jeffjeremy
Active Member
Fantastic little tables!JVC QLA-200 early 80's direct drive. .025% W/F, -78db rumble. Quartz Lock
Underrated turntables....Share Your Knowledge !!!!!
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jeffjeremy
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Thks for the entertainment
YAMAHA P751 DD silver classy...
YAMAHA P751 DD silver classy...
Like Sanyo, in the US Hitachi has been more known for lower-end consumer grade electronics, though they're becoming more known for pretty good quality electric tools lately.
alteclipsch
Super Member
I'll second that. Back in the late 1970s or early 1980s I purchased a modified Technics SLB 202 from Frank Van Alstine. He packed the underside (interior) with modeling clay, re-bent the tone arm to his specifications, and added his Grado Longhorn cartridge. The result was a heavier turntable with almost no resonance, a better angled arm, and a cartridge with increased fidelity. I used it for many years and sold it for more than I paid, which I believe was $175. A bargain, even at those old dollars.
Translations
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Here in CA, I bough a PS58 two years ago for $100? Have prices really gone up that much?
Cadillac89
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The newest turntable I've owned was a Numark TTX and I loved it!
fishookred
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I have a Denon DP-7F direct drive turntable and I love it! after I upgraded the rca/ground cable and put in a new LP GEAR T4P REFERENCE SERIES VS cartridge it sounds amazing. coupled with my cambridge pre-amp its a pretty nice budget setup
Rob DeFries
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nailer
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One man's overrate is another man's underrate.
Thinking the same thing, in fact there would be a lot more underrated expensive tables than inexpensive tables because more people can afford them and in turn talk about them, overrating them. This thread is more of lets talk about "MY" table because "I" like it, or it's just what I have.
Anyway I bought one of these recently, and with any old used table it has to work so really rating anything 40 years old is very very hit and miss. Prior to the CD taking over the world and was competition to record players, they stared to make simple to use complex units.
Behold the Pioneer PL- 88FS, the flagship model for 1984. It does everything except flip the record for you, but hey hit repeat and you never need to get up. Hell it even comes with a MC cartridge and built in dust cover that you can stack gear on.
http://audiokarma.org/forums/index....ng-it-doesnt-have-is-a-remote-control.730760/
bob06
Addicted Member
Not "MY" turntable but "I" like it.
Well I though I would follow the trend, LOL, If we want to talk about underrated at least on this site, I can start posting all my other turntables.
Not "MY" turntable but "I" like it.
Cadillac89
Casual AK Member
Cool deck 4-2-7! I once owned Sony's equivalent of that deck from 1986. Unfortunately when I was given it, it never worked and I was stupid then and just got rid of it. At any rate it may not have been easy to have had repaired but was certainly a rare turntable. I still have the top of the line 1986 Sony receiver that went with it along with 1 of 2 pairs of excellent Sony bookshelf speakers.
danj
modern primitive
Toshiba made some turntables that looked good and performed at least as well as Pioneer/Kenwood/etc. but got little or no respect. Even in the military exchanges in Japan or Subic they were also rans, as was the rest of Toshiba's electronics line. I've seen few here in the States. Akai was very well known for their tape decks but they also made a full-line of products. Some of the Akai receivers are highly regarded but only a few of their rather extensive line of turntables are remembered. I once owned an Akai belt-drive table that wasn't much but some of their direct-drive machines were great looking and fine performers.
I have to nominate the Technics SL-QD33, quartz direct drive, sure it is a p-mount but there are a bunch of decent carts available. Also cheap because it is full auto, even thought they cost more new now they sell at a discount to manuals and semi-autos, go figure.There are many unsung heroes when it comes to turntables...I created this thread so that we can share some of them and maybe if people see them cheap they will know a bit more about them and be able to obtain a good table without spending a lot of that hard won cash.....
So lets leave the Thornes , the Technics and Duals behind and share some unknown gems
Here is mine ...its an Aristona Erres 7125 and its a nice well table with very good specifications ....not that widely avaliable but it can still be picked up for just a few Euros ...I have seen one for just 10€ !
Grab one for less than $100.
lini
just me...
Did Pioneer really offer nothing better on the US market at that time? Over here you could get the PL-707, PL-505 and the PL-L800.
Greetings from Munich!
Manfred / lini