Miracord 50H Turntable


My dad had a Miracord 50H turntable. Unfortunetly, he recently passed away and the turntable has been offered to me. I know little about it in regards to quality and recommendations as to what cartridges might be a good match. I have been looking to get a turntable and thought this would be useful for the time being. My pre-amp is an Audible Illusions Modulus 3A. The amp is McCormack DNA-1 Deluxe with a Revision A Gold uprade and my speakers are Thiel 3.6's. Any help out there? Thanks.
kleiman421

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It is a low end table but there are worse ones out there. It could be a good start to get into vinyl. The problem with the low end tables is that they have loose bearings and don't retrieve the information as well as they should and the cartridge isn't held in the perfect relationship to the groove like it should be. This results in mistracking and heavier wear to the records. If you wish to continue in vinyl, then you should upgrade ASAP in order to save your record collection from the high frequency "lathing" that occurs with the low end turntable systems. At the level of the Miracord, it is questionable whether it will sound any better than CD.IMHO.