Inexpensive Good Vintage Turntables?
I'm considering buying a turntable again. I've been without one for going on 10 years. This time around, could you recommend some really good inexpensive models (prefer belt but DD OK, too). And carts (preferably modern) that will work with them? And who are good online sellers of restored models? I know very little about vintage turntables ...
No to a vintage LP12. Even it's most ardent admirers often like to say how much it's improved in the last 20 years, and how the opinions of previous owners count for little.
Besides, why subject yourself to sleepless nights fretting over possible 'upgrades', of which there are innumerable?
If it was me I would personally go for an AR deck if I wanted a vintage turntable. And in fact that's exactly what I did when I wanted one.
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@cd318 I was ideologically opposed to the LP12. (UK press...) then I heard one that had the full full Funk Firm treatment, and another by Vinyl Passion. On both occasions it just simply sounded great - very entertaining. |
new decks - a lot of Emperors New Clothes IMHO. Harry Weisfeld of VPI once said in an interview to produce a Technics SP10 would require £30k - for tooling - the motor etc. In TT design the pinnacle of high tech relative to market usage/penatration was the 70's. Magnetic strips for speed control on platters can only be done by companies with real manufacturing economies of scale. Most belt drives are far more low tech than DD's of the 70's. Most of the new tech is a regurgitation of previous designs and technology.
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