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Hi. I have no horns, but would like to enter the fray. ebay no. 5828168980. what are these like in the general klipsch/horn heirarchy. ta

hi all. i've owned a thorens td160 with sme3009II arm. was very nice, if a bit shimmery and lacking body. but made a certain winston massalis lp sound like it never has since. Hi Fi World (google search it) did a comparison of the td150/160's and a Michel Gyrodeck, and the Thorens won. The also compared the td125 to a Origion Live Aura Gold, and it came ot even stevens. My current deck is a Goldring Lenco GL75 on a home made solid plinth. I sold my Garrard 401 when the Lenco outshone it with OLSilver arm on both. Having read Jean Antais of Audiogon (see his monster thread with masses on idler drive and DD - his fave dd is the Sony 225, which for him outshines his SP10 mk2) he can't seperate a perfect Garrard 301 from his Lenco L75, so I bow to him on this issue and wonder if i set up my Garrard right.. Also, recently Hi Fi World compared a Garrard 401on a Martin Baston plinth to David Price's fave modern tt, the Mitchell Orbe ($4500 here in England) and the Garrard won easily. I find all these old tt's fascinating, and would love to try a Technics, perhaps the 150mk2 or the Sony. Too little time.....

Here's the link to the Lenco thread on Audiogon http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1075644493&read&3&4& hope this works!

Hi all. My first post on this forum. Nice forum! Am heading Klipsch way, as soon as i can get room. I suggest Goldring Lenco L75/78. See "building high end tt at home despot for $200" thread by jean antais at audiogon. longest thread in audiogon history! Jean's doing up a stunning Garrard 301 grease bearing at the moment, and his first impressions of it compared to the Lenco are that they are pretty equal in performance. I've owned a Thorens td160 with sme3009 arm and it sang nicely. Hi FI World in England ( my homeland) on their website say the td150 and td160 outperform the Michell Gyrodeck ($2000), and the Garrard 301 outperforms the Michell Orbe ($4000) in pretty much every way. These old decks are my way in to the high end, and i havent looked anywhere else.