"Keith G" wrote in message
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"David" wrote in message
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"Bob Latham" wrote in message
I cannot say if one item is better than another. I can say I prefer the
sound of one item over another and in that context I preferred my Linn
to
other TTs at the time and if I'm honest it is still in many ways nicer
sounding than CD.


I know you said that you're not continuing in this thread but just out of
curiousity Bob, which other turntables did you listen to at the time?
I'm only asking this as I never heard one in the early 70s and wondered
what you compared it against. When I first heard one was in the early
80s and although I thought it was a great turntable, the two major
competitors at the time (in the UK) were the Roxan Zerxes and the Pink
Triangle. I prefered both of these over the LP12, which I thought was
the least transparent of the three. I never got to hear a Townshend (but
have recently bought one that needs and arm and cartridge fitting) so
couldn't include that.
I've also never heard a Garrard 301 or 401 or any of the esoteric elite
turtables but have heard a Technics SP10 and a Thorens TD125 and still
think the original PT was the one that stood and still stands out.


Of all the turntables I have had I remember two of them which 'sounded'
particularly nice: a 'pagoda style' Systemdek with very light springing
and a Pink Triangle - LPT1, I believe it was.

Do you mean a PT1 or an LPT?
The LPT (Little Pink Thing) was an unsuspended TT competing with the like of
a Linn Basic or Rega Planar 3.
The PT1 (which was never called a PT1 but just a Pink Triangle) was the
original light weight suspended subchassis competing with the Linn.

If you mean the PT1, then yes I agree and still have one as my reference
deck, never heard a TT to match it. )
The PT2 was almost the same but with an outboard AC motor that some people
"upgraded" theirs too but a lot of people are now reverting to the original
DC motor.

I never thought much of the Systemdek that you are talking about (or the LPT
for that matter), I thought the IX was far better.

D