This Weekend's TT Haul
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That 125LC is a great cartridge 
Windwalker
Super Member
Damn skippy
That 125lc out be great
That 125lc out be great
) for ten bucks at a flea market recently. Here's a pic:
LatinLupeLu
music junkie audio addict
Nice all around, you have excellent hunting skills man. Consider me jealous! That Kenwood looks really sweet. I typically don't dig black plinths but that looks good for some reason
Redboy
a few good watts
I've got one of those! It's a good looking machine, for sure.
MaxSeven
Word Skeptic
I was thinking about that course of action today, so I must have telepathically picked up on your thoughts.
It would be very difficult for me to part with the following:
Empire 598's (two of them)
Thorens 126 MKII
AR, The Turntable
Marantz 6300
So that leaves the following:
Yamaha YP-B2
Kenwood KD-3070
Technics SL-3200
Philips 312
Sony 5520
Harman Kardon ST8
Garrard SynchroLab 95
I suppose I could ultimately be persuaded on the initial group, if the price were right and I suppose I would have to if I wanted either of the below.
I'd love to get a Music Hall MMF-9.1 or a TD-160HD.
musicgioni
New Member
I could not agree more. Although I do not know just how much these have cost you or how much they could fetch in ebay if you are really serious about music and not playing around with TTs then you should at least have a serious TT first and then play as you like later...
Still, I would be a lier not to say to you I just love the pictures and just how cool this vinat gear looks. I totally understand you if you are in just for the SPORT (changing gear, buying and selling vintage stuff...) but if you are serious about music you should give a more modern TT a try...
Cheers
carbonman
It's All About The Music
The TD126 Mk.II is an awesome turntable. I'd put one of these properly set up with a really good high-compliance cartridge against anything under $4K new these days. The Isotrack arm has been unfairly maligned by some. It works very well with the proper cartridge.
MaxSeven
Word Skeptic
Max, when you tire of either of those Empires, you know who to talk to first...
You're first on the list. :thmbsp:
MaxSeven
Word Skeptic
I have that feeling as well about the Thorens. It is hard to decide between the two different philosophies:
Invest money into a benchmark vintage table, such as the Thorens, Empire or AR.
Or purchase something new.
I have been tempted into doing a Sound of the Wood upgrade to the AR, with an outboard power supply and speed controller, new motor etc.
Likewise with either the Thorens or Empire. Upgrades galore.
I'm sure anyone could purchase a very sweet slightly used reference quality TT from Audiogon. So that is an option.
Perhaps ultimately, it will be the flip of coin.
Stanton681EEES
Addicted Member
Redboy
a few good watts
Try to figure out what your end goal is before you drive too hard in one direction or the other.
For me, it was all about the tinker factor. I'm finding that the older decks - those that respond well to mods and upgrades - do a lot more for me than the new tables. I have/ had a couple of fairly respectable, newer turntables here and they sounded very nice, but that was about it. No challenge - anyone can go out and buy a good table, given they have the funds available. With proper setup, voila, you've got good music! And maybe that's just what you want, very good sound without the fuss.
However, the other path is to take an old, superbly built tank of a table and squeeze every ounce of performance out of it that you can. Get your fingers dirty, tear your hair out, maybe zap yourself a little when you're a bit careless... Research, experiment, dabble, invent, fuss. The end goal will be something unique, and there's a certain pride in watching your friends' jaws drop when that "old thing" plays its opening notes.
Just a thought. I'm too new at this to offer advice yet!
MaxSeven
Word Skeptic
Try to figure out what your end goal is before you drive too hard in one direction or the other.
For me, it was all about the tinker factor. I'm finding that the older decks - those that respond well to mods and upgrades - do a lot more for me than the new tables. I have/ had a couple of fairly respectable, newer turntables here and they sounded very nice, but that was about it. No challenge - anyone can go out and buy a good table, given they have the funds available. With proper setup, voila, you've got good music! And maybe that's just what you want, very good sound without the fuss.
However, the other path is to take an old, superbly built tank of a table and squeeze every ounce of performance out of it that you can. Get your fingers dirty, tear your hair out, maybe zap yourself a little when you're a bit careless... Research, experiment, dabble, invent, fuss. The end goal will be something unique, and there's a certain pride in watching your friends' jaws drop when that "old thing" plays its opening notes.
Just a thought. I'm too new at this to offer advice yet!
Good call Nate, I am tending to favor the methodology you describe above. I would really love to tweak the **** out of the AR as shown in the attached photo.
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