This is wierd, I just stumbled on this thread after just picking up a Pioneer PL1000 from a work friend who bought it when he was stationed in Germany in 1982. He shipped it home and never played it much if at all. Well, after giving him $50.00 for it, I got it home, opened the box and Wow this TT is brand new. The dust cover is absolutely pristeen. Pluged it in and every thing works perfectly. Now to research a little more n this TT.
Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened?
Curious as to the demise and downfall of the seemingly short lived linear tracking TT.
Just from a geometry point of view I would have thought a linear arm should be superior to one with a fixed pivot that sweeps through an arc.
Obviously there is much more to it than that, sort of the reason for this thread.
I am genuinely interested in trying one out for myself as well.
Just from a geometry point of view I would have thought a linear arm should be superior to one with a fixed pivot that sweeps through an arc.
Obviously there is much more to it than that, sort of the reason for this thread.
I am genuinely interested in trying one out for myself as well.
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@uberwaltz that air prodigy is definitely a partial copy of the Trans Fi Terminator now being produced in Russia since Vic retired -
https://www.musicfromvinyl.shop/ @twoleftears I caved and I just bought a Clearaudio TT5 to try out |
Dragged my old Technics SL-10 out today to take a good look at it. I stopped using it as it had started to sound very sibilant. Plus I had a number of other tables so. After removing the Azden cart I can see the cause of sibilance. The cantilever was bent to one side, have to put that down to me being clumsy I guess. Rummaged around in my cart drawer and found an old Shure M-92 variant in a p mount, nice find. Fitted and sat down and suitably impressed with the SQ in my main rig. As it takes up so little space I will keep it there for a while and put some miles on it. |
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