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Turntable - And Sanity - Question

Hello all,

I have an AR EB-101 that I have had for about 15 years. It has a Shure V15 Type V-MR on it that I have always been pleased with. I'm not thrilled with the arm on this turntable, as it's always felt...cheap to me - as a matter of fact, the screw that mounts the headshell stripped almost as soon as I turned the screw.

I'd like to either replace the arm on the AR with something with headshells that can be changed (I'd like to do that with ease, as I have a couple of other styli) or else buy a Technics SL-1800 or something and use it as my main deck and move the Shure to it.

Any suggestions? This is kind of driving me nuts, as I'm really not coming up with a solution I like; I'm looking to have a good sounding rig that doesn't require much overt care and is ideal for casual listening, but won't hurt my vinyl. Does anybody know if any of the various Technics models really measure up to the AR I have?

Thanks,

John Sellards
vanmeter
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rickmac
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A used Thorens purchased on Audiogon or Ebay would be a good choice. Some have detachable headshells and some have detachable arm wands which I prefer. Proper mounting and alignment of the cartridge with good placement of the table in your listening room should yield the results you seek.
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marakanetz
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Congratulations,
You've got classic and great deck that isn't produced anymore although is pretty solid budget performer.

A great choice will be SME 3009 or AudioQuest PT9 arms that are fully adjustable and in $150-ish range new to slightly used. A great addition to the arm may be a budget Goldring cartridge that you can choose whichever you can afford at www.needledoctor.com or ebay(preferably new since more-likely it wouldn't have a diamond stylus that's why cheap).
benthar
42 posts
 
Only time I heard this table was with a
linn basic+ arm and Linn k9 cartridge. The synergy between them was amazing, sounded great. However it might be hard to find these, they are discontinued...and the arm has no removable headshell

ps this table also had three mitchell tenderfeet screwed to the baseboard
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