erikm121 Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 I have looked at some older posts from the search function on record player recommendations. Does anyone have anything current they recommend or where to buy from? Thanks....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 From what I gather there are still a variety of companies out there making new turntables with widely varying price points. Music Hall and Rega are two at the lower end of the "good" turntables and I'm sure there are others. Could you give us an idea of what kind of budget you are looking at for the turntable? Also, weather you have a good cartridge and even weather you want to have a moving magnet or moving coil cart? I think that will help folks refine their recommendations. Also there is a thread runing here right now that has some excellent suggestions for those just getting into viynl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkBK Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Music Direct - www.amusicdirect.comor Acoustic Sounds - www.acousticsounds.com Both have a huge selection of Turntables from Project to VPI, along with everything you might want to add from accessories to music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAPTORMAN Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 When you do a search try to type in "Turntable" or "TT" not "Record Player". I haven't heard that many folks using that term lately.[][] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikm121 Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 Thanks for the replys. As for budget maybe $100-200ish. Nothing firm on that. Wow Thebes you are talking way over my head...lol. I need to do some more reading and learning. Find out what is what. I am just interested in some casual listening. I almost have my basement done and am anxious to get things hooked up. Ahhh...as for calling it a record player...... I guess thats a throw back from the little box I had as a kid. Turntable or TT ( I keep thinking car on that one) is a lot better now.......lol Thanks for the tip....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikm121 Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 Wow I had no idea of the price turntables command now..........I'm going to have to rethink this if it'll cost $400 for an entry level player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flannj Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 "Record Player" makes me think of this, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Wow I had no idea of the price turntables command now..........I'm going to have to rethink this if it'll cost $400 for an entry level player. There is nothing wrong or ignoble with buying a good quality used TT in your $200 or less price range. Most likely you can get a better sounding one used. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Def Leper Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 There are tons of good used turntables on ebay. One good brand to look for is Technics. Most are direct drive models with decent tone arms and models like the SL1300 are semi-automatic. A recent ebay sale of a 1300 included the excellent Shure V15-III cartridge, with often sells for more by itself than the $150 (incl. shipping) that this outfit sold for. Look for semi-automatic operation and higher model numbers (SL-1300 vs. SLD2) and avoid DJ models like the SL1200. Pioneer and Marantz have some very good semi-automatic models too. Avoid Garrard and Dual only because they had some very cheap models and you can overpay if you don't know what you are buying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hardy Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Used tt's are fine, but I'd recommend buying local if at all possible. The average eBAY seller (and even some of the hifi-savvy ones) either don't know how to pack a tt for shipping or are too trusting of the trained orang-utans at the major shipping concerns who handle the packages while they're in transit. At minimum, it's essential to remove the counterweight and platter, isolaing them in a 'subpackage'. Also it's very important to tie down the tonearm. Don't be shy in asking a seller as to their packing routine for a tt, and/or don't be shy to TELL 'em how you want it packed. http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=21161&page=1&pp=15 http://wardsweb.org/packandship/ http://www.theturntablefactory.com/packing.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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