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Headphoneus Supremus
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I have had a Dual CS505 in the past which lacked 78 rpm but was a cracking little deck for the money. Not really on a par with the Rega P2/3 though of which the Goldring GR1 is an almost exact clone so unless you need to play 78's which is pretty rare these days then the Goldring would sound better on 33/45.
The older Duals you mention look excellent on the http://www.dual-reference.com/ website. Another poster on here recently though with a 1218 said the top plate was plastic? is this the case? Hard to fathom on a table from 1972. Also its a belt/idler drive hybrid? interesting as I havn't seen these in the flesh.
Do you think it would take a modern tonearm? They seem more common in th e USA than the Lenco L 75 http://www.btinternet.com/~a.d.richa...enco_land.html
which is my choice for 78's as it has continually variable pitch from 16-86 RPM so can play the older 78's on which speed was not really standardised.
It also has the benefit of a heavy metal top-plate which can accomodate modern tonearms and fits the Linn LVV perfectly which also has easily removable headshells for the variety of stylii useful for 78's.
| Originally Posted by bigshot The Duals I mentioned have a pitch control, easily removable headshells and can play 33, 45, and 78. It's very hard to find a low priced turntable of any quality that can do all that. I have one and it sounds great on both LPs and 78s... stock arm and all. |
I have had a Dual CS505 in the past which lacked 78 rpm but was a cracking little deck for the money. Not really on a par with the Rega P2/3 though of which the Goldring GR1 is an almost exact clone so unless you need to play 78's which is pretty rare these days then the Goldring would sound better on 33/45.
The older Duals you mention look excellent on the http://www.dual-reference.com/ website. Another poster on here recently though with a 1218 said the top plate was plastic? is this the case? Hard to fathom on a table from 1972. Also its a belt/idler drive hybrid? interesting as I havn't seen these in the flesh.
Do you think it would take a modern tonearm? They seem more common in th e USA than the Lenco L 75 http://www.btinternet.com/~a.d.richa...enco_land.html
which is my choice for 78's as it has continually variable pitch from 16-86 RPM so can play the older 78's on which speed was not really standardised.
It also has the benefit of a heavy metal top-plate which can accomodate modern tonearms and fits the Linn LVV perfectly which also has easily removable headshells for the variety of stylii useful for 78's.
