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Hey all,

Made a mistake, and copied this over here. First time on here, and I am hoping someone is willing to give a burgeoning audiophile some advice. Thank you in advance. Anyways, on to my dilemma. I have an old NAD 7155 tuner, two 40 watt GNP speakers (handmade out of Cal Tech), and I am looking for a turntable to match. My dad has a Dual 505, with wood around it. I was either looking at keeping it, or getting my own as he has no use for it anymore. I am interested in the Rega P1, and old Empire, or an old Marantz. Any ideas on how to best configure it?

Thanks

 

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Hey all,

Made a mistake, and copied this over here. First time on here, and I am hoping someone is willing to give a burgeoning audiophile some advice. Thank you in advance. Anyways, on to my dilemma. I have an old NAD 7155 tuner, two 40 watt GNP speakers (handmade out of Cal Tech), and I am looking for a turntable to match. My dad has a Dual 505, with wood around it. I was either looking at keeping it, or getting my own as he has no use for it anymore. I am interested in the Rega P1, and old Empire, or an old Marantz. Any ideas on how to best configure it?

Thanks

I don't know emire turntables but out of the three you listed, I would go with the older Marantz. If yiu wanted to go new I would avoid the P1 from Rega and go with the Project Depbut. But for a couple hundred more dollars, its would very much worth the upgrade to a Project Xpression III or a Rega P2.

 

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I had a dual turntable in the 70's and 80's but I don't remember a model number. Duals were high quality made in Germany. Mine was belt driven and it had very low rumble as I recall. It was also in a wood case with a hinged clear plastic cover. The only negative was that after about 10 years the rubber drive belt stretches out and needs to be replaced. Somebody might know where you can get drive belts for older turntables. If so I think you might be pleasantly surprised with your dad's turntable. If you don't like it you can alway go out and buy another.

As and aside, back then they made a neat walnut fine bristle brush and fluid system that you could clean the record grooves of dust. I think it was Discwasher or something like that. It was a great accessory for a turntable. Maybe they have something different and better now.