Quote: Originally Posted by Drag0n The Samsung dvd 709 is a cheap player that was sold in places like Walmart etc. It comes close enough in sound to my Rotel RCD975 which was about $750us new, to make me happy i got my Rotel for only $350 . I think my family picked up the Samsung for...

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Erik I think he should do what it takes to get it spinning vinyl. A careful setup will give decent results, even with modest gear. Almost everyone starts with a modest rig and works up. If the OP enjoys this 'table, he will stick with vinyl. Getting...

Quote: Originally Posted by lini doubleLL: Aside from the fact that there also are P-Mount versions of the Grado Silver & Gold, the point is that an AT-PL50 is an absolute rock bottom entry level turntable (the only even worse option would be something like that: elta GmbH...

Delbert McClinton-Keeper of the Flame/Grand Funk Railroad-E Pluribus Funk/Deep Purple-Burn-----If you are wondering about Delbert McClinton,he taught John Lennon how to play the harmonica.

Quote: Originally Posted by lini Yeah, right - U$200 carts for a toy turntable that costs < US$80 new and onto which these cartridges wouldn't even fit. Excellent recommendation... *cough* Puzzled greetings from Munich! Manfred / lini OK ,I assumed that this TTs tone arm...

Quote: Originally Posted by memepool It's not that simple. In most cases "rumble" on a direct drive is actually acoustic feedback rather than motor noise. This is due to the fact that most of the cheaper direct drives sold have poorly designed plastic plinths which resonate audibly so...

Hello Stealthycow,I have slowed down on my replys but I like it when hearing about people who have a new intrest in vinyl.I would recomend buying a better cartridge such as a Grado silver or gold.Buy a record cleanig kit and don't put too much pressure on the vinyl and don't put your hands on...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cata1yst I decided to do some tests between my Technics CDP and SL-1500 and I could tell no difference between the two....I had Men at Work being played on both and used the input selector between the phono in and the Aux in on my amp, and was doing 1:1...

No matter what we spend, our love of music and wanting to listen to it through man made electronic machines has brought us together on this great web site.Now is'nt that a beautiful thing, regardless of who has the fattest bank account?By the way HCIMAN,I did'nt know you had already bought a PL1...

Quote: Originally Posted by skellington Interestingly enough, I used a PS1 as my CD player for years back in my no money teenage days. Don't know how audiophile it is but I loved the sound at the time, when it broke and I replaced it with a 'proper' cd player there was no particular...

Quote: Originally Posted by hciman77 You might be amused to visit Matrix-HiFi - in it they do a blind test between an Oracle CD player (12,000 euros) and a Pioneer DVD player (200 euros ) their testers do not find an audible difference between them. I will say especialy with the...

I am late on responding to this thread ,and I have been reading through the pages of the arguments and I think this thread is the best one yet.My conclusion to this is that no matter how much you spend on a high end audiophile piece of equipment,be it a cdp,TT,cartridge,tone arm,amp or whatever...

Does anybody know much about PRECEPT cartidges?I have heard that they are a high end cartridge that Audio Technica was marketing back in the 80s or 90s.I have a PC220 model.

Quote: Originally Posted by memepool What is the Sansui's plinth made of? it looks like some sort of plastic composite? in which case unless the Jelco arm has exactly the same geometry as the Sansui ( ie spindle to pivot distance ) then it's probably not worth it as you would need to...

Quote: Originally Posted by memepool If I were to be patriotic then it would be Guinness rather than ale or if it had to be budweiser then I'd rather the original Czech one British turntables do seem very popular in the USA in spite of the current prohibitive exchange rate but over...

I have just bought a sansui sr 525 and it has the S shaped tone arm.I am looking into buying a Jelco SA-250 S shaped tone arm,but I am wondering if Rega has a better S shaped arm.I have never switched tone arms before.If the stock arm is of great quality,will it be worth replacing?I thought...

Quote: Originally Posted by memepool Fair enough. It's a slippery slope though. I have too many turntables in various states of renovation already though so I am trying a new years resolution. " I must not buy any more turntables" ....unless they are rare of course Rumble is...

"All I am saying is I wouldn't blow too much money on renovating something like that because it probably wasn't all that great to begin with and there are plenty of really lovely old decks out there going begging which have much more potential and are far more deserving of a makeover. " Oh no...

Quote: Originally Posted by memepool These motors are pretty cheap to replace, about 30UKP for an Philips one here so I'm sure someone somewhere in the USA has the original spares for whatever yours uses as it's likely to be an American one if built there. Make sure you get the...

Quote: Originally Posted by memepool Did you try cleaning the belt path on the motor spindle and inner platter with isopropyl alcohol as old belts can leave a lot of dirt on there? The symptoms you describe sound like the belt isn't running true which can be caused by the suspension not...

Quote: Originally Posted by indysmith I have access to a Pioneer PL-720 and a PL-320 both very cheaply. Are these 'good' turntables (i.e. in the same league as the other mentioned Pioneer ones in this thread)? Which is better? Both the same price. EDIT: Also, is there headphone...

Quote: Originally Posted by bigshot If your belt drive isn't holding pitch, it may just need a new belt. See ya Steve I have already tried that and it made a difference with the speed adjustment ,but there still is a tiny bit of a waver,but not realy much enough to complain...

Quote: Originally Posted by 3x331m You might just have to make sure the seller would swear to god that the package would be packed professionally. Three out of five turntables those I bought on evil Bay were damaged by poor packaging and carrier brutality. The problem with...

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Quote: Originally Posted by ozstrike Right, so I shouldn't be using that crappy USB table for the time being? The only thing I can say OZSTRIKE ,as far as TTs go a cheap one won't hurt your lps.That is up to the needle,and the wear of it.The quality TTs will play accuratley and...