Vintage Turntable: AR Es-1 vs Denon DP-60L


Anyone have any opinions on Acoustic Research ES-1 turntable or Denon DP 60-L turntable in terms of sound, function, re-sale values and availablity of repair services, in case anything goes wrong ?

HK
kimh

Showing 1 response by artmaltman

I still own my AR ES-1, and I did own a direct drive Denon for a number of years in the '80's. I love the AR and prefer it, but I was surprised how great the Denon sounded also, it definitely held its own, at least in my system.

What I remember is that the quality of manufacture of the Denon direct drives seemed to go downhill at one point in time, like they were cutting corners by making components thinner and lighter, and unfortunately I don't remember the model number of my fine unit or any of the others. I think my Denon unit was from the days of "S" shaped arms (was there an advantage to that?), circa 1980.

Art