Re: DJ turntables-It depends

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In Reply to: DJ turntables posted by el baroda on September 18, 2003 at 09:50:15:

I recently bought a Technics 1200 for my spousal equivalent who is not an audiophile but likes to listen to records. She previously had a Music Hall MMF 2. I spent about two weeks with the table in my listening room (next to my Teres TT) while I set it up for her.
I am very impressed with it as an entry level turntable. It was easily as good as the Music Hall if not better. While my Teres beat the poop out of it, the cartridge on my Teres cost more than the entire Technics rig. It ought to sound better.
As a first turntable I wouldn't look down on the Technics,just realize that it doesn't have any significant upgrade path. You can't easily change the tonearm. The tonearm is a bit heavy so it won't be a good match for every cartridge. The toenarm is very well made however and works very well on that TT. Speaking of the tonearm, you have to be careful if you buy one that was used by a DJ since they often play with the tonearm bearing adjustments (tighnening them up!) to facilitate scratching. Mine was such a unit and it took me two nights to get the bearings properly readjusted. Try to find one that's not seen DJ service if you aren't familiar with such adjustments.
The bottom line is you can sink 300 bucks in a used technics,match it up with a Shure cartridge and use it for a while until you decide to spring for a better-than-entry-level TT and then sell your Tehcnics for what you paid for it. IMHO this is much more cost effective than trying to tweak up an entry level "audiophile" turntable.
On the other hand if you want to get into turntable tweaking, you could consider getting a used Thorens for about the same money and you'd learn something about turntables and their care and feeding.

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Topic - DJ turntables - el baroda 09:50:15 09/18/03 (13)

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Re: DJ turntables - el baroda 22:07:25 09/18/03 (2)

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Re: DJ turntables - el baroda 18:32:05 09/20/03 (0)

Re: DJ turntables-It depends - Batman 17:55:39 09/18/03 (0)

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Re: DJ turntables - el baroda 11:52:20 09/18/03 (3)

Re: DJ turntables - JefferyK 14:22:06 09/18/03 (0)

Re: DJ turntables - Bruce Bartlett 12:14:44 09/18/03 (1)

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