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Recommendation for a 12 year old

So a very good friend of mine's daughter is all into the vinyl scene. I took her to Amoeba Records here in Los Angeles and she picked out some Beatles, some AC/DC(!),and some Nirvana. Guess she's a rock and rolla at heart...gotta love that.

Anyway, she has a turntable that her mom purchased that ran a hundred dollars or so, and as you might imagine it does a fine job of finding it's own way around the records. Groove...what groove?!

So my question is this: What turntable would you recommend to a twelve year old that doesn't completely thrash her records? I am guessing that it should be an automatic or semi-automatic TT to ease with the placement and removal of the tonearm on/off the record. Something used and easy to find. Hopefully loaded with its own cartridge as well.

Any ideas?

GLR
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raymonda
855 posts
 
U turn or an older Pioneer pl512, pl514. Rega p1, p2 or Nad or Rotel. Sonograph and Aniston also made good tables. You might even get a Linn Axis or thorens td 150 or 160 series.
djohnson54
396 posts
 
I'll second the U-Turn that Raymonda mentioned. Everything included that you need (even a dust cover) starting at $179.

http://uturnaudio.com/turntables
czarivey
5,939 posts
 
Sony 5520; Pioneer PL560; Pioneer PL41; Yamaha YP201.
Get Shure M97e cartridge and $200...250 gets her to great analogue vintage setup.
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syntax
2,193 posts
 
TW Acoustic Raven AC3
miner42
709 posts
 
I started my son on a Technics linear tracker (SP? - not sure of model number) and it has been a 'spoiler' of sorts - fully auto, finds the chosen track automatically, was a freebie(I overhauled it somewhat by adding a new belt and new grease to the worm gear). His next step up will the the U-Turn but he has already mentioned that being fully manual it will take some getting used to.
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