL-1200mkII. The money saved can get you a sweet cartridge, a nice record cleaning machine and a decent phono preamp. Trust us who own these Technics SL-1200MMII (modded or not) tables you wont be disappointed if you are ... | |
| young and new to analog. Yes, in theory a manual table is said to perform better, less parts to add noise or vibrate, BUT! in reality a good say late 70's to early 80's vintage table of the higher end types even if they are semi-auto to fully auto will not sound bad and l... | |
| young and new to analog. Chuck,I will also remark that you should consider a Technics SL-1200MKII, with or without KAB USA mods. If your budget allows get the arm rewired and then the fluid damper. You can mount the damper yourself but have Kevin at KAB USA do the rewire.... | |
| How many People own Working Reel to Reel Decks? Mepearson,I hear ya! I believe the same. Reel to reel like cassette decks have lots of moving parts and it is likely not a typical to have some not operate properly. I suggest that those selling machines that may not work just be upfront. To dump ... | |
| How many People own Working Reel to Reel Decks? Funny, because topics like this comes about just as over the past week or two I've been looking at eBay and seeing the reel to reel. It is something I have never owned but am curious in. I think one day in the foreseeable future I may spring for a... | |
| you've got $25,000.00 I'm part way there...KAB USA modified Technics SL-1200MKII turntable with,Cardas arm rewireKAB USA fluid arm damper.KAB USA outboard power supply.Isonoe isolator feet.$1200.00Denon DL-S1 moving coil cartridge.$950.00Benz Micro Lukaschek PP-1.$1750... | |
| Paradigm Monitor 7s Paradigm does not make a bad speaker. I have a friend who has a pair of these and they sound great, quite neutral and well engineered especially given the reasonable prices of all Paradigm products. Their R&D facilities along with manufacturin... | |
| Grand Prix Audio Monaco Turntable Mtkhl567,No doubt that the Monaco is a good example of using some current technologies. I was not trying to compare any turntable from Japan Inc. of the 70's and 80's directly to it. Only in that it is not rocket science in making a turntable that... | |
| Grand Prix Audio Monaco Turntable I'm not sure why you have an issue with Japan Inc. direct drives from the 70's. Sure there were numerous low end models but Japan Inc. darn near perfected the direct drive table by the late 70's and each of the top named makers had shining example... | |
| Grand Prix Audio Monaco Turntable Most Japan Inc. DD's of the late 70's and 80's had W&F with a load from a tonearm/stylus of .025%wrms or lower, .035% Din. at the platter on motor into the .008% wrms. speed error was typically .002% for most and drift from thermal temp. even ... | |
| Grand Prix Audio Monaco Turntable Speed accuracy, speed stability, lack of stylus drag, lack of temp drift and other variables was all overcome in all intents of purpose by late 1970s' to mid 190's Japan Inc. direct drives, especially quartz locked ones.Ability to spin an LP with ... | |
| Goodbye CD's Not for me...Vinyl, CD's and cassettes all have great sound and the joy of owning a PHYSICAL PIECE OF PROPERTY! Nothing wrong with downloads but the day will come when your hard drive becomes corrupted and crashes and/or your flash drive too becom... | |
| Technics 1210/RB-250 vs. stock arm + fluid damper Having owned a Rega RB-250 arm and now owning a SL-1200MKII with Cardas rewire done by KAB I will say I find little to no quality difference in overall performance between an SL-12xxMKII arm and the RB-250 in fact with the Cardas rewire I suggest ... |