tuned4life Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 A Mint Dual CS 5000 with manual showed up 52 miles from me. Seller agreed to let me dive over to check it out with 7 hours left in the auction. His brother bought it new and didn't use it much. Bid was already at 340.00 so seller didn't want to take less than 400.00 for. He told me if I gave him 400.00 let me pick out 10 albums out of his collection. I couldn't resist. Got it home and set it up with a NOS Shure v15 type III with vn35he stylus. It looks nice with my old marantx receivers. I am going to have to sell one of my technics sl1600MK2's now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuned4life Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 another pic. This table was ebay item 120222182241. I never placed a bid. Seller screwed up and used sell to high bidder option to end auction. He will have a hard time explaing that to the high bidder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwhaples Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Nice looking TT,how do you like it's sound? Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 You always find nice stuff out that way ............... Good lookin' unit ! ... I've never be called a Pro, but have been called a Con !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lindsey Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 I had a CS-5000 for about 5 years and liked it very much. Mine came with a Shure V15V-MR, and I also tried it with a III and a IV. Make sure you look at and/or replace the belt. These can be had for about $10 on-line. It's very easy to do. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuned4life Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 I am pretty happy with it so far. I listened to 3 albums and it sounded very good. The headshell was very diffacult to mount my shure v15 type III on though. I had to us longer screws than what were on the cartridge that came with it. The screws wern't long enough to allow for any angle adjustment though. It looks to be fairly horizontal to the album but it is probaly not to spec. I and going to order another headshell to mount a shure x97e on. I am going to order an angle adjustment tool and a spare belt. A CS 5000 that wasnt as nice as mine went for 500.00 so I think I got a pretty good deal at 400.00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundbound Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 That's a beautiful turntable! Congratulations. I bet you have a big smile on your face.[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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