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Re: Going Vinyl..my god which table!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Fred J (A) on August 4, 2005 at 09:01:10

In Reply to: Going Vinyl..my god which table!!!!!!!!!! posted by mtosh72 on August 4, 2005 at 06:28:28:

I wouldn't worry too much about the choice as chances are if you become serious about Vinyl/analog you'll end up upgrading reletively soon anyway.

I'd recommend keeping a close eye on Audiogon as excellent deals
show up on Rega's MMF 7's and 5's Scout HW 19 jr's etc. and you can easily end up with a considerably better table at the price you were looking at for a new more modest table, TT's are not like cars where parts availability and cost are a big factor, turntables are pretty simple and generally quite robust in nature, in 40 yr's of analog I've yet to have a motor puke on me, and I've owned a great many TT's
I've never had a platter bearing go bad either.
Going used keeps you from taking the reletively serious initial depreciation hit as well.
The serious sellers on Audiogon absolutely don't want bad feedback
so they are very upfront about the tables they sell know how to pack and ship them and will go out of their way to make certain you're happy, mail order dealer of new gear are not always as accomodating once the sale is made.
You will find a competent Phono stage or Phono section is considerably more imprtant than the TT you choose anyway and odds are
once you gain some experience you'll end up developing different taste based needs anyway.
Regards FredJ

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