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Don't buy a new record player. I just bought a used Technics SL2000 for ~120€. Maybe you've heard of the Technics 1200, which is quite famous. The 2000 is a che
by encom 6y ago
Don't buy a new record player. I just bought a used Technics SL2000 for ~120€. Maybe you've heard of the Technics 1200, which is quite famous. The 2000 is a cheaper model in that series. It's from the late 70's, but unlike me it still works perfectly.
120€ is triple the cost of what OP paid, but you get a TT that's actually more than a gimmick. And you also get a far better product than what you could buy new at the same price.
There's a lot of audiophile insanity in this field, and trying to find actual concrete information about pickups and turntables is made difficult by the amount of nonsense you have to wade through. But I think the appeal of records and turntables, is something similar to retro computing. It's slow and impractical, and it can be expensive, but the act of putting on a record and listening to a whole album, is just a different experience that streaming cannot replicate.
Just don't go full hipster about it.
- tuatoru 6y agoGenuine SL1200s go for a lot of money these days. but Technics's patents expired a few years ago (2008?) so there are a lot of knockoffs now. Nearly all TTs are made in one factory on the east coast of China. IIRC the company is called something like Han Pin. (I have a Reloop. I love the auto braking.) I'd say get a good quality TT aimed at DJs, rather than some "audiophile" TT with a platter "handcrafted by Tibetan monks from organic yak leather", and all the rest.
- TedDoesntTalk 6y agoI inherited many 78 rpm records from my great-grandparents by way of my deceased grandparents and deceased parents. They are from the 1920s-1940s. I've spent countless hours trying to find the right turntable to buy and then the right cartridge (people say the groove widths were different in the 1920s or 30s so i need special stylus with those records but not the ones from the 40s...maybe?). It's maddening... i just want to listen to what my great-grandparents listened to without damaging the media... but it seems to take weeks of research because there are thousands of opinions. p.s. i never met my great-grandparents and thought this would be a cool way to get to know them.
- encom 6y agoYou do need a special stylus, and they're still made today. Good example here: https://www.ortofon.com/ortofon-2m-78-p-598-n-1579 https://www.ortofon.com/ortofon-2m-78-p-598-n-1579 It shouldn't be that hard to find a decent turntable with 78 RPM.
- 8lall0 6y agoTotally agree. I pulled off all my setup with Technics stuff (turn, amp, speakers) for ~300€ and, for a first time user, it's absolutely FANTASTIC. I saw people with 2000€ setups not pulling off a better sound than mine.