Good advise found above in both posts. You may want to also consider an 80s AR or Thorens TD 145,160, or 166. Nice ones can be found $300 to $400. My advise is to stay away from the low end Regas. Decent arms but in stock form have a crappy belt, (glorified o ring), dubious motor and cheap plastic subplatter. By the time you upgrade them you could have bought a VPI Scout. Personally I am not a fan of direct drives though many on the forum like the Technics you mention modded by KAB. I would imagine this would take it out of the budget category though.
Budget Turntable For Low Output Moving Coil ???
Hi-
I would like to get Denon 103-R with the new model of the aluminum Midas shell. I own a good tube phono pre- amplifier for this cartridge (Jolida JD9) but I need a new turntable.
What would be the least expensive option that I could get good sound out of the Denon?
A gentlemen whose opinion I greatly respect has told me that a used version of the Rega P3 is the bottom end of turntable continuum (price wise). I do not want to make a horrible mistake, but what about one of the DJ type clones of the Technics 1200MK2?
What I am thinking of is the Numark TTX USB. It is a direct drive, but the specs on this are incredible! Low wow and flutter... and the other specs are great- Rumble: -58dB (IEC 98A Unweighted); -79dB (IEC 98A Weighted). It even has a straight tonearm. The Denon is reputed to love heavy tonearms.
Do you think it might work?
Any ideas would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Karl