Advice for a beginner

[BrocLuno]

Sorry, did not realize this was a P mount. But that's cool too. It means any cartridge that will mount will be aligned and balanced as all P mounts are built to one spec. There are good P mount cartridges and some will accept upscale styli. Disregard comments about universal headshells. Not for this table.

Straight, curved, S, J are all types of arm tubes. There are esoteric considerations for each. But when engineered correctly, they most all do the job just fine. Don't worry about this until you step way up the food chain. By that time you'll be an old hand

As for plinth styles, I like sleek and sometimes that means slim. Most of mine are currently thick and the better ones are real wood (like the JVC QLY5F), but I would like to have an Oracle Paris, a faux marble Kenny with Black Widow arm, and a new Thorens thin base with S arm (there is one) in mahogany. These are all thin to medium, but lovely TTs to me

 

[darthdave]

Well p mount is really good for me right now because I was getting really worried about azimuths and whatnot. I am getting stereophile magazine and the stuff in there is all so compilicated and I dont think 25000 is a sweet price for any kind of TT. Ha I still eat this stuff up and I really enjoy learning about all he sound equipment I can. I wish I could quit my job so I could play with my system all day

 

[BrocLuno]

There's a good discussion of P-Mount carts over in a thread recently posted about a Sanyo ...

 

[Mr. Lin]

For three bucks I can't complain. As for a vintage record player I would like to own one of everything if I could but the Project DIII Is what I picked simply for the usb port and the price range. Yea like 500 bucks or so. I would definitely love to get a huge heavy vintage one someday I love stuff like that. My gramps has a Thorens from the days before stereo a big freakin huge massive wooden based one. I assume he bought it in 1957 along with the two 60 watt Mcintosh tube amps and vintage preamp he still runs on some really old Klipsh Speakers....Droooool.

Where did you read that the Debut III has a USB port?

 

[Metalownz]

I love big heavy plinths, massive thick platters and S-shaped arms. That's why I go vintage.

You and me both. And thats exactly why i agreed with the above poster. I never have a problem with isolation and all of the problems that the 80's turntables seem to bring. I say go vintage pre 1980.

 

[Metalownz]

Agreed!

I made the mistake, and bought a Sansui 1980 something model, and had all kinds of problems with it. Plastic crap. I also had a plastic Sony turntable, you know the silver plastic type. I got hum all the time, and it just didnt sound good at all. Then i figured, im going vintage! Ive never looked back. I now own two Realistic LAB-400 tt's, and they never give me a problem. They have everything you mentioned, S shaped tone arm, nice heavy plinth, the motor is quiet, and they are very durable machines. I absolutley recommend them as i think they are a little under the radar.