"lordy" wrote in message
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On 2006-09-03, Keith G wrote:
Faulty motors aside, Don has it when he says (WTTE) that your
expectations
may be too high for the decks you are contemplating. I don't like planks
myself - they are only bloody great transducers at best, better are the
TTs
with massy platters and/or where the motor 'effectively' doesn't exist
(Direct Drive)

Are DirectDrive turntables good? I do remeber this was a turntable war
in years gone by.


I like them:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/titl...turntables.htm



An alternative is to get a 2nd hand SL1200 with a good cart.
I know 1200 has certain features more suited for DJing etc but from a
pure hifi perspective where does it rank?


Rock solid build quality with a tonearm which many consider to be
'limited' - never bothered me though, I hafta say and my SL-1210 would track
my Sure V15/V *all the way over* at one gram well enough. Not considered
'high end' and none too cheap new at about 350 quid....



Good 1200's have almost zero depreciation.


.....exactly and, tough as they are, some of the secondhand offerings could
have more than a couple of decades of DJ'ing behind them. Check this eBay
search for Technics turntables:

http://electronics.search.ebay.co.uk...1QQsacatZ48647

There are a couple of SL-3200s for *nowt* - I have one sitting next to my
monitor, as I type (it will **** on a Debut for a fraction of the money),
there are a couple of SL-DL1 linear trackers I wouldn't chuck out of bed, an
SL-150 that needs a tonearm that (I'd buy that bugger myself) and a nice
little SL-Q303 that benefits from Quartz Lock speed control and is BIN for
cheaper than a curry but needs a headshell/cart (I have a bucketful of these
if you needed summat cheap) - how can you go wrong?

Make your selection and post the link here and we'll scrute it for you.
Expect scratched/hazy lids on cheap eBay DDs - comes with the territory and
if ever you buy from an eBay wattock, make sure he knows how to ship a deck
or go collect it, if you can!