RDK Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 now they have one for the wife, too! I picture that as Hal Jordan's turntable... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 (edited) something from iron man's lab? i guess if i owned that turntable, i wouldn't even think of buying records under $30. does it require a sterile environment? Actually if you'd trying to spin a cheap record, the TT would trap and submit you to a brainwashing treatment. The brain functions restoring comes as option. With that piece of high-permitivity plastic on the platter, it would make a pretty good Van Der Graaf Generator ! Edited November 20, 2008 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 What you got back home, little sister, to play your fuzzy warbles on? I bet you got little save pitiful, portable picnic players. Come with uncle and hear all proper! Hear angel trumpets and devil trombones. You are invited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 I've had a Rega Planar 3 for more than ten years. I had the motor upgrade about five years ago along with a new drive belt. I'm using a Rega Elys cartridge. I'm very happy with it's performance and reliability. I hope to take the Rega plunge next week and order this P3-24. It now comes with the TT PSU as a package ....and the Elys2 is a few hundred extra. Based on the scattered research I've done, this seems like an exceptional TT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainwrong Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Grr...should have waited. Would have loved to get it in green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 What you got back home, little sister, to play your fuzzy warbles on? I bet you got little save pitiful, portable picnic players. Come with uncle and hear all proper! Hear angel trumpets and devil trombones. You are invited. Early Mitchell turntable? (must have been about 1972 I guess?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 (edited) Transcriptor: http://www.transcriptors.net/history.htm BTW As nice as mediocre sounding and a nightmare for setting up, according to my Hi-Fi dealear who still has one as ornament in the shop. Edited November 24, 2008 by porcy62 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Tweeter is going out of business and I stopped into the Salem, NH store yesterday to say goodbye to a few of the salesmen I've dealt with over the years. On my way out, I saw a Pro-Ject Debut III sitting all alone just begging to be looked at. It was missing a power supply and the anti-skate weight so I asked them how low they would go. I got it for $150. Once I get it going, it's going to replace my Denon DP-29F on my 3rd system. I might take the Denon into work and set it up on a PC in the lab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASNL77 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 I've had a Rega Planar 3 for more than ten years. I had the motor upgrade about five years ago along with a new drive belt. I'm using a Rega Elys cartridge. I'm very happy with it's performance and reliability. I hope to take the Rega plunge next week and order this P3-24. It now comes with the TT PSU as a package ....and the Elys2 is a few hundred extra. Based on the scattered research I've done, this seems like an exceptional TT. You will love it!! I owned a Rega P3 for three years ( same green as this one) and it is an absolute gem! I have decided to replace it with the entry level of Linn last year but I can guarantee you that this turntable deserves all the praise you can read here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 I have one of these: Lenco L-75 any good? it was fixed years ago by a local store (long since disappeared - hifi shops went downhill before music shops will... only those catering hi-end customers seem to survive, as well as the huge cheap discounters) - anyway, it seems to have some speed issues, but I have no idea how to fix that, or rather how I could adjust that other than just have it running slightly faster than at 33 rpm (it allows continuous setting of speed but there are "steps" or whatever you'd call that at 16[?], 33, 45 and 78) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 VPI TNT junior - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 I have one of these: Lenco L-75 any good? it was fixed years ago by a local store (long since disappeared - hifi shops went downhill before music shops will... only those catering hi-end customers seem to survive, as well as the huge cheap discounters) - anyway, it seems to have some speed issues, but I have no idea how to fix that, or rather how I could adjust that other than just have it running slightly faster than at 33 rpm (it allows continuous setting of speed but there are "steps" or whatever you'd call that at 16[?], 33, 45 and 78) Do you know if it's too fast at all speeds? If so, you could just need a new drive belt. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 hm, I think actually it's a tad too slow - but I only have 33 rpm albums, so I can't really check... though of course I could have one run at 45 and then do the math... but in the end it only matters in case I'd do vinyl rips (which though I'd like to do now and then), if I'm just listening, I won't notice it really. I can't remember what was fixed back when it was fixed, but I think it was something about the motor, so maybe it's still got the same problem after all and it wasn't properly fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 hm, I think actually it's a tad too slow - but I only have 33 rpm albums, so I can't really check... though of course I could have one run at 45 and then do the math... but in the end it only matters in case I'd do vinyl rips (which though I'd like to do now and then), if I'm just listening, I won't notice it really. I can't remember what was fixed back when it was fixed, but I think it was something about the motor, so maybe it's still got the same problem after all and it wasn't properly fixed. Borrow a 45 you've got on CD. If it's a bit slow, the belt's stretched - slightly more likely than that it's shrunk. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Hm, I have some Blue Notes on both CD and LP, like Griffin's "The Congregation" - though the CD is the RVG while the LP is the Conn, I gather that should not influence the playing time, but then who knows. As for 45, I'd still not have anything to compare it with a CD... but if anyone wants to unload his single of "Moanin'" or that bonus track on Adderley's "Sump'n Else", I'd not reject such an offer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 I love LPs - rediscovering them as I work on a new reissue project - they actually do, in terms of older music, reissues, etc, sound signficantly better than CDs - I'm astounded by some of the clarity I'm getting, post CEDAR and with some very significant re-equalization (which is the weak spot on old LPs, probably before the days of commonly accessible parametric eq's, not to mention my current digital eq, which I love; everyone should have one) - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Hm, I have some Blue Notes on both CD and LP, like Griffin's "The Congregation" - though the CD is the RVG while the LP is the Conn, I gather that should not influence the playing time, but then who knows. As for 45, I'd still not have anything to compare it with a CD... but if anyone wants to unload his single of "Moanin'" or that bonus track on Adderley's "Sump'n Else", I'd not reject such an offer... Flurin I've just bought one of these Lenco 75s to play 78s and 45 rpm singles on. It needs a new arm. This site has all the possible information you could possibly want re Lenco problems, idler wheel flat would be my guess. Lenco Lovers !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 This is the turntable I have, a Technics 1800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Here's a pic of my table. Got lucky and bought a "used" one (though you wouldn't know it as it was boxed and looked brand new) for less than $350. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Hm, I have some Blue Notes on both CD and LP, like Griffin's "The Congregation" - though the CD is the RVG while the LP is the Conn, I gather that should not influence the playing time, but then who knows. As for 45, I'd still not have anything to compare it with a CD... but if anyone wants to unload his single of "Moanin'" or that bonus track on Adderley's "Sump'n Else", I'd not reject such an offer... Flurin I've just bought one of these Lenco 75s to play 78s and 45 rpm singles on. It needs a new arm. This site has all the possible information you could possibly want re Lenco problems, idler wheel flat would be my guess. Lenco Lovers !! Thanks for that link, will look at it... I guess I'll need to look up a lot of words, I don't know all these technical terms... next step then would be to find someone nearby who fixes these things. That could be quite a task, these days. They do sell new turntables again all over, but no one seems to repair any technical device anymore, just throw it away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Before throwing anything away I would send an e-mail to Phono Phono in Berlin and ask them for a colleague in Switzerland ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Before throwing anything away I would send an e-mail to Phono Phono in Berlin and ask them for a colleague in Switzerland ... Oh, don't be afraid, I won't dump it! Thanks for that recommendation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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