Looking for a mid-priced TT to install my 2M Black Cart
I think you should match it with a tonearm, not a turntable. Effectime mass of the arm + cartridge compliance is the key. There you go But the best you can buy is new Technics DD with the arm that just fine for your Ortofon |
$1399 Technics SL1500C with cartridge and phono stage. also available in black. Coreless Direct Drive motor. This is a semi-automatic tonearm close up If you can buy a Direct Drive with coreless motor + cartridsge + phono stage (all in one) for $1399 then why do you need a Belt Drive turntable ? For a bit more you can find used Technics SL1200GR for $1500-1700 i believe. |
Differences SL1210GR and SL1210Mk7?? @twoleftears you can compare models here, the prices below are from U.S. dealer posted in the end of my Technics thread The Technics SL-1000R is $18000.00 The SL-1200G is $3995.00 and SL-1200GR is half price The new SL-1500C is $1399.00 The new DJ Version SL-1200Mk7 is $1199.00 - this is the cheapest new Technics at the moment |
@bsmg The only advantage of direct drive is high torque and more stable speed. The extra vibration and noise from a direct drive turntable is why I would not have one. I have 6 direct drive turntables and can't detect any noise from any of them, they are all so heavy that i can not detect a vibration. My turntable has one belt. Don’t know where you’ve been the past 40 years or so but you may notice that the best turntables are not direct drive. I am not that old to be in this hobby for 40 years, but i live with Direct Drive turntables for more than 20 years and in the past 5 years upgrading them. Can't imagine i could operate a belt drive. The only DD ones I can think of are Japanese. Wait, VPI is coming out with some sort of 40th anniversary DD table (they must be cleaning out their warehouse of extra parts). ONLY Japanese, yes. One of the most affordable High-End DD is Technics SP-10 mkII, Denon DP-80, Victor TT-81, but my favorite is Luxman PD-444. They are all vintage. Not sure who need a VPI 40th Anniversary when Technics made 100th Anniversary SP-10R $8,999 |
There is one Idler Drive that is so attractive: Restored Hammertone Garrard 301 from Audio Grail, especially in Artisan Fidelity plinth Aesthetically to die for (imo) In my opinion this is a state of the art in terms of design, the only problem is the price which is higher than most expensive direct drive. I've never tried this turntable, but i wish to have one in collection. |
DJ’s use direct drive tables because they can physically turn the platter backward, which can’t be done successfully with belt drive. None of the DJs turn the platter backwards, they turn the record on the slipmat (felt mat) any directiron if needed (it's called back cueing), but the platter under the slipmat always turning forward, not backward. And a high torque is needed to cartch the right speed immediately. Not all of the Direct Drive have such a high torque like Technics, for example my Luxman PD-444 has much lower torque. |
