I would like to get into Turntables but ......... HELP!


Help ! I would like to get into turntables but am miffed by all the terms ! Could someone recommend a Book/Mag.
to help me ? All I am looking for is an entry level TT to get started that is ready to plug in and play. My pre-amp has a TT connection. Thanks for any help/advice you can give me, its been 35 yrs since I last had a TT !
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Showing 1 response by asvjerry

Turntables are all over the board, from the USB 'plug 'n plays' to ones rivaling the $ of a new BMW (well, the 'entry level' ones, anyway...).

Budget first.  Then, consider what you're going to be playing on it.  Your old stash of LP's or some new acquires that you'd like to keep 'newish'.

What are you connecting it to?   Something 'modest', or perhaps a bit more 'audiophile'?  If you've perused these forums, I'll assume you've noted the nearly mind-numbing parade of variables in this regard...;)

'Vintage'...  I found a mint Garrard Z100 with a decent Shure cartridge in a local thrift shop for 20$.  You bet I gave it a new home, treated it to a new stylus, and viola'...I use it manually, although the 'auto' function still works.

As a tangential tracking fan, I couldn't resist. *G*  Not strictly 'audiophile', but not bad for the $.

The suggestions above are all solid and quite apt....but, ultimately, think about where you'd like to re-enter the wonderful whirl'd of the licorice pizza. ;)