Maxvla
Headphoneus Supremus
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Hey all,
My parents have a Yamaha P-550 Turntable (1980-1982) they got at a garage sale long ago that I messed around with at their house tonight. My parents never use it anymore, but it still works like brand new, only missing dust cover. I did some searching and came up with this thread on audiokarma which states it is a decent, but nothing special turntable.
I don't have the shelf space currently to bring it to my place, but I might later if you guys think it's good enough quality. They had several old London and NY Phil classical recordings which I played and it sounded ok on the junky speakers they had hooked up to it. I figure it needs a good cleaning (the lps also) as there was plenty of pops, some lps more than others.
My question right now I suppose is whether this unit is good enough to use for a headphone rig, and also what cartridge I should install if it needs to be changed. It currently has a Shure 3X R25XT Realistic cartridge which I'm quite positive was purchased at a radio shack when my dad got it home from the garage sale probably 10-15 years ago, maybe less.
It says on the device FG Servo D.D. Fully Automatic meaning it is a direct drive (no belt). I inspected it and found no corrosion or damage beyond cosmetic on some of the corners of the unit. The feet appear to be working properly to provide dampening.
Thanks!
My parents have a Yamaha P-550 Turntable (1980-1982) they got at a garage sale long ago that I messed around with at their house tonight. My parents never use it anymore, but it still works like brand new, only missing dust cover. I did some searching and came up with this thread on audiokarma which states it is a decent, but nothing special turntable.
I don't have the shelf space currently to bring it to my place, but I might later if you guys think it's good enough quality. They had several old London and NY Phil classical recordings which I played and it sounded ok on the junky speakers they had hooked up to it. I figure it needs a good cleaning (the lps also) as there was plenty of pops, some lps more than others.
My question right now I suppose is whether this unit is good enough to use for a headphone rig, and also what cartridge I should install if it needs to be changed. It currently has a Shure 3X R25XT Realistic cartridge which I'm quite positive was purchased at a radio shack when my dad got it home from the garage sale probably 10-15 years ago, maybe less.
It says on the device FG Servo D.D. Fully Automatic meaning it is a direct drive (no belt). I inspected it and found no corrosion or damage beyond cosmetic on some of the corners of the unit. The feet appear to be working properly to provide dampening.
Thanks!