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In Reply to: Are you a turntable snob posted by sudz1234@yahoo.com on July 22, 2012 at 19:00:48:
Original Poster has absolutely NO CLUE what kind of turntable the "guy that works at Amoeba" owns, yet is quick to insinuate it's junk, based on nothing more than price paid, and this fellow's not being able to recall the make & model.
I've bought numerous used vintage turntables at thrifts & yard sales, all for $20 or less. Not to mention the free Technics SP-15 from a nearby AM radio station. I don't buy junk on my yard sale & thrift expeditions and I wouldn't expect anyone with a 10K+ record collection would either. Most of what I've bought was mid to high end in its day and would easily outperform "an entry level Rega or Music Hall table" that the OP is suggesting as some kind of minimum standard.
In my experience, price paid has little relation to quality or performance, particularly in the case of used gear. Indeed, that's also the case with some new turntables, and if something is marketed as "audiophile", that's no guarantee of performance.
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- Some erroneous assumptions here.... - cactuscowboy@bresnan.net 11:49:37 07/23/12 (0)