Recommended Turntable / Record Player?
- Thread starter TheBigBlueSpectacle
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That was one of them. It's funny, back in those days stereo systems were all the rage...now we pop some earbuds in an IPhone or whatever and off we go. Man have times changed. I miss those days though...nothing like looking at the glow of a receiver and EQ at night. Fun memories!
The U-Turn Orbit I had had the acrylic platter upgrade, but it came that way so I have no reference for comparison. I do tend to prefer some random dense plastic material like delrin or acrylic or even glass to metal platters. Mostly b/c I don't like using a mat if I don't have to. Low-end metal platters tend to "ring out" if you thump them and I have a PL-10 with a metal platter that will actually sing during playback if you don't use THE exact rubber mat it came with.
Have you tried using an external phono preamp thru a line input? Some of the old receivers have really strange MM input biases/capacitances that just won't jive with anything it wasn't sold or paired with.
Not much to add — just make sure you get a googlephonic speaker arrangement and a moon-rock needle.
I think this one only does like 25W/channel. But, it has working VU meters and offers a really nice tactile feel of heavy switches. Was sitting abandoned in the repair shop I use in Eville several years ago. I think I paid like $150 for the set.
