A lot of people hate the technics linear turntables. I have one and love it. Grado cartridges come in P mount, I have a silver on mine and it sounds fantastic. I bought this for the tiny footprint to use on my desktop for ripping vinyl to my hard drive but it sounded better than my main TT so now I move it all over the house. I was intitially looking for an SL-10 because it has a built-in preamp but decided to get a cheaper tt (I think it is a SL-Q6?) that had been fully serviced. The SL-10 seems to be the most popular(selling on ebay for 200+), it was quite expensive back in the day. I've played a few new LP's 10-20 times and hear no wear/distortion so I would ignore anybody telling you to get a thrift store DD TT that probably doesn't allow for tonearm adjustments. I've had these and they will ruin your collection.
Technics SL-10 Linear Tracking
I'm trying to break into the vinyl side of music and I would really appreciate any advice I could get on a hand-me-down from my Dad.
He hasn't used the turntable for at least 15 years, so operationally I have no idea what condition it's in.
The catch is that he misplaced the AC power cord so at the moment i cannot plug it in.
The AC power jack is a lot smaller than the standard size for audio components. The interesting thing is that there are two power supply imputs: the AC power jack and a DC power jack (12 V).
Should I just walk over to Radio Shack and pick up a 12 V universal power cord?
Finally, there is also a MM/MC button on the back, does that mean I won't need to buy a phono stage?
Thanks!
derek
He hasn't used the turntable for at least 15 years, so operationally I have no idea what condition it's in.
The catch is that he misplaced the AC power cord so at the moment i cannot plug it in.
The AC power jack is a lot smaller than the standard size for audio components. The interesting thing is that there are two power supply imputs: the AC power jack and a DC power jack (12 V).
Should I just walk over to Radio Shack and pick up a 12 V universal power cord?
Finally, there is also a MM/MC button on the back, does that mean I won't need to buy a phono stage?
Thanks!
derek