What Turntables Do You Own?
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Avinunca
Canine Hifi and electronics enthusiast.
I've got three, one of 'em is vectored and I see no reason to ever change it. Why weren't PT in the list? They aren't exactly uncommon.
Locheeboy
pfm Member
If ye told us what it was, perhaps we could appreciate it more ?I am still (and probably for life) rocking this:
I can freely switch between belt and idler (rim) drive, so have those two options on the ready.
For a direct drive option, the other system features a Technics SL-1210MK7.
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dŵr
Apologies - it is a DIY jobbie I detailed here:
pinkfishmedia.net
I've mentioned it several times on the "system pics" threads and di not want to further spam.
dŵr & Friends (how not to build a turntable).
Introduction I've dabbled with analog reproduction for more than half my life. That seems like much, but then again, not as much as many other enjoyers of this hobby. And then, dabbled seems like the most appropriate term for a non-English speaker, as what I am doing can be described most aptly...
pinkfishmedia.net
I've mentioned it several times on the "system pics" threads and di not want to further spam.
Qwin
pfm Member
One of mine is a hybrid, Platter and bearing assembly off a ProJect belt drive TT fitted to a Technics direct drive Motor assembly in a custom plinth.
https://www.jkwynn.co.uk/Tech3_HTML/Tech3_Thumbs.html
https://www.jkwynn.co.uk/Tech3_HTML/Tech3_Thumbs.html
Robert
Tapehead
Hi Paul,
The Rega is super accurate and seems to impart no character, basically you hear the cartridge. If you want warm and cosy vinyl sound, don't buy a P10!
The Gyro sounds deep and wide, it always has majored on scale and soundstage.
Technics, well I own that because I collect cartridges and that removable headshell is a must, plus I like to spin the odd 78.
Sounds a little smaller scale, denser than the Rega or Michell and a tad darker but of course it nails pitch like little else.
Boris the madcap
pfm Member
Rega p25,
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Timcat
pfm Member
Rega P10 and Technics SL1200G. Both in constant use.
As mentioned above, the Rega is highly accurate and you just hear what your cartridge retrieves from the record. The Technics allows me to swap carts (which I like doing), is a little more laid back but is also pitch perfect and more enjoyable in the lower registers. Having said this, I think that the choice of cart and phono stage can change the characteristics of both significantly.
As mentioned above, the Rega is highly accurate and you just hear what your cartridge retrieves from the record. The Technics allows me to swap carts (which I like doing), is a little more laid back but is also pitch perfect and more enjoyable in the lower registers. Having said this, I think that the choice of cart and phono stage can change the characteristics of both significantly.
Paul L
coffee lounge for me
I’m quite jealous of you Rob and Tim as I’m perhaps like others who would love 3 or 4 turntables for enjoyment given there isn’t a perfect one, I’d enjoy rotating them in and out. No particular desire to do that with digital or amps but the mechanical jewelry that is turntables and perhaps speakers, well that’s just fun.
Beobloke
pfm Member
3 or 4 just isn't enough, though. I find 32 gives you a much better range of options and different sonic presentations...
Paul L
coffee lounge for me
lol, well I’ve owned a few and part of me wishes I still had all of them. There’s just something enjoyable about tinkering with turntables, arms and cartridges. Irrational but somehow the curiosity never wanes for me. I wonder how my first Pink Triangle and Syrinx PU-3 would sound now, the SME10 I had several years ago, the new Denon, a GR or G, for no good reason at all beyond fond memories or liking the look of them and their engineering approaches.
paulfromcamden
Baffled
We need pics...