What TT's do you folks have
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merrylander
AK Member
As a new member I have been browsing here and there. This is an impressive list of TTs!
Mine is a rega P2 I bought new in 1980 while living in Ottawa. It has the OEM'd RB200 arm and the only mod was to replace the Rega feet with Audio Technica isolation feet, bought a new belt last year, other than that it looks new.
Run three cartridges with it; Audio Technica AT-5, Shure V15 Mk III (I had the pleasure of meeting its designer, Lee Gunter of Shure), and an Audio Technica AT31G MC that I picked up in London (UK) while doing a seminar there. Only MC that I have ever seen with a replaceable stylus.
It sits on the desk beside my computer whil I burn CDs from my vinyls, maily because it is so hard to get those 12" platters in the slot in the car radios.
Rob
Mine is a rega P2 I bought new in 1980 while living in Ottawa. It has the OEM'd RB200 arm and the only mod was to replace the Rega feet with Audio Technica isolation feet, bought a new belt last year, other than that it looks new.
Run three cartridges with it; Audio Technica AT-5, Shure V15 Mk III (I had the pleasure of meeting its designer, Lee Gunter of Shure), and an Audio Technica AT31G MC that I picked up in London (UK) while doing a seminar there. Only MC that I have ever seen with a replaceable stylus.
It sits on the desk beside my computer whil I burn CDs from my vinyls, maily because it is so hard to get those 12" platters in the slot in the car radios.
Rob
ronflugelguy
MacIntosh Fan
Gee, I haven't figurd out how to get them in the CD player either!:jawdrop:
CUlater
Member #287, thereabouts
Favorite all around table - BIC 980. Not just good performance, but I like its heritage of forcing the changer market over to belt drive almost single handedly. :ntwrthy:
Fancy-schmancy table - Yamaha YP-D8. Tonearm has so many adjustments that I find it daunting, and I'm surprised that a base with that level of density and mass doesn't have an accretion ring circulating about it. :alien:
Workhorse table - Technics SL-230. Just works well, all the time. No drama.
Table I wish I didn't like - a couple of old BSRs. Same principle as junk food...a guilty pleasure of watching it go through its industrial gyrations, knowing that more music has been played by these things than any other. Just not very *good* music....
Rube Goldberg table - Garrard Zero 92. 'nuff said.
That's the majority of the Casa Gentry inventory. I'm sure I left off a few that are around here somewhere...
Oh, BTW, if anyone has a lead on the manual for the YP-D8 I'd appreciate it. Yamaha's site doesn't have one, and they looked in their archives and couldn't turn one up...
Fancy-schmancy table - Yamaha YP-D8. Tonearm has so many adjustments that I find it daunting, and I'm surprised that a base with that level of density and mass doesn't have an accretion ring circulating about it. :alien:
Workhorse table - Technics SL-230. Just works well, all the time. No drama.
Table I wish I didn't like - a couple of old BSRs. Same principle as junk food...a guilty pleasure of watching it go through its industrial gyrations, knowing that more music has been played by these things than any other. Just not very *good* music....
Rube Goldberg table - Garrard Zero 92. 'nuff said.
That's the majority of the Casa Gentry inventory. I'm sure I left off a few that are around here somewhere...
Oh, BTW, if anyone has a lead on the manual for the YP-D8 I'd appreciate it. Yamaha's site doesn't have one, and they looked in their archives and couldn't turn one up...
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Well no list, one super TT is enough...
Actually its an older AR-XA, but several years back, the arm was removed by me, and a friend, and we mounted a Japanese Carbon Fiber Arm in its place... This arm actually came off a later AR TT... I forget which model. But it is black, and thin, and has a removable cartridge mount.
I've got about 8 or 9 mounts each with a different vintage cartridge... but my fav is a B&O SP-12... the one that looks like the nose of the Concorde. It has a long thin cantilever and a nude elliptical diamond for low mass. Its a wonderful sounding cartridge... but it weighs so much it can't be properly counterbalanced in the arm... So I stuck a round ceramic magnet removed from some modern headphones onto the back of the counterweight, which adds enough weight to just adjust for zero.
Wonderful sort of one-of-a-kind TT.
I'll see if I have a pix somewhere.
-Steve
Actually its an older AR-XA, but several years back, the arm was removed by me, and a friend, and we mounted a Japanese Carbon Fiber Arm in its place... This arm actually came off a later AR TT... I forget which model. But it is black, and thin, and has a removable cartridge mount.
I've got about 8 or 9 mounts each with a different vintage cartridge... but my fav is a B&O SP-12... the one that looks like the nose of the Concorde. It has a long thin cantilever and a nude elliptical diamond for low mass. Its a wonderful sounding cartridge... but it weighs so much it can't be properly counterbalanced in the arm... So I stuck a round ceramic magnet removed from some modern headphones onto the back of the counterweight, which adds enough weight to just adjust for zero.
Wonderful sort of one-of-a-kind TT.
I'll see if I have a pix somewhere.
-Steve
OK, everyone has such great lists of turntables...
OK, I'll admit, I have two or three "other" turntables, which I don't think I've ever used.
One I think is a Sony, that was a freebie. The other is a Stanton, neither is really high end, but I'll say the Stanton is interesting. Instead of a normal ball bearing there are powerful opposing magnets under the platter and on the chassis which form an "Air Bearing" and I thought that a super idea... too bad they ruined it with a cheap :uzi: :uzi: plastic base!~~!
Also a proprietary headshell, I've never been able to find another, so maximum useability would be for one cartridge...
-Steve
OK, I'll admit, I have two or three "other" turntables, which I don't think I've ever used.
One I think is a Sony, that was a freebie. The other is a Stanton, neither is really high end, but I'll say the Stanton is interesting. Instead of a normal ball bearing there are powerful opposing magnets under the platter and on the chassis which form an "Air Bearing" and I thought that a super idea... too bad they ruined it with a cheap :uzi: :uzi: plastic base!~~!
Also a proprietary headshell, I've never been able to find another, so maximum useability would be for one cartridge...
-Steve
danj
modern primitive
I ebayed the 146. It sold in just a few hours for a very nice price.
I wanted to keep it but the fact that I already have too many nice turntables, including two ARs, made up my mind.
I did have it hooked up for several days and it was typical Thorens great. Plus they look so coooooooool!
It has the plug in transformer.
danj
modern primitive
Re: OK, everyone has such great lists of turntables...
I would think that Stanton tt would be worth affixing to a nice solid base. The performance of those magnetic bearing Stantons is exceptionally good. The only caveat I've heard is that they do need to be very level.
I've bid on a couple of those and never won. They show up on ebay very infrequently. Pickering had a model that was just like the Stanton except for a couple of minor cosmetic changes.
I would think that Stanton tt would be worth affixing to a nice solid base. The performance of those magnetic bearing Stantons is exceptionally good. The only caveat I've heard is that they do need to be very level.
I've bid on a couple of those and never won. They show up on ebay very infrequently. Pickering had a model that was just like the Stanton except for a couple of minor cosmetic changes.
Y
Yamahaluver
Guest
Wow! you really have been through the cream of Technics TTs.
I have the SL-1200Mk-II with Shure V-15 Mk-V cartridge. What new features are in the SL-1700 Mk2 and how good is the Ortofon cartridge?
Tleilax
Resident Technics Dude
New features on the 1700Mk2? It's not a new table, if that's what you're asking. Broadly speaking, it's basically a semi-automatic "home" version of the 1200Mk2. Pretty much the same circuitry, same motor, same platter, same tonearm (with added return mechanisms) as the 1200Mk2.
I like the Ortofon cartridge, but being a DJ cartridge, it tracks pretty heavy (3G). I have an old ADC ZLM cartridge that I'd prefer to use if truth be known, but I've been unable to find a replacement stylus for it.
I like the Ortofon cartridge, but being a DJ cartridge, it tracks pretty heavy (3G). I have an old ADC ZLM cartridge that I'd prefer to use if truth be known, but I've been unable to find a replacement stylus for it.
Y
Yamahaluver
Guest
Many thanks for your response, although I like the Shure, when my budget permits, I will get myself a Koretsu Rose. Fantastic cartridge and only bettered by Transfiguration Onyx.
radiolee
Active Member
Hello fellow vinylists...
I've got half a dozen Duals, two Technics 1200's, a couple Pioneers, an ARXA and some others I can't recall (if anybody's interested, just email) BUT.....
the only one I use regularly is my Marantz TT530 and I'll tell you why---
1)Direct drive (less parts, variable speed,strobe)
2)Linear tracking( I can hear tracking error on most tangential arms)
3)Microprocessor controlled- once the records on and the dust cover is down, you never need to open it. It will scan across the platter and cue from push buttons on the front.
Apparently these are widely used in Germany in used record stores because customers can't scratch the records.
Downside- cartridge is OK but not interchangable.
I've seen these go for peanuts on eBay. I put a price of 75.00 on mine and noone bid. Now I'm glad.
BTW, does anyone have a good source for turntable belts? Mine dried up and I don't want to pay MCM's price.
Cheers
Lee
I've got half a dozen Duals, two Technics 1200's, a couple Pioneers, an ARXA and some others I can't recall (if anybody's interested, just email) BUT.....
the only one I use regularly is my Marantz TT530 and I'll tell you why---
1)Direct drive (less parts, variable speed,strobe)
2)Linear tracking( I can hear tracking error on most tangential arms)
3)Microprocessor controlled- once the records on and the dust cover is down, you never need to open it. It will scan across the platter and cue from push buttons on the front.
Apparently these are widely used in Germany in used record stores because customers can't scratch the records.
Downside- cartridge is OK but not interchangable.
I've seen these go for peanuts on eBay. I put a price of 75.00 on mine and noone bid. Now I'm glad.
BTW, does anyone have a good source for turntable belts? Mine dried up and I don't want to pay MCM's price.
Cheers
Lee
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Yamahaluver
Guest
TT
I thought the Technics SL 1200 are DD, at least the one I have is and also the most rugged ones ever to be made. It is true that linear tracking solves the problems of mistracking with difficult records and poor cartridges but overall a good cartridge is all you need to solve the problems.
Do you know Sansui too made a marvelous linear tracking TT with laser control?
I thought the Technics SL 1200 are DD, at least the one I have is and also the most rugged ones ever to be made. It is true that linear tracking solves the problems of mistracking with difficult records and poor cartridges but overall a good cartridge is all you need to solve the problems.
Do you know Sansui too made a marvelous linear tracking TT with laser control?
hifitommy
Super Member
belts
http://turntablebasics.com
try that site. i havent needed it for myself bukt i was saving it for you. ;^)
...regards...tr
http://turntablebasics.com
try that site. i havent needed it for myself bukt i was saving it for you. ;^)
...regards...tr
Re: TT
Not so.
A well designed and setup arm on a suitable table with a properly matched cartridge will be a better proposition to curing mistracking than merely fitting a good cartridge.
For example, a Koetsu Rosewood in a Technics SL-1200 is a total waste if time. The arm and table just aren't good enough for a Koetsu.
cheerio
Not so.
A well designed and setup arm on a suitable table with a properly matched cartridge will be a better proposition to curing mistracking than merely fitting a good cartridge.
For example, a Koetsu Rosewood in a Technics SL-1200 is a total waste if time. The arm and table just aren't good enough for a Koetsu.
cheerio
radiolee
Active Member
Thanks for the tip, tr!
I am wondering how, theoretically, a fixed pivot tonearm can ever be totally free of tracking error. The lathes that cut the vinyl track linearly (linearally?).
Yamaha- Does the Sansui use the laser to scan the tracks? If so, will it do random or program the order? To me it's kind of interesting that the use of microprocessor controls pretty much coincided with the end of the turntable era. The Marantz uses one and I love it. What's the model # on the Sansui?
Lee
I am wondering how, theoretically, a fixed pivot tonearm can ever be totally free of tracking error. The lathes that cut the vinyl track linearly (linearally?).
Yamaha- Does the Sansui use the laser to scan the tracks? If so, will it do random or program the order? To me it's kind of interesting that the use of microprocessor controls pretty much coincided with the end of the turntable era. The Marantz uses one and I love it. What's the model # on the Sansui?
Lee