On 2006-09-05, Don Pearce wrote:
On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:39:53 GMT, lordy wrote:

On 2006-09-04, Keith G wrote:


I'm not peddling the SL3200 in particular, it just so happens there's a
couple on eBay atm and I've got one myself.

If I had to 'rcommend' an eBay Technics deck on a price/performance basis it
would probably be the SL1600/1700/1800 series - fully auto, semi auto,
manual variants of the same deck - based, I believe, on the original
SL1300?? But you won't go far wrong with any Technics, Pioneer or Denon DD
deck that *looks* the part on eBay - trouble is you don't know what they're
like until you get them! The trick is to try and get one where the cart's
worth having anyway!!

SL1310 any good?

Cheers,
Lordy

Also a good turntable - what sort of price, though?

5 days to go so. I'll probably max out some quids below £100.

As Keith says,
secondhand is always a bit of a pig in a poke.

Thats my worry. I'd certainly wouldn't buy a belt drive second hand, but
I think the direct drives maintain pitch better over time. All the
(admittedly budget) belt drives I've had in the past have suffered from
pitch variation at some point. How much of that was bad handling by me ?
I wouldn't like to say!

You have a very good
chance of buying something nice, but that isn't guaranteed. If the
price is not too much, you can write it off to experience if it all
turns nasty.

Yup.

Thanks.

Lordy

d

On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:54:52 GMT, lordy wrote:

On 2006-09-05, Don Pearce wrote:
On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:39:53 GMT, lordy wrote:

On 2006-09-04, Keith G wrote:


I'm not peddling the SL3200 in particular, it just so happens there's a
couple on eBay atm and I've got one myself.

If I had to 'rcommend' an eBay Technics deck on a price/performance basis it
would probably be the SL1600/1700/1800 series - fully auto, semi auto,
manual variants of the same deck - based, I believe, on the original
SL1300?? But you won't go far wrong with any Technics, Pioneer or Denon DD
deck that *looks* the part on eBay - trouble is you don't know what they're
like until you get them! The trick is to try and get one where the cart's
worth having anyway!!

SL1310 any good?

Cheers,
Lordy

Also a good turntable - what sort of price, though?

5 days to go so. I'll probably max out some quids below £100.

As Keith says,
secondhand is always a bit of a pig in a poke.

Thats my worry. I'd certainly wouldn't buy a belt drive second hand, but
I think the direct drives maintain pitch better over time. All the
(admittedly budget) belt drives I've had in the past have suffered from
pitch variation at some point. How much of that was bad handling by me ?
I wouldn't like to say!

You have a very good
chance of buying something nice, but that isn't guaranteed. If the
price is not too much, you can write it off to experience if it all
turns nasty.

Yup.

Thanks.

Lordy

d


I know it isn't a guarantee, but I think that a turntable in such nice
cosmetic condition is likely to have been looked after. It is easy
enough to clean off grubby fingerprints for a sale, but this one also
seems to lack the digs and scratches that would hint at a hard life.

d

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