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JDCrae wrote:Its funny you listed that one Roscoe, I had emailed the guy about it. Almost all the turntables on CL, all seem to be sold by him. Seems he is a bit of a collector. The one thing that always worries me with used equipment is the unknown. It's hard to discern( for me anyway) how something has been treated, age of internal components etc. He responded back saying he was not sure about the cartridge, though he thought perhaps a Shure?
What are some features that would be good to look for? Some seem to have a special feature for lowering the stylus to the record, others have auto returns, speed control etc.
My Marantz does not have a phono input, so I would either need one with a built in preamp, or have to buy a separate preamp. As I am not sure how serious I plan on getting into Vinyl, my thought was to tread lightly at first to get my feet wet.
Randy- I am in Baltimore, so have been lurking on CL looking at different models that have come up. Heard a lot of different turntables at CAF this year, but these were super high end units. Not sure listening to them helped me much. One thing I did notice for anyone that went, was the two rooms side by side that played via refurbished ES Quads. The one thing that has driven me nuts in the past, is that static-pop like sound. The first room, had a British guy with crazy shoes, his setup popped and had a lot of static. He was driving the speakers with a SS amp. The second room, had a tube amp driving the same speakers. No static or pop. They of course had different turntables I believe which makes comparing a bit more difficult.
Is the static/pop inherent to vinyl recordings?
Guy- I think it's a good sign that we have both looked at similar equipment. Makes me feel like I am at the very least- looking at quality equipment.
Am searching different publications as well, to see what is often recommended in different price ranges. Luckily there is a lot of info out there, just tricky to sift through it all to find applicable recommendations.
Thanks all!
December 11th, 2014, 9:22 am
JDCrae wrote:Its funny you listed that one Roscoe, I had emailed the guy about it. Almost all the turntables on CL, all seem to be sold by him. Seems he is a bit of a collector. The one thing that always worries me with used equipment is the unknown. It's hard to discern( for me anyway) how something has been treated, age of internal components etc. He responded back saying he was not sure about the cartridge, though he thought perhaps a Shure?
What are some features that would be good to look for? Some seem to have a special feature for lowering the stylus to the record, others have auto returns, speed control etc.
My Marantz does not have a phono input, so I would either need one with a built in preamp, or have to buy a separate preamp. As I am not sure how serious I plan on getting into Vinyl, my thought was to tread lightly at first to get my feet wet.
Randy- I am in Baltimore, so have been lurking on CL looking at different models that have come up. Heard a lot of different turntables at CAF this year, but these were super high end units. Not sure listening to them helped me much. One thing I did notice for anyone that went, was the two rooms side by side that played via refurbished ES Quads. The one thing that has driven me nuts in the past, is that static-pop like sound. The first room, had a British guy with crazy shoes, his setup popped and had a lot of static. He was driving the speakers with a SS amp. The second room, had a tube amp driving the same speakers. No static or pop. They of course had different turntables I believe which makes comparing a bit more difficult.
Is the static/pop inherent to vinyl recordings?
Guy- I think it's a good sign that we have both looked at similar equipment. Makes me feel like I am at the very least- looking at quality equipment.
Am searching different publications as well, to see what is often recommended in different price ranges. Luckily there is a lot of info out there, just tricky to sift through it all to find applicable recommendations.
Thanks all!
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