Hi James,
I will chuck the Townshend Rock into the mix, great turntable, I have 3 of them, worth a look and sound great in standard form and a doddle to set up.
Nigel
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Hi James,
I will chuck the Townshend Rock into the mix, great turntable, I have 3 of them, worth a look and sound great in standard form and a doddle to set up.
Nigel
Looks great but also out of my price range.
Sorry your getting a negative image here. I can only tell you my own experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by selby
Until June this year I owned a Linn LP12 with a Linn Ittok LVIII arm, I loved it. Then I was offered 50% more than I had paid for it, an offer I couldn't refuse.
I then purchased my Tecnics SL1210M5G. I changed the arm, mat and feet and have ended up with a SQ that well and truly beats the Linn and still have a little change left. I do not now feel the need to upgrade further.
If I sold this deck, I feel I could make a small profit again as I still have all the original parts and could get the Tecnics back to its original spec.
James, in my experience, the Technics offers a very different presentation to belt-drive decks I have heard and indeed the PL-71 - it's not for me, but others swear by them, so it's really down to your ears and preferences.Quote:
Originally Posted by selby
If you don't want to be tempted by the infinite number of upgrades available then yes, you might well want to look elsewhere IMO. Another one to throw in the mix is the Heybrook TT2 which would be affordable. Interesting thread here if you haven't read it already -
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...ison-almost%29
Funny how most Techie fans came from an LP12 :). Now I can see that may be seen as an improvement. £2K worth of messing about and instead you could buy an Orbe of Hyperspace all pre-fettled by the manufacturer. :D
If i were gonna buy a new deck today, a deck that i could pretty much be well satisfied out of the box would be a 'Gyrodec'
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Originally Posted by Clive197
l too have a story like this, l had a megabucks belt drive/arm/cart/phone stage, and bought a Techie after being curious, and needless to say l never looked back......... l do not think l could go back to belt drive unless l won lottery, wait a minute they make hi-end DDs now.
Never thought this would be such a topic of debate!
So confused...think if a 1210 in good condition came my way I'd have to try it with the basic tweaks!
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Originally Posted by selby
Try a beat up old one from that auction site, l did and was pleasantly surprised at what was on offer, mod inexpensively to start.......
Been looking on eBay but really don't want one from a spotty teenager who's been attempting to be FatBoy Slim.
So of anyone has a tidy one for sensible money let me know, or to be fair any tidy suitable TT that would be suitable.