I am looking to very gently get back into vinyl so to speak, my budget is sub £100 and seconda hand / very old is preferred. Either something to upgrade over the next year or 2 or something to start with and trade up.
Any suggestions?
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I'm Pete.
What would you buy?
I am looking to very gently get back into vinyl so to speak, my budget is sub £100 and seconda hand / very old is preferred. Either something to upgrade over the next year or 2 or something to start with and trade up.
Any suggestions?
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Hi Peter,
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Location: Hampton, Middx, United Kingdom
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I'm Pete.
Opps Sorry, Updated, still what would you buy?
lol
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Are you are after a Turntable, arm and cartidge for under £100? or the whole system for under £100?
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
This may be worth a punt, plenty of upgrade potential too... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Record-tur...item2a42b0a6fe
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Cheap for a reason: It's collection only from Lincolnshire.Originally Posted by synsei
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
If you fancy something which looks more 'classical' there is this lovely AR The Turntable here however I'd expect it to go above a hundred quid in this condition. There are plenty of mods for these which raise the already good performance significantly...
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Location: Hampton, Middx, United Kingdom
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I'm Pete.
Its a £100 for the turntable, was looking at that AR, dare i ask would an old Dual be better than some of the stuff today as a start otherwise, i know they are not upgradable though. The reason for asking is i listened to a Pro-Ject Debut 3 and was completely unimpressed, sorry owners.
the AR type thing is something that appeals, in the old days i had a Revolver with a Linn arm and AT440 cart or something similar cant remember exactly, still not sure why i even slod it either.
All ideas welcome
Last edited by Ingo Bingo; 01-09-2014 at 16:30.
How about this then? It's a rarity these days, especially in this condition. Direct drive (in fact it shares its motor with the SL12xx series) plus it sports ADC's superb ALT1 arm and a Stanton cart with a bran new Jico stylus
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The Revolver and Linn combo is excellent. I loved mine.
My current Dual 1019 / AN IQ2 comfortably saw off my TD125 / SME / SPU set-up; the Dual decks really can do justice to a decent cart.
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