I should say, I already own a Technics SL-1200 with a Audiomods arm and a Nagaoka MP500.
The story is, I was selling an AV amplifier for £599 or best offer on Ebay, someone offers me a swap or £490 in cash. I have a choice of either a Leak stereo 20 refurbished with an extra set of valves or a Garrard 401 turntable with a Rega arm.
I've picked the turntable, the plinth isn't great, the Rega arm, which I think is a polished RB300 (Ithink??) which needed a bit of a clean up, the turntable itself looks in amazing condition considering its age, all the surfaces are clean the light and eem to work fine and it's quiet.
Problem is, I haven't a clue what I'm going to do with it, are these better than a SL1200? I do love the look of some of the plinths you can get for 401's.
I was thinking put the Audiomods arm and the Nagaoka on the 401 with a nice looking plinth, then sell the technics with the Rega arm, but it's not worth it if it's going to degrade the sound.
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