Record turntables

[threebikesmcginty]

Stan and Ollie were ahead of the game...

 

[slowmotion]

For the two hundred notes you mention I'd suggest a 2nd hand rega. Back in the day the model was Rega Planar 3, with the slighlty cheaper planar 2 clise behind. £400-£500 would get you a Linn LP12 (2nd hand) which is another level again, though can be tempremental to get set up to sound just right. A good linn just sounds awsome but the rega is still a good bit of kit. A othere have mentioned your amp does need to have a phono input - which all old ones do, but fewer modern ones. Note there are moving magnet and moving coil subvariants of phono inputs too - according to the type of pick up you have. A usb thing from maplin or whatever will be crap in comparison

I've got a Rega Planar complete with felt turntable pad. I think it's probably 25 years old but it still sounds pretty good. Ebay is the place to go if you want really good hi-fi stuff at knockdown prices.

 

[theclaud]

That's a bit young and funky for you isn't it?

That's the one I've got.

 

[Crackle]

That's the one I've got.

{cough}....Really...{cough}.......Excellent choice.........looks good.......now, if you'll excuse me, I have erm.........oh look at the time!

 

[Kestevan]

Wouldn't spend too much time/money worrying about it anway @nickyboy at your age your hearing is probably not that good anyway....

 

[Profpointy]

Most of my vinyl is from the 70s, I was never precious with them at the time so some are in a shocking state, but it is amazing what a wash with a sponge in a basin of luke warm water, with a drop of detergent, will do.

Linn's sales flim-flam used to claim that their turntable was better able to "extract the music" from poor records rather than making it sound even worse. My bullshit detector caught that one - right up until I got my Linn and fair play; even my oldest mono cast offs from my uncle which I was going to dump sounded brilliant. I heard things in the music and no longer noticed the crackles and hiss.

 

[swee'pea99]

Wouldn't spend too much time/money worrying about it anway @nickyboy at your age your hearing is probably not that good anyway....

Sorry?

 

[Kestevan]

Sorry?

Half past two deary

 

[swee'pea99]

Linn's sales flim-flam used to claim that their turntable was better able to "extract the music" from poor records rather than making it sound even worse. My bullshit detector caught that one - right up until I got my Linn and fair play; even my oldest mono cast offs from my uncle which I was going to dump sounded brilliant. I heard things in the music and no longer noticed the crackles and hiss.

I'd say that's actually more to do with the cartridge than the turntable. Over the last 18 months, I've upgraded from a Nad 3020i amp to an Arcam Alpha 8, from a Pro-Ject 2.1 turntable to a Rega Planar 2 and from an Ortfon 10 cartridge to a Pickering XSV 3000. Each upgrade has brought significant improvement, but the change of cartridge is, I would say, by far & away the biggest.

 

[swee'pea99]

Half past two deary

Ooh, biscuits. Lovely!

 

[John the Monkey]

They're havin' it large chez nicky right now.

 

[Stephen Piper]

I have never heard a high quality (expensive) system. A cycling club friend who is also a hi fi enthusiast has offered to take me to a demo one day, I will be leaving my cheque book at home though.

 

[Markymark]

I'm a bit confused. All these posts about listening to a turntable? I tried to find them on spotify to stream to one of my Bose's but no joy. Maybe I need to drive up the M1 (the easiest way to travel back in time) about 20 years and find out what you lot are talking about.

 

[MontyVeda]

my nephew calls his turntable a 'vinyl player'.

 

[nickyboy]

They're havin' it large chez nicky right now.

I believe they are know as the "ones and twos" in DJ-land are they not? All this scratchin' in making me itch