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Audiophile turntables of the 60's and 70's


This is for the dealers and people that remember what turntables were selling back in the golden years of the 60's and early 70's (what would you see at a dealer playing along with a McIntosh C22,and 275 amp ?)

I know there was the Garrard 301,401 but what else was the table to have back then.

Thanks
Mark
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sugarbrie
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I have both a completely restored Dual 1219 and 1229. They sound quite nice even today.

They actually have RCA plug inputs underneath. Most turntables back then had a built in lamp cord RCA cable. So with modern cables they sound better than they did back in the 1960s. Also with the better phono preamps today.
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lolo
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Lenco , Lenco , Lenco!!! How about the Systemdek XII?
muzcal
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In the '60's it was the Thorens TD124 with the Ortofon arm and cartridge.
kublakhan
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Was the Oracle Delphi with an Alphason arm around in the late 70s?
slaw3
139 posts
 
Many thought the Philips 212 and later 312 were cool because of the light up speed switches.
I owned the lower Micro Seiki models - the DD-40 was actually a pretty sweet table, for direct drive - had the MA-505 arm on it.
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