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But they're for DJing innit. Not really the best for just listening to music. And they're well expensive. And they don't make them any more.


How about one of those project debut thingies? Unless you have a lot of 45s, in which case manual speed switching might become a pain...

providing you have an amp with a phono stage, or pre-amp and some ok speakers you can''t go wrong with this as an entry level turntable- you should be able to pick one up for under ?250....don't be put off by the colours in the review- it's available in black


http://www.stereophile.com/turntables/pro-ject_debut_iii_record_player

Put's anorak on...


After several months of deliberating I finally went for one of these.


It's the absolute nuts. I think it's late 80's early 90's but I'm guessing. Pair it up with a decent phono stage/amp/speaker combination and when you're finished you'll be able to smell Miles's breath and the drummer's armpits.


Some sellers insist on collection only because they are a bit on the sensitive/fragile side. The platter and tonearm float on a sprung bed. Mine was delivered with the shipping screws tightened and with a little bit of adjustment using a screwdriver, a small spanner and a spirit level she was good to go. Yes, you can actually use tools to fix these things rather than throw it away and buy another one and setting the thing up nicely is also part of the pleasure.


It takes a little while to source a decent one. People recommend better tonearms (like the SME series 3) but the Linn on here is a winner too. You probably want to wall mount it to keep the stylus set a bit sensitively.


For my money it's a hell of a lot better than a sprayed bit of 18mm MDF with some average components glued to it.


I'd recommend having a little nose here...


http://www.theanalogdept.com


http://www.vinylengine.com


http://www.audiokarma.org


The other one I considered was an Acoustic Research AR turntable which looks beautiful too.


You could easily get carried away with all this but when you live in a smallish house 9 inches away from your neighbours, around the corner from a bus route and on the flight path to Heathrow, there are limits.


...takes anorak off.

I've always fancied getting something like this, and fitting it with modern components:


http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/userdata/images/large/PRODPIC-14303.jpg


But I think there's a strong chance that the whole thing would be glued together and almost impossible to reconfigure...

El Pibe Wrote:

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> I think it's probably a toss up between pro-ject

> debut and rega planar 3, loving the funky colours

> on the pro-ject

>

>


Oh, you said "funky colours"


See me after


Union Jack might not go down so good I rekkin

El Pibe Wrote:

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> I think it's probably a toss up between pro-ject

> debut and rega planar 3, loving the funky colours

> on the pro-ject

>

>

Ah - the lurveley colours. Bought one of these around 2000 ... in blue... although took a while to pick a colour. and not style over substance either - still have it: is a pretty good turntable...


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