taya tt

[mavericklrc]

Hi all,

I'm new here and very new to turntables, I found a little taya cp-300 at a pawn shop for 30 bucks, it's in beautiful shape but can't find any info on the net about. Is it a decent brand for starting out with?

Thanks

 

[Balifly]

Hi all,

I'm new here and very new to turntables, I found a little taya cp-300 at a pawn shop for 30 bucks, it's in beautiful shape but can't find any info on the net about. Is it a decent brand for starting out with?

Thanks

Welcome to the AK turn table forum.

Solid work horse made by CEC-Chou Denki of Japan.

Taya was a Toshiba brand/label.

Very similar to the Realistic R-8010.
http://www.vinylengine.com/library/realistic/r-8010.shtml

 

[mythless]

I would say the internal mechanism are exactly like the Realistic. They are nice starter tables, that's for sure. A good serving, a new belt, potential new motor mounts with a stylus and you're good to go!

 

[mavericklrc]

Thank you so much for the reply and info. I'm glad it will be a good brand to start with. It is very similar to that realistic tt for sure. Thanks again for the info!! I look forward to being on this forum page.
Cheers

 

[Montycat]

Yes, decent turntable. My first was a Taya CP-250. And as you might guess from the respondents in this thread it was probably most common in Canada.