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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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syntax
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TW Acoustic Raven AC3
miner42
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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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yogiboy
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Denon DP-29F. Needle Doctor $150 with cartridge!
rlwainwright
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BestBuy is blowing out the Denon DP-29F (with cart.) for $67!!

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/denon-2-speed-turntable/6637641.p

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rar1
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I would go with new. I have had little luck with the reliability of used, older turntables.

In one of my systems, I have an Audio Technica AT-120LP available for $250 with free shipping from a number of eBay sellers. It has a built-in preamp, a decent sounding cartridge, and is built like a tank. She will have this turntable through high school and possibly college. It is a manual turntable, but I don't think that is an issue to a generation of kids that would be accustomed to using iMacs and iPods and iPhones and iEtc.

I am a big believer in starting kids out early with decent equipment that produces decent sound. It is how an appreciation for good sound can start.

Rich
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