Arny Krueger wrote:
"Stephen Worth" wrote in message
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In article , Mr.T
MrT@home wrote:

Possibly good enough for those $1 LP's I guess, but I wouldn't play
*mine*
on a crap box. Hell a new stylus costs me that much!
You can get higher end turntables from the 70s used for much
less than the cost of low end new turntables. You just have to
look. Dual, Thorens, Rega... they're all out there and they're far
from being crap boxes.

Trouble is, $250 isn't what it costs to put together a credible vinyl setup,
following the instructions above.

snip bits about 250USD

I recently bought a pretty decent TT/cart for 35UKP plus p&p:

http://patchoulian.googlepages.com/jvcjl-a40

Rob

"Rob" wrote in message
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Arny Krueger wrote:
"Stephen Worth" wrote in message
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In article , Mr.T
MrT@home wrote:

Possibly good enough for those $1 LP's I guess, but I wouldn't play
*mine*
on a crap box. Hell a new stylus costs me that much!
You can get higher end turntables from the 70s used for much
less than the cost of low end new turntables. You just have to
look. Dual, Thorens, Rega... they're all out there and they're far
from being crap boxes.

Trouble is, $250 isn't what it costs to put together a credible vinyl
setup, following the instructions above.

snip bits about 250USD

I recently bought a pretty decent TT/cart for 35UKP plus p&p:

http://patchoulian.googlepages.com/jvcjl-a40


That looks better each time I see a pic of it!

(The Victor Company Of Japan didn't make much over the years that I wouldn't
have been very pleased to own....!! ;-)

Keith G wrote:
"Rob" wrote in message
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Arny Krueger wrote:
"Stephen Worth" wrote in message
...
In article , Mr.T
MrT@home wrote:

Possibly good enough for those $1 LP's I guess, but I wouldn't play
*mine*
on a crap box. Hell a new stylus costs me that much!
You can get higher end turntables from the 70s used for much
less than the cost of low end new turntables. You just have to
look. Dual, Thorens, Rega... they're all out there and they're far
from being crap boxes.
Trouble is, $250 isn't what it costs to put together a credible vinyl
setup, following the instructions above.

snip bits about 250USD

I recently bought a pretty decent TT/cart for 35UKP plus p&p:

http://patchoulian.googlepages.com/jvcjl-a40


That looks better each time I see a pic of it!

(The Victor Company Of Japan didn't make much over the years that I wouldn't
have been very pleased to own....!! ;-)


It's a cracker all told. I haven't done a big comparison with the
Project, but in a quickish A-B it didn't seem obviously different -
makes yer wonder ;-)

And the thing is - it hardly shows its age. The switches and general
feel are top notch, bearings have no play and it's mechanically silent.
I dread to think what this level of engineering would cost today ...

"Rob" wrote

I recently bought a pretty decent TT/cart for 35UKP plus p&p:

http://patchoulian.googlepages.com/jvcjl-a40


That looks better each time I see a pic of it!

(The Victor Company Of Japan didn't make much over the years that I
wouldn't have been very pleased to own....!! ;-)


It's a cracker all told. I haven't done a big comparison with the Project,
but in a quickish A-B it didn't seem obviously different - makes yer
wonder ;-)

And the thing is - it hardly shows its age. The switches and general feel
are top notch, bearings have no play and it's mechanically silent. I dread
to think what this level of engineering would cost today ...


Thousands, but that doesn't mean it isn't available to those suitably
endowed - start here, for an idea:

http://aca.gr/turntable.htm

"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Rob" wrote

I recently bought a pretty decent TT/cart for 35UKP plus p&p:

http://patchoulian.googlepages.com/jvcjl-a40


That looks better each time I see a pic of it!

(The Victor Company Of Japan didn't make much over the years that I
wouldn't have been very pleased to own....!! ;-)


It's a cracker all told. I haven't done a big comparison with the
Project, but in a quickish A-B it didn't seem obviously different - makes
yer wonder ;-)

And the thing is - it hardly shows its age. The switches and general feel
are top notch, bearings have no play and it's mechanically silent. I
dread to think what this level of engineering would cost today ...


Thousands, but that doesn't mean it isn't available to those suitably
endowed - start here, for an idea:

http://aca.gr/turntable.htm




Where you will see this, if you scroll down a bit:

"The present LP/CD ratio is 63.6% / 36.4%, among 102,000 records, owned by
A.C.A. Members."


- Tad more meaningful statistic to me than what percentage of knock-off CDs
are being bought by Chavs in pubs and at car boots, compared with the number
of dog-eared vinyl copies of Singalong Max that are being bought.....

;-)