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Technics SL-10 Linear Tracking

I'm trying to break into the vinyl side of music and I would really appreciate any advice I could get on a hand-me-down from my Dad.

He hasn't used the turntable for at least 15 years, so operationally I have no idea what condition it's in.

The catch is that he misplaced the AC power cord so at the moment i cannot plug it in.

The AC power jack is a lot smaller than the standard size for audio components. The interesting thing is that there are two power supply imputs: the AC power jack and a DC power jack (12 V).

Should I just walk over to Radio Shack and pick up a 12 V universal power cord?

Finally, there is also a MM/MC button on the back, does that mean I won't need to buy a phono stage?

Thanks!

derek
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brick997
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Jed, have you looked into the Jolida JD-9? Popular, flexible and can be found for probably right around $300 or so. If it turns out to be not your thing there's an active resale market.

SL-10 does have a built in pre that isn't the best, as I'm sure you know.
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jedinite24
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Hi Brick997

I'm going to check out the Jolida JD9. I think there is a Jolida dealer not to far away from me locally. Thanks for the heads up. I got the SL-10 hooked up with the built in pre and I'm not a happy camper. The music was faint. I double checked to make sure I had the SL-10's built-in preamp set to MC which I did and the music did play but the volume was low. When I set it to MM music was even more faint.
rhljazz
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I've got news for you. The SL-10 does not have a built in phono amp so no wonder it sounds like crap. It just has a step up for MC or normal output (no step-up)MM. It still requires a phono stage.
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jedinite24
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Hi Rhljazz

Thanks for the news update. My naivete' about vinyl is showing as well as my haste in posting. After reading your most recent post and then scrolling up through this thread I saw that you covered this issue before on Nov 30 2010.
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