There are sometimes when it would be an absolute advantage to live in the US, like buying stuff. I used 3 months in my search for a 2252B in wooden cabinet - but Denmark is a small country, some even think its part of Greenland which is part of the North Pole...
There a quite some offers on Ebay, but transporting this heavy unit to Europe, and if something is not right ..
Any good advice from the forum on at suitable turntable 78ísh
Thanks
Yeah, but then you'd also have to put up with our inferior and very costly healthcare system, poor public educational system, failing infrastructure... well, you get the point.Originally Posted by Viking
I'd say high shipping prices are a small price to pay.
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Thorens - Hmm, yes ofcause - way back I had the SME 2000 plinth equiped with a Thorens turn table ( think is was a Thorens with the light patterns on the edge for visula speed control ) , and SME 3012 II Tonearm, Ortofon/Stanton EEE. Unfortunaly sold it 20 years ago.
THANKS Triumph Don !
What a lovly piece:
http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/THORENS-TD14...ayphotohosting
Did some surfing - Thorens 160 (II ?) it will be, have a good feeling about this one. Will need to investigate further excatly which version etc.
Wooden non-painted cabinet is preferable - SME II 9" , I suppose a 12" cant fit ? , I can live with the 9" arm. Will propably takes some months to find one. I suppose its a collecters piece.
Viking mentions a 12" SME arm. TD 160 series will not accomodate an arm of that length.
He is needing a Garrard 401 on a large plinth ( as an example ) but the Asian market has gobbled them up and the prices are £££££ $$$$$$
If memory serves there is a Luxman TT of that era that will take the 12" arm also.
Have a wander around the Vinyl Engine website.
Here it is
These are rare too
Nice plinths !
Now after some time researching, I changed my mind to a Technics SL-1200 MK2 , for now - they still produce them, so looking deep into the savings - will return later.
Just to return a feed back - ordered a new 1200 for playing my old LP´s. I must say, few things which were designed in the 70´ties are still produced today - one of those is the Technics 1200. Incredible that such quality can be baught from brand new, at such a price, in the year of 2008. Set-up should now be complete, the set of L100 are now finally well matched with gear from same period. Considered to put a SME 3009 II early on, but after listening using an AT-120E PU, I´m quite content with the original 1200 arm.
Nice score Viking ! I love the outfit !
Uh....... how much are those 1200's going for today ? And I didn't catch the cartridge you got with it.
I've got an old Sony PS-X7 that acts a little silly sometimes when it hasn't been used for months, but it seems to always come back to its old self. Maybe I'll have to replace it someday, but I hope not !!
Dave Lyons - Zanesville, Oh = L300, L36, L40,
L100a & L100a Century, J2050, S36AWII
Technics 1200 are a dime a dozen in my experience.
I have four of them here at the nightclub that are not being used for quite a few years.
I use one of them as a speaker reconing lazy susan. Its got glue and stuff all over it. Yet, It would play just fine when needed.
They are a good solid heavy turntable with all of the wear parts available, easily. You can even get different color parts to go with your decor!
If anyone wants one, pm me.
One step above: "Two Tin Cans and a String!"
Longtime Alaskan Low-Fi Guy - E=MC² ±3db
Im back - sorry for the delay.
SL-1200 MK2 is about 427 Euro in a web shob - when I saw it could still be baught brand new, I baught one right away while they still produce them. Like - JBL still manufactuer the L100 Century, or Marantz still produce the 2252B receiver, at prices equal to the price back in 78, like buing a brand new 87 Merzedes for the price of a Fiat Uno.
Settled for the AT-120E cartridge, since this seems to be the gereral choice on the net. Had problems with subsonic rummel on the L100´s, so put a sock in the ports to damp the port - that helped.
Comparing my 70íes records with same CD, there are a substantiel difference, some CD´s sound like they were recorded from a casette, or from an LP. If you listen to music from the 60 and 70íes, there is quite an improvement to go vinyl. Comparing the LP with the CD on Grand Funk, Closer to Home, the track "Closer to Home", the CD sounds like a transistorradio in comparison to the LP.
My old record player turntables:
Thorens TD126Mk2 + SME 3009 Improved + Denon DL103
Denon DP-3000 based DIY + Rek-o-kut model 160 + Denon DL103
Good sound.
Stéphane
Gorgeous setup - thanks for sharing!
2ch: WiiM Pro; Topping E30 II DAC; Oppo, Acurus RL-11, Acurus A200, JBL Dynamics Project - Offline: L212-TwinStack, VonSchweikert VR-4
7: TIVO, Oppo BDP103D, B&K, 2pr UREI 809A, TF600, JBL B460
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I'm a DL-103 believer too , courtesy of Mac's experience...love it
Stereophile mag rated it as one of the best 500 products of 2008 , and it was first sold in 1962 .
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