@adsell Thanks for the suggestions. I’ve looked briefly at Microseiki. That DP 8 you’re using looks nice. I’ve been looking at an Amazon Referenz and they pIay well with the Moerch arms from what I’ve read. How do you like yours?
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Sell Me Your Women, Your Children, Your Vintage Turntable...
Ok I’m trying to understand the appeal of buying something like an old Garrard 301 or an elderly Technics all trussed up in a shiny new plinth, versus something manufactured in the 21st century by people not wearing clogs.
Surely modern gear has to perform better, dollar for dollar? It isn’t like these restored Garrards are exactly cheap, i was looking at one for almost $11k yesterday on Reverb. The internals looked like something out of a Meccano set.
I ought to be more in tune with the past, I’m almost 60 and wear bell bottoms, but the style of the older TTs just doesn’t do it for me. Now then, my Dr. Feickert Volare had a look that was hardly futuristic, but that’s about as retro as I’d prefer to go.
All that said... I will buy one of these old buggers if it genuinely elevates performance.
With $10k available for table and arm, on the new or used market, how would you splash the cash?
Rooze
Surely modern gear has to perform better, dollar for dollar? It isn’t like these restored Garrards are exactly cheap, i was looking at one for almost $11k yesterday on Reverb. The internals looked like something out of a Meccano set.
I ought to be more in tune with the past, I’m almost 60 and wear bell bottoms, but the style of the older TTs just doesn’t do it for me. Now then, my Dr. Feickert Volare had a look that was hardly futuristic, but that’s about as retro as I’d prefer to go.
All that said... I will buy one of these old buggers if it genuinely elevates performance.
With $10k available for table and arm, on the new or used market, how would you splash the cash?
Rooze
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@terry9 , I'm afraid that is faulty thinking. True you do not have to worry about foot fall problems. But, you do have to worry about everything else. Don't believe me? Keep your turntable off and place the stylus down on a record, turn up the volume and go have a look at your woofers. They are fluttering. With a Sota they will be dead still. It is called environmental rumble. At worst you might feed back, again a Sota will not do this. Vibration travels through everything and a turntable is a very sensitive vibration measuring device. It does not care where the vibration comes from. Traveling through the air it will sound will even vibrate your tonearm creating an echo that people seem to like. It screws up the imaging. A proper dust cover will cut this at least 10 dB like hearing protectors for your cartridge. Mike Fremer solves the problem by putting his turntable in another room. Mark Dohmann is busy designing an isolation dust cover for the Helix along with vacuum clamping. Fremer also uses a MinusK platform under his table even though it is in another room. He is convinced it sounds better. Watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rgK0YMsJXM |
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