Are older direct drives worth trying?

Posted by NuWave (A) on August 14, 2006 at 06:31:00

I was poking around ebay and thought it might be fun to get a direct drive to play around with and mount one of my extra cartridges on. Saw a Pioneer PL-4 like the one I used to have and some others that looked like nice tables, ARE they nice tables though? The 4 was actually very heavy for a shorter table, not one of those black plastic cheapos that came out in the later 80's to the present. Thought it would be a little side dish to this hobby to see how good of a sound I could get out of an older(semi-cheap)table. I figure though that the good ones from back in the day that were done right are still recognized as good and you guys are going to gobble them up before I can get to 'em. Once again, this won't fit in a mailbox so how do I sneak it past the wife?

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Topic - Are older direct drives worth trying? - NuWave 06:31:00 08/14/06 (17)

You betcha!... - matt67bianco 11:32:58 08/14/06 (5)

Glad to see some positive press for the Denon 47F - kjd03842 18:11:26 08/14/06 (1)

I almost dismissed getting the DP 47F...... - matt67bianco 23:42:19 08/14/06 (0)

hmmm.... - NuWave 12:00:01 08/14/06 (2)

Very true.... - matt67bianco 13:22:11 08/14/06 (0)

Try Craig's List for good deals - grailer 12:22:52 08/14/06 (0)

Re: Dual 701 - Citizen Dan 10:04:47 08/14/06 (1)

Make that the 700 Dual range - Munkie_NL 11:02:23 08/15/06 (0)

Try Luxman - grailer 09:02:39 08/14/06 (0)

I just bought a clean SP-10 Mk2A for less than a used SL-1200 series - M3 lover 08:37:57 08/14/06 (0)

Re: Are older direct drives worth trying? - Door Nail 07:39:49 08/14/06 (0)

Re: Are older direct drives worth trying? - melomane 06:56:36 08/14/06 (0)

Dunno about that but the Technics SL-12XX series and - HenryH 06:39:46 08/14/06 (4)

Glad to see JVC mentioned.... - Bob(SD) 11:04:49 08/14/06 (1)

Ditto the QL-5/50, etc. /nt\ - HenryH 11:15:43 08/14/06 (0)

Re: Dunno about that but the Technics SL-12XX series and - NuWave 07:08:40 08/14/06 (1)

Re: Dunno about that but the Technics SL-12XX series and - Zed Simon 12:35:44 08/14/06 (0)

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