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Underrated turntables....Share Your Knowledge !!!!!

moewillis said:
he (or she) is super defensive. there was nothing wrong with your post whatsoever.
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Now this is off topic but if he wants only specific info in his threads, maybe he can post for us.

Whatever, I'm not concerned and we can get back on topic with the mention of those 100-200 buck tables when new, the Pioneer PL-112/115 and a bunch of JVC tables. I've had two through here that were pretty decent but were cheap new. One belt drive, new belt a little lube on the operating levers and good quality feel to operation. The direct drive needed to have some adjustments made but it too worked just fine. Specs were better than the current Regas, because they don't provide specs.
 
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I am going to toss out Sony tables. No particular model. They have a bunch of very good to great tables out there. Just stay away from the plastic later ones.
 
Sandstrom said:
Have had a Sanyo Plus Q50 , the Sanyo Plus series of turntables are really great although they might be more known than others, I did find one for 12 bucks once.
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Ya know I think you can also find these turntables with the Fisher label on them, and since most people run for the hills when they see modern Fisher stuff you can usually pick them up for peanuts.
 
I picked up a JVC JL-F50 full auto TT, with the original JVC-Victor Z-1S cart on it, from a guy last year for $30. The unit needed very little clean up and adjusting. Sounds very nice and keeps the speed perfectly.
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Hitachi's PS line are some excellent turntables, and can be found for around $100. Very tough to beat for price and sound.
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I wish I could find them for that cheap. I see them sell on eBay for a few hundred.

audiojones said:
Ya know I think you can also find these turntables with the Fisher label on them, and since most people run for the hills when they see modern Fisher stuff you can usually pick them up for peanuts.
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You are right. I don't know about the Q25 but I've definitely seen either the Q40 or Q50 as a Fisher. The Sanyo has better styling though.
 
Ofcourse I dropped my fav under rated TT somewhere else, before. So you might have seen it.
It's rare, it's made of wood with thick aluminium and it could use some other base colour.
The unit is the Siemens RW-555, full automatic, direct drive. It costed me € 30 but I had to redo the 5 pin din plug cable. For the rest. SHEER QUALITY.
Made by Fujiya. (Micro, Luxman)
Motor for arm transport, stable speed, nice looks (with piano lacquer) and arm.
Go and find one..... rare, but still cheap.
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Another sleeper, looks mediocre, but also 2 motors, fully automatic and also from Fujiya.
Servo lock and plastic housing.
Counterweight has issues, but sound is very much ok.
Maranz 6600
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Hitachi's PS line are some excellent turntables, and can be found for around $100. Very tough to beat for price and sound.
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Yes, these tables are great and sell very quickly and most of the time for over $200. My first non thrift store turntable was the PS-48 and I really liked it. Another nice table is the Hitachi HT-460. Direct drive with the uni-q drive, nice tone arm.
 
Vinylmasters said:
I know he said not to mention Technics, but I more than agree on those 'cheap' DD's they had. I have a few of them I have picked up. It's rare to find a problem with them, and with a good cart that sound extremely good for the $$$.
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I believe that many of the 'cheap' Technics belt-drive turntables were also underrated. Price-wise they represented the bottom of the Technics line, but they will play well above their modest price points when fitted with a good cartridge. I personally prefer the S-arm models from the late 1970s such as the SL-210, SL-220, SL-230, and the SL-235 changer to the later P-mount models.

I wouldn't call the AR turntable underrated, though it's still possible to find one for not much money. I prefer the phrase "poor man's classic" as a description of the AR XA. Back before used turntable prices began climbing, I picked up two complete XAs in working condition for $10 each. One of them even had an undamaged original dust cover! I sold one of them a few years back at a nice profit and hung onto the other one as potential mod bait for a Marc Morin upgrade.
 
sl 1600 mk2...it really is a fantastic table. speed stability the mk2 arm isn't too bad either. The best part is the automatic features. the auto recognition of the disc size, the auto start/stop, whats not to like? It really is a technological wonder!
 
My little 1989 black plastic rascal Kenwood P-83. Purchased several years ago as NOS for ten Euros. It's precise name is:

Kenwood "Computer Controlled Linear Tracking Turntable System P-83" ;)

This rare turntable performs nicely and I used it quite often for a while.
 
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