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Thread: Can you buy turntable kits

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    Join Date: Mar 2015

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    I'm David.

    Default Can you buy turntable kits

    Hi I have my dad's old quad amp. and sme arm but I need to get a turntable for some reason I wandered if kits were available to build your own?

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    Dave

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    You could always pick up an old Rega and modify the life out of it.

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    Join Date: May 2010

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    I'm not sure if there are kits, but I think many people who buy Lenco idler drive turntables (e.g. GL-72 GL-75) buy them as the core for a DIY project (me included - though mine is still on my man cave floor waiting for me to start). You can pick them up for a reasonable price and there are sites (and plenty of enthusiasts here too) dedicated to using them to create excellent turntables.
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    You could always buy an old, cheap Linn Basik deck and build a whole new piece of kit around the motor and bearing assembly...?

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    There's a TD 160 for sale on here, if that's of interest.

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    Decades ago there was the Connoisseur BD1 which cost only £10 and was often paired with the SME arm. It worked extremely well.

    Thorens TD160 seems a good thought though.

    Anyone remember the Valek turntable kit?
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    Quote Originally Posted by spendorman View Post
    Decades ago there was the Connoisseur BD1 which cost only £10 and was often paired with the SME arm. It worked extremely well.
    I've just bought another one for a bit of fun. I've probably had a dozen of them.
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    I've just bought another one for a bit of fun. I've probably had a dozen of them.
    Only had two, one sold to a friend with a Lustre GST1 arm, worked brilliantly, and another still here, Ariston arm fitted.

    Probably needs a new belt now.
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    OK thanks I'll keep my eye out but basicly I can adapt any turn table to suit my SME arm? I look round my local second hand shops first to see if there's anything about.

    Dave

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    There is a 160 with cut out for SME on sale in this forum
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