Having three turntables (or five) is, you know, fun. It's like having three girlfriends ;-) .
So many great golden era DD tables out there, what do you recommend for $1000?
Pretty much as the title says.
Have been looking for a while for a decent DD table to add to my lot.
Have bought a few lower end ones and ultimately been dissapointed.
Now I know there were/ are literally hundreds of choices from the Japanese Golden era of DD tables.
Looking for suggestions from actual owners of solid DD tables up to about $1000 .
I have read and read but nothing substitutes for real experience.
This would likely not be my primary table, my Garrard 401 has that position for now.
Thank you.
Have been looking for a while for a decent DD table to add to my lot.
Have bought a few lower end ones and ultimately been dissapointed.
Now I know there were/ are literally hundreds of choices from the Japanese Golden era of DD tables.
Looking for suggestions from actual owners of solid DD tables up to about $1000 .
I have read and read but nothing substitutes for real experience.
This would likely not be my primary table, my Garrard 401 has that position for now.
Thank you.
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I recently picked up a vintage Micro Seiki DD-35 from a local auction. I was very pleased to find that the previous (and original) owner had taken meticulous care of it. It was extremely clean with no scratches on the beautiful rosewood plinth. More importantly, mechanically, it was in perfect working order. The original MA-505 tonearm was in perfect shape and included the original H-303X headshell, mounted with a Micro Acoustic 2002e cartridge with a stylus in excellent condition. After a good bit of cleaning, testing, adjusting and re-adjusting, it was time to hook it up. The sound was absolutely sublime. I ultimately ended up replacing the MA 2002e with the Audio-Technica VM540ML that was mounted on my current turntable. The improvement wasn’t huge, but enough for me to stick with the AT and store away the 2002e for future use. Bottom line, I think this is one of the best sub $1000 DD turntables you can get, if you can find one. I couldn’t be happier with mine and hope to get many years of use out of it. https://postimg.cc/XXwqDLWy https://postimg.cc/fSKwWHW2 |
And of course after you have bought something, a very desirable tt pops up right here, very nice looking vintage TT-81 for a fair price considering it includes a dual tonearm plinth and a nice tone arm imho. https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis9i7be-jvc-victor-tt-81-turntable-motor-cl-p2-base-and-ua-7082-t... |
That TT-81 looks to be a bargain...😃 Then there's this TT-101 which can't seem to find a buyer....? |
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