Hi guys and gals, I've been on the look out for a turntable I can just "chuck any record on" without worrying too much about the cleanliness of said record (within reason) or indeed the hours put on the needle etc.
So the hunt was on, here were the requirements:
Solid deck with reliable build quality.
Speed change switch/button (fed up of handling belts and removing platters).
Interchangeable headshell.
Potential to mod.
Non expensive.
After narrowing down a few more vintage decks on ebay and a few other sources I decided that to save any potential hassle of servicing requirements and so I'd be starting from "scratch" (sorry) so to say. I could do no better than this offering from Audio Technica. An LP5 to be exact. Audio Technica are a brand I've come to really appreciate in regards to bang for buck value.
Here's a few pics to keep you interested!
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This is from a budget range of turntables but by far the most refined of them. The others are very cheap plasticy offerings which are aimed at the first time vinyl to digital converter or the budding DJ who can't afford the real deal from Technics. Either way the same ethos of value is maintained but this is a deck with sound quality clearly at the heart of its design.