1. Home
  2. analog
  3. 171145-4181

If you were looking for a direct drive turntable ...

Let's say one that cost less than $3K, with cartridge, what would you look at? I'd been thinking about a Technics SL-1200GR, but they seem no longer to be available. Which has led me to the Thorens 403, the Music Hall Stealth, and ...?

Please do help.

Unless, that is, I end up getting a Rega and stick with belt drive.

Thanks for indulging me on my quest, as I'm old and don't have limitless funds.

-- Howard

 

hodu
mijostyn's avatar
mijostyn
8,570 posts
 

I should say, "oscillating motors do not belong under phonograph cartridges" unless you are Russian. The fridged siberian environement creates a superconductive path through the motor's armature that absorbs stray magnetic fields. This also helps inexpensive very old antique crtridges sound better, even if they have no stylus left. 

tsushima1
1,165 posts
 

@mijostyn 

The L-07D was not designed for / with commercial radio station deployment as part of its engineering brief .

mijostyn's avatar
mijostyn
8,570 posts
 

@tsushima1, I was alluding to old Idler wheel designs. The L-07 D is not a tank. It is a dandied up Japanese direct drive.  I almost bought one. I had L-07 M amlifiers driving my subwoofers in 1979. Kenwood was trying to enter the high end market and wound up producing one of the best subwoofer amps ever. I think they bailed out in 1984. The LP 12 with an SME arm handily trounced it. 

rauliruegas
13,370 posts
 

@mijostyn  : I can't understand for sure what trounced what but what I'm sure is that the Kenwood TT trounced the SME and your SOTA one:

http://www.l-07d.com/

 

R.

 

 

cleeds
6,582 posts
 
mijostyn

Oscillating motors do not belong under phonograph cartridges. 

Oscillating motors? What turntable can you cite that relies on an oscillating motor?!?

More to discover