Nice turntables. Attached picture is an absolute requirement.

[DSJR]

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it's not shiny, but it's fine.
I hadn't used it for months, but in the new system I'm building I wanted to reuse it, obviously without abandoning streaming.

A vintage 1210, with a 2M Bronze cartridge

Technics SL 1200 which I think is one of the best audio devices ever built and long-lived of all category. It deserves an award.

I decided for an MM because I don't want to bother with additional phono preamps, step-ups, and so on, since my preamp already has a MM Phono input.
Very simple then, preamp, power amp, Dac, and turntable. And, obviously, speakers!!

The location is not the best, in fact, but it is temporary. I still have to set up the room and bring up a rack that contains all the material, soon, soon…

PLEASE can you find a dedicated support for the deck? Bass reproduction quality will thank you for it...

 

[dr0ss]

Check out the turntable in the background.

She was genuinely not old enough to Rock the Bop. (Still alive, BTW.)

 

[dr0ss]

Golden era my tt

Just saw this one on the Bay, for only 20 grand: https://www.ebay.com/itm/334565740300

 

[Mikig]

PLEASE can you find a dedicated support for the deck? Bass reproduction quality will thank you for it...

you're right!

yesterday i brought it up from the cellar, with 4 discs, just to try it: it works great as always, i'm organizing the new listening room, so i still have to bring up the proper rack that will house the whole system.
On the other hand i then unplugged it and cleaned it thoroughly, now it's back to acceptable.

 

[Mark 911t]

Just saw this one on the Bay, for only 20 grand: https://www.ebay.com/itm/334565740300

That makes me happy
But that's a very subjective price
Pun intended

 

[mhardy6647]

I don’t know if anybody here appreciated Art Dudley’s writing (I did) but here he is in a fairly brief video discussing some turntables. I enjoy hearing him talk. (and sadly the video description says this was taken on the very day he got his terminal cancer diagnosis.)

I think I said this in another recent reply (probably something OJAS-esque), but Art Dudley is one hifi writer I really would have liked to have met (whoa, that got overly tense-y really fast! Sorry...).
I've met a couple of 'em and enjoyed the experience, but Art's tastes seemed very aligned with mine -- although he was way pickier about rekkid playas than am I.
EDIT: That said -- most of the folks I know who've used TD-124s and 301s over the years have moved on to other things (e.g., the Fairchild 750 -- a truly redoubtable record playing apparatus).

 

[Eric Natural]

re: my B&O rx2 journey - I had wanted one for years. Every one seen was either non-work or the lid just scratched to hell. The phono cartridge is the most precious bit.
Finally found this one in need of repairs but clean cosmetically from a guy in Chicago. Then found second deck to cannibalise & Bob's your uncle

 

[Holmz]

re: my B&O rx2 journey - I had wanted one for years. Every one seen was either non-work or the lid just scratched to hell. The phono cartridge is the most precious bit.
Finally found this one in need of repairs but clean cosmetically from a guy in Chicago. Then found second deck to cannibalise & Bob's your uncle

Sounds like half the decks went bang, and the other half were handled by oafs.

 

[DanielT]

Signature 12.2 turntable. A new model from Pro-Ject. Out of my price range ($15k), but it looks cool.

Signature 12.2 – Pro-Ject Audio Systems

www.project-audio.com

 

[Holmz]

Signature 12.2 turntable. A new model from Pro-Ject. Out of my price range ($15k), but it looks cool.

You’ll need a co-signer next to your signature…

 

[Count Arthur]

I see quite a lot of newer turntables now come with tonearms with removable head shells. At one point these went out of fashion and there were claims that one-piece tonearms were better. Was there any truth in that, or was that just marketing nonsense?

 

[DanielT]

You’ll need a co-signer next to your signature…

Heh heh.
I deleted in my post that it was available in different colors. I think I mixed up the different Pro-Ject models.

Nope, no expensive record player for me. My old Thorens TD 166 MkII is fine for me. The nostalgia is there because it's the same one I bought as a teenager.
I mostly listen to Spotify, but it can be fun to put on a vinyl sometime. With vinyl, I don't care too much about the sound quality. I play vinyl for other reasons.
Edit:
But I care, at least a little. I am concerned about clearly audible humming noises caused by incorrect grounding. Some good budget pickup that doesn't cost half a fortune maybe I could think of. I'm roughly at that level.

Here's a video where Thoren's TD 166 MkII figures. A bit comical if you want to promote your HiFi store and start the video with a damn annoying noise.
(not AC/DC after that)

 

[Sal1950]

I see quite a lot of newer turntables now come with tonearms with removable head shells. At one point these went out of fashion and there were claims that one-piece tonearms were better. Was there any truth in that, or was that just marketing nonsense?

Sure, vinyl guys like things to be crazy inconvenient, installing a needle upside down increases the complexity of the job, that's good right?
Plus it makes it a major PITA to change needles instead of being able to switch between headshells/needles in a flash. LOL
Marketing BS that came with the claim of increased rigidity of the install, providing more detail, etc. Baloney.
Only place it had any possible real value was in the design of a very lightweight tonearm and the saved weight. But very lightweight arms went out of
fashion with moving magnet high compliance needles and lightweight tracking forces. Today's high end MC's mostly should be mated to heavier arms.

 

[Timmy]

At one point [tonearms with removable head shells] went out of fashion and there were claims that one-piece tonearms were better.

Have to admit that I wasn’t aware of any such one-piece tonearm wave. Nevertheless, my Sony PS-X60 has a removable HS and I never much regretted that.

 

[JP]

There's actual data out there on removable headshells and effects on arm resonances. I'm not aware of any objective correlation to audibility with program material being conducted.

 

[Mr. Widget]

Signature 12.2 turntable. A new model from Pro-Ject. Out of my price range ($15k), but it looks cool.

It does look cool, but too much bling for my taste. I prefer the classic Thorens or Linn aesthetic with a wooden base.
In my house the turntable is looked at more than listened to so aesthetics certainly take on an outsized role.

 

[Anton S]

Have to admit that I wasn’t aware of any such one-piece tonearm wave. Nevertheless, my Sony PS-X60 has a removable HS and I never much regretted that.

As I recall, there were data-backed claims in the 60's/70's to the effect that tonearms with removable headshells were less suitable with certain cartridges, i.e. those that were very low mass with highly compliant cantilever suspensions. The SME 3009 was available with either a fixed or a removable headshell, so you could have your cake and eat it too. Since I generally ran cartridges that were average to higher mass with less compliant cantilevers, I opted for the removable headshell. No regrets, because cartridge changes were relatively quick and easy.

 

[Sal1950]

Pro-Ject started out as a company offering affordable TT's and other assorted stuff.
Now they've jumped on the "spend crazy money for second rate sound" bandwagon.
Such a lack of common sense in this industry.

 

[misterdog]

Nude Shibata on a Boron cantelever.

 

[misterdog]

Attached to this laser sintered titanium headshell on a 12" The Wand tonearm.