What do YOU consider to be the best TT ever built??
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nj pheonix
Lunatic Member
i'm not qualified to comment. i'm reasonably sure you wont get a consensus on one. I am sure you'll get several good suggestions. Price point will make it a moving target too.
Blue Shadow
Waiting for Vintage Gear from this century
Those two don't seem to go together as top tts are over $100k and most starting to get intos are much less. Good Luck.
ghazzer
Senior Member
Welcome to AudioKarma!
You can use Google or other search apps to research the many threads/posts here that address your query. Most of the members already have their own opinion, and it is usually the mfg of the favorite TT that they own, and how it interacts with their other gear.
Get out there and listen to some TTs, 'talk' to a few people, and start to build your opinion.
Good luck, & Enjoy the listening - - -
You can use Google or other search apps to research the many threads/posts here that address your query. Most of the members already have their own opinion, and it is usually the mfg of the favorite TT that they own, and how it interacts with their other gear.
Get out there and listen to some TTs, 'talk' to a few people, and start to build your opinion.
Good luck, & Enjoy the listening - - -
ggregg
Super Member
Yeah, impossible question to answer. Now, if you are looking for questions on best vintage, best value, most popular, etc., some more definitions on the question, then you would get some answers.
However this question, no matter how defined, is really going to be the opinion of the poster. In most cases, it will be a good opinion, but an opinion nonetheless. Plus the cartridge/tonearm has the most important impact on how a turntable sounds and there are as many, if not more, opinions on cartridges, as well as how a specific cartridge works with a specific arm/table.
I'll give you a couple names if you are looking for vintage. While not the best of the day, the AR and AR XA, are very popular vintage turntables, do little wrong and many things right. Also very easy to hot rod, should you wish. Thorens also made numerous models that are most collectors shelves or short lists of turntables they wish to have. While there are many better turntables, the two brands listed above are not uncommon and are usually available on Ebay at any time.
However this question, no matter how defined, is really going to be the opinion of the poster. In most cases, it will be a good opinion, but an opinion nonetheless. Plus the cartridge/tonearm has the most important impact on how a turntable sounds and there are as many, if not more, opinions on cartridges, as well as how a specific cartridge works with a specific arm/table.
I'll give you a couple names if you are looking for vintage. While not the best of the day, the AR and AR XA, are very popular vintage turntables, do little wrong and many things right. Also very easy to hot rod, should you wish. Thorens also made numerous models that are most collectors shelves or short lists of turntables they wish to have. While there are many better turntables, the two brands listed above are not uncommon and are usually available on Ebay at any time.
Mister Pig
Pigamus Maximus
Everyone knows the best turntable ever built was either the Goldmund Studio Reference.
Or the Walker Proscenium.
Bu I you had to slum it, the Forsell Air Force One would be all right.
Or the Walker Proscenium.
Bu I you had to slum it, the Forsell Air Force One would be all right.
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KentTeffeteller
Gimpus Stereophilus!
In my world, the EMT best models are the finest turntables. The 927 and 930st my favorites.
Blue Shadow
Waiting for Vintage Gear from this century
http://www.higherfi.com/spkrlist/speakerlist.php?category=turntables Maybe one of these is as good at the Technics SL-1200
lini
just me...
BASF: Define best! I.e., best in which regard? Just performance? Comfort/ease of use? Extra features? Robustness? Placement insensitivity? Insensitivity to mechanical and/or acoustic feedback? DJ suitability? Repairability? Price-Performance? Low power consumption?
So there can be no single best turntable, just as there can be no single best car or whatever due to the individual mix of preferences and requirements.
Greetings from Munich!
Manfred / lini
So there can be no single best turntable, just as there can be no single best car or whatever due to the individual mix of preferences and requirements.
Greetings from Munich!
Manfred / lini
reydelaplaya
Super Member
We had the best turntable ever, but we launched it into space on the Voyager back in the 70s.*
* yes I know we actually only sent a record and the instructions on how to play it.
