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Miracord 50H Turntable

My dad had a Miracord 50H turntable. Unfortunetly, he recently passed away and the turntable has been offered to me. I know little about it in regards to quality and recommendations as to what cartridges might be a good match. I have been looking to get a turntable and thought this would be useful for the time being. My pre-amp is an Audible Illusions Modulus 3A. The amp is McCormack DNA-1 Deluxe with a Revision A Gold uprade and my speakers are Thiel 3.6's. Any help out there? Thanks.
kleiman421
twl
3,251 posts
 
Sell it to 1953 and buy a Rega.
sean
6,231 posts
 
Are you guys trying to say that not only do TT's sound different from one another, but that they can sound better than CD's ??? Perish the thought.... : ) Sean
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gregm
3,405 posts
 
Relax Sean, it's just Twl going nostalgic on us :^) Just watch, he'll start talking about thermionic tubes next..!
1953
140 posts
 
Sean :

Yeah, imagine that. Heresy, it's shear heresy to think that something designed in the 60s & 70s can sound musical.

Actually my experience with these old tables that can change records started by a whim. I spotted a Dual 1019 sitting on a dealer's used shelf for $35. Picked it and a Grado Blue up for $100, took it home cleaned it up, changed the grease, mounted the cartridge, set the overhang and VTA (with shims...more heresy), plugged it in and fell off my chair during the first track. Yeah there was rumble but you gotta remember that back in the 60s, getting your system to output much of anything below 40 HZ was a minor miracle. Yeah the bass was a bit soft with a kinda fat midbass but boy could it boogie. Nice and open too comparing quite favorably to my P3 rig.

Hey, my point is that for less than $150 and with proper set up, Kleiman can step into enjoyable analog with a vintage piece that's also a keepsake from his Dad.
twl
3,251 posts
 
Now about those thermionic tubes...:-)
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