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In Reply to: Luxman and/vs Thorens advice wanted...need turntable badly, tired of getting hosed on ebay posted by Mr Blue Sky on May 11, 2007 at 18:15:16:
EMPIRE 398 would teally fit the bill.A really nice one will run $300. 00 to $400.00
One that works perfect but cosmetics average a hundred or so less.
accurate speed, reliability equal to anything made.
I have five of them, two are MINT! MINT! Like TEN out of TEN! But they are pricey and not sure if I want to sell.
I might sell one if pushed.
These ship well if packed carefully. I have bought fifteen or so off Ebay without problems. Just be sure to instruct how to pack.
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Well, that's interesting because I really wanted an Empire originally. However, I was under the impression that on basically every Empire model except the 698, the original arms were crap. In any case, I ended up buying a 698 on ebay that was shipped to me wonderfully and guess what? The motor runs fast...and yes, I have the correct belt. So after this experience, I've sort of lost enthusiasm for Empires. It seems the ultra-reliable are not so reliable after all.....
If the belt did not come from alexatlier it is not the correct belt.
I have a great deal of respect for Joel at the TT factory but a few years ago, I got a belt
that he said was the correct one for Empire
and it made it run fast.
"The motor runs fast...and yes, I have the correct belt."How much too fast? You could get unlucky and encounter this same problem with an old Thorens (unless it's something like TD125/126 with pitch control).
I've had 2 TD150MkII. The first ran approximately 1% too fast and the second one was dead on correct.
A friend of mine has a TD160Super that also ran a bit fast. He solved this by carefully sanding down the diameter of the pulley with some very fine sandpaper (one needs to be very careful and precise obviously).
The smaller Luxman DD's are actually relatively inexpensive here in Denmark where I live compared to what I've seen elsewhere (not that it's any good to you).
Less that perfect speed precision (let's say within 1%) is actually less important compared to stuff like wow & flutter (so I've been told). Maybe some of us are more sensitive to this than others. But it sure is nice to know that the pitch is dead on - it bothers me too if it isn't (I have a Lenco).
It seemed to me that my CD-player was running too slow back when I had my first TD150MkII (the one that was too fast). I listened to vinyl mostly and my brain got used to that and told me that the CD-player was "slow". :-)
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