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Technics SL-D2 or SL-DD22

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Monkey_Paul

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hi,

I’m new here. I’ve been lurking for a couple of weeks trying to educate myself a little, I’m after buying myself a turntable to start playing vinyl.

It’s just for home use. I have an amp and some nice speakers.

I was thinking of buying something second hand as I believe I can get better value for my budget of around $100.00. I’m also kinda sold on technics.

After searching I’ve got down to these two. I don’t mind spending a little extra if the difference in quality is worth it for the SL-D2. Also I get the feeling I may need to buy a new needle/cartridge for the SL-DD22. Any feedback from you guys would be very insightful. Thanks.



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Thanks,

The hinges for the dust cover on the SL-D2 are broke. Is this an easy fix for me? The guy said he’d knock a little of the price for this issue.
 
I'm going to give a contrary view or at least some pro's for the DD22. It's specs for Wow & Flutter are better as well as for Rumble although the difference is unlikely to be audible. The DD22 uses a P mount system which eliminates the need for cartridge alignment and in this particular sample it has no dust cover issues.

The point is that SL-DD22 is more 'plug and play' if you are less interested in getting the last bit of performance and just want to listen to vinyl records on a good system.
 
Sorry I also should’ve mentioned SL-DD22 has no dust cover. Guy said this is already reflected in the price. This is from a store/dealer. SL-D2 from private party.
 
I went for the SL-D2.

The turntable is in really good shape but the volume is incredibly low. I've plugged the turntable RCA cables directly into the aux/phono setting on my amplifier but need to turn the volume up to the maximum for it to be audible.

Am I missing something here. What could the problem be? Do i need a preamp?
 
You need to plug it into the phono input on your receiver, and if you don't have phono in, you will either need a new receiver with phono in, or a phono preamp. You can plug in the phono preamp into an auxiliary input. CD, TV, Sat, VCR, Tape are all the same level inputs, but the phono has no amplifier built into the circuit between the stylus and the Phono input, so it needs an extra boost.
 
Monkey_Paul said:
I went for the SL-D2.

The turntable is in really good shape but the volume is incredibly low. I've plugged the turntable RCA cables directly into the aux/phono setting on my amplifier but need to turn the volume up to the maximum for it to be audible.

Am I missing something here. What could the problem be? Do i need a preamp?
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It should work OK with the "phono" input of the amplifier.

It would be as described if you used the " aux'" of the amplifier.

If your amplifier does not have a "phono" input, you will need an additional phono preamp. :)
 
Balifly said:
Not going to be an easy fix. :no:
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MacNoob said:
The plastic tabs? They're commonly broken.

http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/technics-dustcover-fix-redux.656267/

I'm lucky enough to have two similar tables, with intact tabs! You bet I'm really careful with them.
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It is an easy fix. I recently bought a SL-D2 with one of the tabs broken off. I fixed it per the linked thread above. The linked thread below shows photos of my repaired dust cover.

http://audiokarma.org/forums/index....iy-feet-for-a-pioneer-receiver-update.801923/

@Monkey_Paul links to Craigslist are not allowed, except in Dollars and Sense. You need to remove the links or this thread will get moved to D&S.
 
@Monkey_Paul Ebay links are not allowed either. Please remove. I would bet that the amp shown does not have a phono stage in it. You will probably need to buy an external phono preamp.
 
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