Why not Music Hall TT's

I had a MMF7 and sold it and bought a VPI hw19jr. Much more musical TT. It was nearly an even swap. I did have to buy a cartridge and ended up buying a Grado Reference Sonata that was way better than the Goldring. MHO.

The parrots mention them a lot. They're good TTs for people who don't know any better...

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They used to get mentioned all the time here. Mainly it's that they're not as tweak-and-mod-able as comparable Regas, Linns, and VPIs, like the others have said. They sound fine but when you want to upgrade you pretty much have to get a whole new rig. Not so with the Regas and especially old LP12s and VPIs.

Not just because they aren't easily upgraded... when was the last time you saw some other turntable, say a Sota or a Linn or a VPI with a "Music Hall Tonearm". With the Rega, at least, you've got a absolute winner of a tonearm that can be used on MANY other turntables with great result. And, since these two brands share similar price points, it make the Rega more of a contender.

Beside that, the "whole comes with a Goldring cartridge" thing is just so universal and not everyone wants a Goldring cartridge.

Besides the Music Halls and the Regas, I think the VPI Hw19 series is a fantastic buy at the prices these are going for these days. A truely great turntable, in build quality and sound quality. So I agree with the previous poster.

Good Luckc

I had a mmf-1or2 whatever their first table was.
It was ok for my first table but I didnt keep it long.
My biggest gripe was customer service from 'the maker' I had a problem with the arm and he wouldnt help me out at all.