Who Still Uses A Turntable?  What kind?

[Moli]

Technics SL1200 with Ortofon Cartridge

 

[Engine Joe]

Technics SL1200 with Ortofon Cartridge

Are you happy with it? I want to get a new turntable, but I don't have a ton of vinyl - just a few dozen albums - so I don't feel the need to spend a ton. The SL1200 is priced about right for me...

 

[JoeE SP9]

Vinyl lives

I expect my VPI HW19 Jr Rega RB300 bought almost 10 years ago to last at least 10 more years. I bought my first LP in 1967. I still have that LP and play it once in a while. It is Aretha Franklin I Never Loved A Man. Now with 1K plus CD's my LP collection is still almost 3 times as large. I want to thank all those who sold their LP's when "perfect sound forever" was introduced. You allowed me to get a lot of "killer" vinyl for a paltry sum. If you are new to TT's most vinylphiles use belt drive TT's. There are almost no direct drive audiophile TT's. See www.needledoctor.com for all TT's and vinyl accessories.

 

[20to20K]

Needs fixing, but still got it!

I've got a Denon DP37L with the heavy rosewood base. I just love it. Got a Signet catridge...E20 or somthing like that. I had some custom Monster cables connected about 12 years ago and now the right one has become jittery...shorting in and out. Real bummer. The hard part has been finding a certified Denon servicer who can work on it in Maryland. Been lookin' for two months!

I may just have to buy another one off Ebay and fix this one whenever! I'm missing my LP's!!! I know many will disagree but to my ears LP's sound waaay better than CD's to me!

 

[qdrone]

I love my Vinyl

I have been collecting records since 1963. I still remember buying my first "Introducing the Beatles" on Vjay records. Since then I have amassed a collection of 18,000 and I listen to them on my last turntable. I own a Brooks Mod Oracle Delphi Mark I which is heavily modified. It has the Unobtrusion teflon bearing and clamp,Cardas Gold wiring in the tonearm,a Mystic Mat and a special box that makes sure the platter spins at either 33 or 45 rpm. I use a Monster Genesis 2000 moving coil cartridge mounted on a Eminent Technology 2.5 tonearm with the damping trough which is run into a modified Klyne5A as its head amp.I use the Wisa pump and original ET pump in tandem run to a home made surge tank. I still buy records, in fact today I purchased Mobile Fidelity's The Plastic Ono Band on 180 gram Vinyl and Neil Youngs Greatest Hits which he supervised being cut with tubes on a Grundig mastering lathes at 30ips. That one is 200 grams. The useal grammage (is this a word... well it is now) for a record is 120 grams and I refuse to let records that RCA and others produced in the mid 70's that were around 90 grams exist. I love the sound on records,and when I retire to persue my writting in 6 years I will have 18,000 friends to keep me company. I do own Cd's and the newer ones being recorded sound damn good, but the ealier AAD CD's blow and don't hold a candle to the original pressings on Vinyl.

 

[qdrone]

Is the cartridge on the turntable Moving coil? If it is it is in need of pre amplification. The other amp you used may have had a small switch that you pushed to Moving Coil instead of Moving Magnet which requires NO pre amplification.

 

[Tomorrow]

Oh, this thread has me dearly missing my old Thorens. I always thought that Direct Drive was a spawn of the devil. Had to have belt drive for true audiophilia. I had to sell my little friend during a time of financial distress. But I still have my 20 year old Yamaha P-320 armed with some ancient Shure ctg.

I believe many will agree that vinyl has a warmth that is sorely lacking in ALL digital music reproduction formats. CD's are awfully convenient, but....

Whoever posted earlier that making records/lps involved an 'art'... as much as science contributes today to the digital music world...is right on the moolah.

 

[Sleestack]

VPI Superscoutmaster w/ Grado Statement, Ray Samuels XR-10B phono stage and Billy Bags phono table (I also use a Techinics SL1200 Gold w/ Grado Sonata):

 

[Tomorrow]

Sleestack,

What a nice, uh, er, ......platter.

 

[Sleestack]

Sleestack,

What a nice, uh, er, ......platter.

Wife-approved dust cover.

 

[WndrBr3d]

I use a Stanton STR8-90.

Picked it up at a great price.

 

[Shadow_Ferret]

Glad I found this thread. My 5-year-old over the weekend just destroyed my *cough cough*Realistic*cough cough* turntable and I need to replace it quickly. Now I have some ideas. Maybe a Thorens off of Ebay.

 

[20to20K]

Denon

My turntable is the second oldest piece in my system. My Denon POA2400 power amp is my oldest.

My turntable is a Denon DP37F fully automatic that I bought in the mid 80's out of a newpaper ad from a widow who was selling her husbands gear. It cost me $25 and was in immaculant condition with a Grado cartridge.

It still works flawlessly to this day!

 

[GregorB]

I'm still regularly using a Technics SL-1300 purchased new in 1975. Been through lots of cartridges over the years, but currently the space in the headshell is occupied by a Grado Red. It recently got a major workout copying some 300 albums to cd for a vinyl-playing friend whose health went way south, and he could no longer change his records.

 

[Dapper Dan]

Rega Planar 3...

 

[BostonMark]

I still have my first "Hi Fi" turntable from the time before CDs. I had a huge record collection (over 500 LPs), and still have many of them. My first good system was a Yamaha 150 w/ch stereo integrated amplifier, Advent Legacy speakers and a Bang and Olfsun Turntable. A couple years ago, I took the turntable out of storage, and had to special order a new cartridge for it right from the B&O dealer in Boston. The kids at Tweeter didn't know much about turntables. It actually still sounds pretty good!

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

Pioneer PL-730 back from the 80's. Was a decent direct drive, fully automatic unit with a polymer graphite arm. Weighs a ton. Still has the Audio Technica AT91E cartridge. My best recordings were from this table through a 10 band eq to TDK MA-X90's and a Nak deck. Burning music onto CD-R's just isn't the same.

 

[moregear]

Still have a Sony PSX-555ES Linear table w/Shure V15/5mx. Every time I contemplate selling my 600+ LPs, I go out and buy one more LP....can't shake the LP habit but find SACD an acceptable alternative.

 

[Rob Babcock]

Forget the 'table- I want some pics of the Epiphanies in your rig!