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Can someone tell me what the Dual DT250 is.
Yes sir, please see the following link:
https://www.dual.de/produkte/plattenspieler/dt-250/
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Can someone tell me what the Dual DT250 is.
Ah, a ricer Dual product.
From china, it seems.
On my car group, we call other cars 'ricers' if from Asia.
I'm a Brooklynite.
This is an interesting discussion.
I have owned a Technics SL-Q2. If it was in very good shape, it is a very good turntable.
The prices you are looking at show a high demand. I like to see that, but it negates any of the online stories you could read about getting a great turntable for $25. I think most of those are like Instagram.
You have a list of turntables. If they work (keep speed and look like they have been cared for) you can't go wrong.
I think you should buy on aesthetics.
The sl-dd2 definitely caught my eye, but the price seems steep.
Here is a less expensive older model with S tone arm and standard 1/2 inch headshell.
Technics SL-D2
Auto-return and Auto-stop
https://www.vinylengine.com/library/technics/sl-d2.shtml
Technics SL-D2 Turntable - $175 (Metrotown)
https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/bnc/ele/d/technics-sl-d2-turntable/6486126249.html
The sl-dd2 definitely caught my eye, but the price seems steep.
I understand your want to get the best deal. A turntable you can trust is worth twice the price of a questionable one. How long will you own the turntable against the price?
If you flip turntables or can refurbish turntables, that is different.
So this is a better model?
This is a “tide me over” table, until I do more research and find the exact, higher end, long term table. Probably in the spring
Is it a budget question that you are spending a solid amount of time researching these tables? You can look at the specs of a couple of these tables and be pleased to have them in your system.
Expensive tables are great, but the rest of your system has to ready to make them sound good