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RE: Inexpensive TT

Posted by PAR on January 18, 2017 at 15:07:41

In Reply to: Inexpensive TT posted by Kindablue on January 18, 2017 at 10:03:15:

Looking at USA inflation between 1997 and today that $450 is worth around $675 today. Which is a fair price for a new turntable of audiophile quality at what is now known as entry level. So I don't think that the cartridge company were necessarily out of line in their description but it may be that the cartridge that you were interested in may be a mismatch in some kind of way. Usually turntables under a certain sum new come as a complete unit including the tonearm and the latter may be considered as a qualitative mismatch where some expensive cartridges are concerned particularly where ultimate bearing quality and adjustability are concerned.

Are there good new turntables at around that current price equivalent today? Of course, some Pro-ject and MMF models spring to mind. So if you bought an equivalent for $450 back then you did well. If it sounded good then and has been well maintained then it will sound good now.

You say that you enjoy your turntable and that is really all that counts. I would just accept that it probably isn't the last word but that isn't anything to be ashamed of as you seem to realise. We mostly all put up with some kind of compromise compared to the ultimate components, mainly because we can't afford them and/or don't have enough room to house them. This affects us irrespective of how much we have spent (excluding any multi-millionaires out there). Just carry on having fun with it and consider a different cartridge. At the end of the day it is what an audio system delivers to your ears that counts not its theoretical technical ability or its potential ability to impress the neighbours (who don't care anyway).

"what do people spend on there tables". It seems that most postings so far avoid answering this. My personal answer is around $6,000 at today's prices excluding carts. That is probably above average.

NB: It would help us if we could be let into what the turntable that you have and the cartridge that you were investigating are.

Edits: 01/18/17

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