Can anyone recommend a turntable and pickup of current manufacture and of reasonable quality ?
Jim Hawkins
Can anyone recommend a turntable and pickup of current manufacture and of reasonable quality ?
Jim Hawkins
The problem seems to be almost everything these days has a usb or some other data interface rather than good old analogue connections.
Brian
They tend to be either USB junk - just for transferring to HD - or high end these days. I'd keep an eye out for decent secondhand stuff.
Jim, if you're interested in a secondhand unit you could do worse that look at the classified ads on the AV Forums site:
A search for "turntable" in the Home Cinema and Hi-Fi section throws up at least five examples within the last ten days or so, at widely varying prices. All are currently unsold.
Can you indicate your budget?
Project are a good brand of turntable.
might do what you want.
Cheers
Dave R
Rega or Project and an Audio Technica cartridge.
You'd likely get good quality with an ebayed Technics direct drive for a fraction of the cost, however.
I'd definitely go for old kit. There are many good decks about, and at leas t some good pickups. Shure did some nice ones, though a few lemons too. If its for dj use, Stanton was the usual choice, good but not brilliant, and i f you find one an old Thorens deck with pause makes life a bit easier.
I never liked Technics stuff that much. Decent enough, but not really audio phile.
If your budget's minimal, there's always Dual decks, preferably the wooden ones. Sit them on a few towels and you get quite a good result for peanuts.
NT
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