Hello All, Would a lightly used Marantz TT-15s1 with the original cartridge at $800 be a good price and a good table to get if upgrading from a Denon Dp-300 with a Ortofon 2M Blue cart? Thanks
I don’t get it.... Get a brand new one with virtuoso cartridge for around 1500 or a used one for around 1500....? How is that a good deal? Am I missing something?
Sorry, I probably wasn't clear. The table is selling for $800 without cartridge and if I were to add a Hana SL MC (which I am assuming would be a superior cartridge to the stock Virtuoso, please correct me if I am wrong in my assumption), then that might be a decent deal, perhaps not a great deal but decent. Do you feel I am looking at it all wrong?
IMHO that's not a very good deal. I saw one with a cartridge at Echo Audio recently for the same price. I own the Virtuoso Wood and the Hana SL and it would be hard to say that one is "better" than the other. The Virtuoso is a little more detailed, the Hana SL a little more neutral. I haven't tried them back to back on the same table to compare them, but those are my impressions. Go to hifishark.com and search for the TT-15s1 and click on the sold/expired tab to see what they typically sell for and decide for yourself if that's a good deal or not.
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