Hi all.
New to the site and just looking for a bit of gear and advice.
I am looking for my first turntable and not sure what to go for.
My budget is around 200€ collected.
I was thinking rega planar 3 that may need some work or something cheap, vintage to be heavily upgraded (I can fabricate the plinth myself).
Thanks for all sugestions and offers in advance.
Max
Have a set of b&w dm601 speakers and mint yamaha cd-s300 for trade if there is anybody willing to trade.
Turntable wanted
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Re: Turntable wanted
Thanks for the link.
Richersounds got it even cheaper.
199€ posted as boards.ie special.
I was strongly advised against it by my friend who knows way more than me about tt's.
Richersounds got it even cheaper.
199€ posted as boards.ie special.
I was strongly advised against it by my friend who knows way more than me about tt's.
Re: Turntable wanted
That's a cracking deal, you can't really go wrong with an entry-level Rega.
Unless you want to do a lot of tweaking, and even then unless you know what you are doing with t/tables you may end up with a worse result than the Rega (plug and play) option!
Unless you want to do a lot of tweaking, and even then unless you know what you are doing with t/tables you may end up with a worse result than the Rega (plug and play) option!
Re: Turntable wanted
A friend who knocks a new Rega for €200 doesn`t really know anything about turntables if you ask me!!! Ha :-) (The arm alone is worth €200 all day long...imo). If you`re Dublin based and need help getting it up and running give me a shout.
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You're absolutely right there. A solid bargain.
Vinyl -anything else is data storage.
Thorens TD124 Mk1 + Kuzma Stogi 12"arm, HANA Red, Gold Note PH 10 + PSU. ADI-2 Dac, Lector CDP7, Wyred4Sound pre, Airtight ATM1s, Klipsch Heresy IV, Misc Mains, RCA + XLR ICs, Tellurium Q spkr cable
Thorens TD124 Mk1 + Kuzma Stogi 12"arm, HANA Red, Gold Note PH 10 + PSU. ADI-2 Dac, Lector CDP7, Wyred4Sound pre, Airtight ATM1s, Klipsch Heresy IV, Misc Mains, RCA + XLR ICs, Tellurium Q spkr cable
Re: Turntable wanted
Hi lads.
Thanks so much for the advice.
Maybe my friend is a bit of a snob and thinks that Im one too ;-).
Or maybe he based his advice on the rest of my system.
I was looking at some reviews and few mentioned not accurate / stable rpm.
Im based just around Enniscorthy, so thank you kindly Bod for your offer but I am rarely in Dublin these days.
If I ever take you up on the offer I can return the favour and colour calibrate your pc or laptop :-)
Thanks so much for the advice.
Maybe my friend is a bit of a snob and thinks that Im one too ;-).
Or maybe he based his advice on the rest of my system.
I was looking at some reviews and few mentioned not accurate / stable rpm.
Im based just around Enniscorthy, so thank you kindly Bod for your offer but I am rarely in Dublin these days.
If I ever take you up on the offer I can return the favour and colour calibrate your pc or laptop :-)
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No worries Max.
We`re all snobs here! Regas always run slightly fast - since day one. Depending on the material this can be good or bad. An external power supply is key to speed stability in my experience - no matter which turntable really, for the most part. Rega do their own but its about the same price again as the deck. Well worth trying to find a second hand one at a good price (€100 or so). Make sure you can fine tune the speed with potentiometers. That way, you can get it as close to 3150hz as possible with the deck :-).
A bodge solution if you were to even notice this would be to use some tape (with a bit of a tack for grip) around the circumference of the subplatter. By fluting around with this (layers of 0.2mil maybe?) and the help of a strobe you could get it to run a but slower - if you could be bothered!. Consistency is more important than accuracy in my opinion, so unless you`ve got perfect pitch and the record is utterly centred I doubt if you will notice really.
Best, Dave.
We`re all snobs here! Regas always run slightly fast - since day one. Depending on the material this can be good or bad. An external power supply is key to speed stability in my experience - no matter which turntable really, for the most part. Rega do their own but its about the same price again as the deck. Well worth trying to find a second hand one at a good price (€100 or so). Make sure you can fine tune the speed with potentiometers. That way, you can get it as close to 3150hz as possible with the deck :-).
A bodge solution if you were to even notice this would be to use some tape (with a bit of a tack for grip) around the circumference of the subplatter. By fluting around with this (layers of 0.2mil maybe?) and the help of a strobe you could get it to run a but slower - if you could be bothered!. Consistency is more important than accuracy in my opinion, so unless you`ve got perfect pitch and the record is utterly centred I doubt if you will notice really.
Best, Dave.
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I have a vintage/classic tt spare if you really want to go down the project route that i would swap for the cd player, but I live in belfast :)
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it has no lid or cartridge but is a nice basis for something like
https://www.ho66es.org/zenphoto/0001/st ... 10.jpg.php
https://www.ho66es.org/zenphoto/0001/st ... 06.jpg.php]
it has no lid or cartridge but is a nice basis for something like
https://www.ho66es.org/zenphoto/0001/st ... 10.jpg.php
