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| Best vintage DD turntables from the 70's and 80's? Unless your LP is in terrible condition, I don't see how letting the stylus ride in the run-out grooves for a half a minute or so, while you overcome your intertia and get up to change the LP, is going to hurt it. So, I agree with Chakster. I do... | |
| Harmon Kardon ST-7 with Rabco Tonearm Stringreen, I do think that the tonearm on the ST7 tonearm was a low cost version of the original Rabco SL tonearm, designed specifically and only for the ST7 and never used again. Nor was it ever sold separately. It was therefore either designe... | |
| Best vintage DD turntables from the 70's and 80's? Raul, thanks for that quote from Vintage Knob. Perhaps I failed to read that whole sentence when I consulted VK but as I recall their blurb on the PD444 stated the model number of the M-S motor used by Luxman in that table. I didnt note that it wa... | |
| Herron VTPH-2A Phono Preamp....anyone familiar? I am reminded of the great movie, “Manchurian Candidate”. Were you guys all prisoners of war in Korea, together with Keith Herron, by any chance? | |
| Best vintage DD turntables from the 70's and 80's? Shane (Downunder), Good on you! Great array of turntables and I’m jealous of your P 3. I recently had a copper mat custom made for my L07D and the improvement in SQ was beyond my expectation. | |
| What is the fascination? Tz, keep in mind that Raul eventually recanted and came to declare that low output moving coil cartridges as a class were superior to moving magnet and other types of cartridges. Personally I do not share Chakster’s unequivocal preference for mov... | |
| What is the fascination? I try to stay out of these idiotic debates, but I don’t always succeed. Cleeds, do you really think the AR turntable was one of the best available in days of yore? It was wildly successful because it was regarded as the cheapest ticket to acceptab... | |
| Just an observation here, but???????? blueranger, you touched on an area of controversy. There are two camps, high mass and low mass. Linnies inhabit the latter. Low mass usually goes with spring or other suspensions. High mass usually goes with no suspension. "Better" is whatever... | |
| Best vintage DD turntables from the 70's and 80's? amg, You may be correct, that the DDX1500 is quartz-referenced. I was extrapolating from what I have read, probably on Vintage Knob, about the DDX1000 and DQX1000, namely that the "Q" indicates quartz-referencing. Also, I googled "DQX1500" befor... | |
| Best vintage DD turntables from the 70's and 80's? Forgot to say, I am not a collector. All of my turntables are in use except for the Denon DP80, which I would sell if the market value was not so ridiculously low. If anyone wants to get into this game, the DP80 is the one to look for; it can ge... | |
| Best vintage DD turntables from the 70's and 80's? This is a subject about which I know something. Only two turntables or maybe one and a half turntables mentioned so far would play in the same league with the PD444, if we restrict ourselves to vintage direct drive. These include a Micro Seiki a... | |
| Herron VTPH-2A Phono Preamp....anyone familiar? Come onnnnnn!!! There's got to be someone somewhere who dislikes the Herron phono stage. Or have you all been drinking Kool Aid at BPoletti's house? (This is a joke, folks.) | |
| Best turntable under $2000 Your areas of dissatisfaction with your Rega P2 turntable suggest to me that you would be happier with a direct drive turntable. The faults that you cite in respect of the Rega are possibly due to speed inaccuracy that is endemic with belt drive ... | |
| Help me make a decision! Turntable overload For the OP, I totally agree with those who maintain that the best bang for your buck would be to buy vintage. But taking that pathway requires a certain level of sophistication, understanding of circuit design and of how products interact, and wi... | |
| Help me make a decision! Turntable overload Raymonda, wrong thread. |