The Most Beautiful and Ugliest Turntables

[oldius]

British gear is not great imho, just that nutty Hi-Fi dudes seem to think that to be taken serious it had to be british.. Japs were very clever in what they did & the product finish was superb, They just got a bad name with a lot of the very cheap line of products, but at the end of they day they gave jo public exactly what they wanted & the prices they were happy to pay. However the High end stuff most of what never came in to this country or at least in tiny numbers was truly high end in every respect.

I use a Sony 'TA-1055' amp from the mid 70's that sounds a heep better than a lot of British gear i used to have..

True dat!

[oldius]

Your signature seems to be a bit out of date - Celestion A1s?

My signature is fluid!

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[WESTLOWER]

British gear is not great

Slightly sweeping statement that!

[Made in 1968]

Always going to be a sore point with those who use it tho lol.. However there one little factor you decided to bypas & that is IMHO.

[Gazjam]

Nowt wrong wi’ British gear...and and they can make splendid looking turntables.
Heres one I prepared earlier...

[Made in 1968]

But they always have that i made it in the garage look to them imho..

[WESTLOWER]

But they always have that i made it in the garage look to them imho..

You think either the Garrard 301 or 401 or Indeed an SME 30/12 looks like it’s been knocked up in a garage ?!! Blimey

[Made in 1968]

Not refering to vintage gear, i was refering to later stuff, everything seems to be manufactured from Flat plate/sheet stock, plain with no Aesthetic character.

So then Adam you gonna be following me around for the sake of arguments which anyone can do behind a keyboard.

[WESTLOWER]

Not refering to vintage gear, i was refering to later stuff, everything seems to be manufactured from Flat plate/sheet stock, plain with no Aesthetic character.

So then Adam you gonna be following me around for the sake of arguments which anyone can do behind a keyboard.

Follow you around ?!
Don’t flatter yourself mate.

If you post stuff for reaction, you can’t be surprised of a response.

Btw, why no kit signature? Always nice to see where members are with there systems.

[oldius]

Two of my favourite turntables, at least visually, are the Versa Dynamics* (of old):



And the Bergmann Audio:



Interestingly, both use built in parallel tracking, air bearing, arms - something I’m not so convinced by (in technical terms at least).

* The same designer created the, much more attainable, tonearm that became the Mission 774.

Both beautiful, certainly.

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