Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?

It’s like the original first press versus the remastered reissue.

Top quality vintage analog gear has it’s own glory.
Vintage turntable in perfect condition is also an investment, the price only goes up in time. Luckily we have people who can calibrate them, refurbish them or even upgrade them. Doing it by our own is even more interesting, but not each one can do that. But most of them are just fine and need no service at all. Turntables from the 70s and 80s are amazing, it’s a pleasure to have them and use them, same with tonearms and cartridges from that era. They are all reasonably priced today and it’s great. That was the golden age of the analog. No reason to sell them even if that new Sp-10R is very very good (sooner or later it will be on the used market too). 

@chakster   

+1  :)

Dear @downunder : The SP-10MK3 is a great unit but the new Technics design comes with fundamental/vital characteristics/changes over the MK3 where the MK3 can't compete no matter what: the new Technics comes with a totally new motor design and now is coreless, its TT bearing is way superior, the TT platter is way better damped than the " ringing " MK3 and many other superior characteristics.

No, I don't have yet the opportunity to listen it but I don't need to listen to know its superiority and you neither.

It's the time to let it go the MK3 and MK2s.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.

It's the time to let it go the MK3 and MK2s.

Never, rather death!!!       :)

rauliruegas"The SP-10MK3 is a great unit but the new Technics design comes with fundamental/vital characteristics/changes over the MK3 where the MK3 can't compete no matter what...No, I don't have yet the opportunity to listen it but I don't need to listen to know its superiority and you neither."This is the single most extreme example of so-called "conformation bias' that I have ever seen in this distinguished forum it is interesting how some of the contributors to this forum who most claim to be objective and scientific type who embrace data and verifiable results can make such a holy pronouncement about the inherent audible superiority of one device over another without ever having even heard the specific device that they say they prefer! It is this same faith-based belief in measurements in the absence of any hands on experience that results in these same self appointed gurus proclaiming for example that cables make no difference and that every well designed amplifier within certain limits sound the same! Of course they sound the same and is no difference if you never listen and even if they do as is made clear here their mind is made up they care convinced! Confirmation bias!