Paul Byford 1 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I might be looking to buy new record player.I currently use a Marantz but havent changed the needle since I bought it few yeasr ago. Just out of interest wondered what others use to play their 45s on and what you could recommend.Should I go for single Tecnics?Any suggestions would be gratefully received. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I might be looking to buy new record player.I currently use a Marantz but havent changed the needle since I bought it few yeasr ago. Just out of interest wondered what others use to play their 45s on and what you could recommend.Should I go for single Tecnics?Any suggestions would be gratefully received. There`s only one choice imo,i`ve got two and i`ve never had one problem with them over all the years i`ve had them , Technics SL-1210MK2 Dave f.............. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 There`s only one choice imo,i`ve got two and i`ve never had one problem with them over all the years i`ve had them , Technics SL-1210MK2 Dave f.............. Depends what you're playing really. Technics are great workhorses and, given the choice, I wouldn't DJ with anything else. If you buy stuff recorded later than the 60s though, might be worth getting a decent belt drive turntable. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Gene-R Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 (edited) My ever faithful is my Garrard 4HF; a lovely transcription turntable manufactured between 1957 and 1965. It's still being used by some Reggae sound systems as well. I bought it on Ebay for £55 but, by the time I had it overhauled and fit for use, it cost me £250 for that alone. It's fitted with an Audio Technica cartridge, and has four speeds (16, 33, 45 and 78). Oh, and it even has a pitch control - probably one of the first after the Garrard 301! Both old and new vinyl sounds excellent played on it. Edited February 25, 2009 by Gene-R Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
TOAD Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I RECOMEND A PRO-JECT TURNTABLE VARIOUS PRICES AND EVEN A USB DECK FOR TRANSFERING YOUR RECORDS TO PC MINES FITTED WITH AN ORTFON CARTRIDGE Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Denbo Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 My ever faithful is my Garrard 4HF; a lovely transcription turntable manufactured between 1957 and 1965. It's still being used by some Reggae sound systems as well. I bought it on Ebay for £55 but, by the time I had it overhauled and fit for use, it cost me £250 for that alone. It's fitted with an Audio Technica cartridge, and has four speeds (16, 33, 45 and 78). Oh, and it even has a pitch control - probably one of the first after the Garrard 301! Both old and new vinyl sounds excellent played on it. Where did you take it to get it overhauled? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Denbo Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I RECOMEND A PRO-JECT TURNTABLE VARIOUS PRICES AND EVEN A USB DECK FOR TRANSFERING YOUR RECORDS TO PC MINES FITTED WITH AN ORTFON CARTRIDGE What, the Pro-Ject turntable has a usb connection? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Gene-R Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Where did you take it to get it overhauled? https://www.londonsound.org/ Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 My ever faithful is my Garrard 4HF; a lovely transcription turntable manufactured between 1957 and 1965. It's still being used by some Reggae sound systems as well. I bought it on Ebay for £55 but, by the time I had it overhauled and fit for use, it cost me £250 for that alone. It's fitted with an Audio Technica cartridge, and has four speeds (16, 33, 45 and 78). Oh, and it even has a pitch control - probably one of the first after the Garrard 301! Both old and new vinyl sounds excellent played on it. That's beautiful Gene. Bet the old rock n roll stuff sounds ace on it Have you got it going through a valve amp and other vintage stuff? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Gene-R Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 (edited) That's beautiful Gene. Bet the old rock n roll stuff sounds ace on it Have you got it going through a valve amp and other vintage stuff? Most people tend to use a valve amp, but I use a normal Marantz amp through Wharfedale Valdus speakers. Still considering the valve options though........... Rock & Roll sounds brilliant on it, especially original US 45s and 78s! Edited February 25, 2009 by Gene-R Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Dennis Kevin Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I use the Techniques 1200 series turntable. I have one that I've been using since 1977 and have no problems. I prefer the totally manual turntable because it's suitable to the way I play records ... one at a time. Good luck ! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 These are my funky ones i love em Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Depends what you're playing really. Technics are great workhorses and, given the choice, I wouldn't DJ with anything else. If you buy stuff recorded later than the 60s though, might be worth getting a decent belt drive turntable. Each to there own and all that,i do play from 60s/70s/80s/90s and to last week on them and it all sounds fine to me i used to have a belt drive but after a while the belt stretchs,then you have to replace them, myself i prefer the direct drive Dave f............ Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sweeney Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Roksan Xerxes with Rega RB300 Tonearm rewired with Silver Litz cable / Roksan Offboard Power Supply. Goldring 1042 Cartridge. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Neil Taylor Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I USE A LINN-AXIS TURNABLE(BELT DRIVE).WITH A GOLDRING CARTRIDGE. PRE & POWER AMPED ROTEL AMPLIFIERS MONITOR AUDIO SPEAKERS. FANTASTIC SOUND,ESPECIALLY WHEN POWER AMPED RECENTLY. NEIL Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Gene-R Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 These are my funky ones i love em Wow Di - they are lovely!! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Hermanthegerman Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I RECOMEND A PRO-JECT TURNTABLE MINES FITTED WITH AN ORTFON CARTRIDGE Would second that- very good turntables for reasonable prices, perfect for home use. For DJing I´d go for a Technics. Both ideally fitted with Ortofon cartridges! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Roksan Xerxes with Rega RB300 Tonearm rewired with Silver Litz cable / Roksan Offboard Power Supply. Goldring 1042 Cartridge. Nice,but how much for that little lot Dave f.................. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
gazman Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 My ever faithful is my Garrard 4HF; a lovely transcription turntable manufactured between 1957 and 1965. It's still being used by some Reggae sound systems as well. I bought it on Ebay for £55 but, by the time I had it overhauled and fit for use, it cost me £250 for that alone. It's fitted with an Audio Technica cartridge, and has four speeds (16, 33, 45 and 78). Oh, and it even has a pitch control - probably one of the first after the Garrard 301! Both old and new vinyl sounds excellent played on it. Now that is a thing of beauty! gary Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Brett F Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Pro-Ject Xperience turntable with Ortofon Red Rondo cartridge. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest SteveJohnston Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 (edited) My long time record player want ended a year last December when I found my Transcriptors 1970 Saturn on EBay , If you have money to buy a very good deck I would defiantly buy a new one built in Nottingham to a very high standard engineering indeed. The photo is not mine but just the same. https://www.transcriptors.net/history.htm Steve J Edited February 25, 2009 by SteveJohnston Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest DAWEEDSMOKA Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 (edited) I've always sued Dual's, something I picked up from my father. As for a cartridge I use vintage Shure V15mkIII. As for DJing, Technics with Shure Whitelabels. Edited February 25, 2009 by DAWEEDSMOKA Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Brett F Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Always meant to get one of these to play on my patio in the summer, absolutely no need for it but i just think they are brilliant. love all the pics of the decks so far i'd like em' all. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Daved Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Sorry to be a thickie but what's the difference between a direct drive and a belt drive? I know what a belt drive is but am not sure what you mean by direct drive. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Brett F Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Sorry to be a thickie but what's the difference between a direct drive and a belt drive? I know what a belt drive is but am not sure what you mean by direct drive. Direct drive is like a technics electrically driven.....yeah i know a belt drive is also but the whole idea of a deck really is to have as few interferences as possible so it does not interfere with the sound.if see what i mean......... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Brett F Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 technical link........... https://www.turntablebasics.com/advice.html Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Brett F Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 technical link........... https://www.turntablebasics.com/advice.html Attach a bell around your neck so when you fall asleep someone will wake you........ Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest SteveJohnston Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Attach a bell around your neck so when you fall asleep someone will wake you........ Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest cardysharpy Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I've got a twenty year old Linn axis which is superb and sounds better than the Technics I've got, which is fitted with a new Ortofon cartridge. You'd probably get one second hand reasonably cheaply and Linn will service them for any problem that you might get with them. The Technics are great, but if you don't need the pitch control for DJing or for them to be robust enough to be carted around there are plenty of other better genuine hi-fi decks. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Denbo Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I USE A LINN-AXIS TURNABLE(BELT DRIVE).WITH A GOLDRING CARTRIDGE. PRE & POWER AMPED ROTEL AMPLIFIERS MONITOR AUDIO SPEAKERS. FANTASTIC SOUND,ESPECIALLY WHEN POWER AMPED RECENTLY. NEIL Get your Little Gi Gi okay? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Always meant to get one of these to play on my patio in the summer, absolutely no need for it but i just think they are brilliant. love all the pics of the decks so far i'd like em' all. You can`t go wrong with one of these Brett, Dave f.............. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest DAWEEDSMOKA Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Now we are talking portables? Don't own a soundburger yet..Have a vestax,numark and this columbia gp3. It has a clamp that lets you play records veritcally and even upside down...but it can easily trash your records. I added a little weight once to try and remove a skip, instant cue burn. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
ajb Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 very interesting thread i myself use a modified C J Walker cj 55, ADC LMF tone arm (fixed head), with at present an Audio Technica AT3200XE cartridge. i run this through a cambridge audio 640P phono amp, to an Audio innovations valve pre amp, then by a vintage crimson electrik power amp. merlin interconnects through out. very rarely play anything other than albums on this turntable, and it is strictly out of bounds to the mrs and kids LOL else where i have a pair of gemini direct drive decks, with stanton 500 carts, ran through a behringer mixer. alan Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
jimmy clitheroe Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 got a linn axis deck from a boot sale last year , which sounds great! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Brett F Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 In Car record player from the old days... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
TOAD Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 <script language=Javascript src="product_images.js"> <script src="prototype.js" type=text/javascript> <script src="scriptaculous.js?load=effects" type=text/javascript> <script src="effects.js" type=text/javascript> <script src="lightbox.js" type=text/javascript> .new_productname {font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;white-space: normal;} .new_productprice {font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;} .new_producthighlight {color:3c33c3;font-weight:bold;} .onsale_icon { position:relative; z-index:3; top:7;/*-25*/ left:-15;/*95*/ display:inline;} .bigger_price_show_class { } .prod_option_personalization_header { font-size:15px } View price in £ or : Pounds Sterling (GBP)Euros (EUR) td.smallfieldcell1 { border: 1px solid #BCBCBC; padding:4px 4px 4px 4px; } >Turntables & Record Players Digitise your Vinyl - Pro-Ject Debut Mk3 Phono USB with Ortofon OM5e Cartridge click to see larger imageProduct Name: Digitise your Vinyl- Pro-Ject Debut Mk3 Phono USB Turntable with Ortofon OM5e Cartridge Your Price: £295.00 Manufacturer: Pro-Ject The Debut Phono USB has been designed to simplify the digitising of your vinyl, so that you can transfer your vinyl to an iPOd, MP3 player, to CD or to keep as part of your music library on your PC or Mac. It has an analogue output for connecting to the auxiliary input of most HiFis amplifiers or stereo systems, but also has a USB output for direct connection to your PC or Mac. This enables you to record records to your PC for transfer to CD, iPod or P3 player. It has a built in phono preamp. The Pro-Ject Debut MK3 Phono USB manual turntable with a fitted Ortofon OM5e cartridge, built in phono preamplifier and USB digitising unit. The Pro-Ject Debut Phono SB has also been designed for those vinyl lovers whose amplifier or stereo system doesn't have a built in phono preamplifier, who don't want to buy one separately. Build quality is to the usual very high Pro-Ject standard and the turntable can be upgraded by replacing the standard stylus with styli further up the Ortofon OM range. See below for options and potential savings Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Brett F Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 take a look at these decks..... https://most-expensive.net/turntable-in-world Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Brett F Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I tried this and ended up a couple of days younger............. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest TONY ROUNCE Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Still using the Goldring GL75 that I bought in 1972 - with a Sansui AU 101 amp, which I'm also still using - for £20.00 in total, from a mate who was joining the Navy. Hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Supercorsa Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 In Car record player from the old days... I believe production of these ceased, when bloody great speed bumps appeared on the nations roads! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sweeney Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Nice,but how much for that little lot Dave f.................. Deck about £400 second hand - Cartridge about £100ish Rewired the tonearm myself - so in total not much more than a Technics really. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
ajb Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Deck about £400 second hand - Cartridge about £100ish Rewired the tonearm myself - so in total not much more than a Technics really. hi sweeny i've got a RB 250 needs re-wiring, fancy a job seriously alan Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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Kris Holmes Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I use Technics 1200's & 1210's in the two main record listening rooms. I also have a belt drive Technics 210 or 230 (can't remember which) in another room. They are all good. If you get a 1200 series turntable just for home use it will probably provide trouble free play for generations. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sweeney Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 hi sweeny i've got a RB 250 needs re-wiring, fancy a job seriously alan Alan it's an absolute bloody nightmare! never again! I don't think I've ever used such bad language in my life! If you fancy doing it yourself there's some details here RB250 Rewiring Or a company called Origin Live do it for £75. Good luck. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
ajb Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Alan it's an absolute bloody nightmare! never again! I don't think I've ever used such bad language in my life! If you fancy doing it yourself there's some details here RB250 Rewiring Or a company called Origin Live do it for £75. Good luck. thanks for that, i may give it ago, although someone else doing it seems a more likely proposition alan Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Stevie Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 (edited) very interesting thread i myself use a modified C J Walker cj 55, ADC LMF tone arm (fixed head), with at present an Audio Technica AT3200XE cartridge. i run this through a cambridge audio 640P phono amp, to an Audio innovations valve pre amp, then by a vintage crimson electrik power amp. merlin interconnects through out. very rarely play anything other than albums on this turntable, and it is strictly out of bounds to the mrs and kids LOL else where i have a pair of gemini direct drive decks, with stanton 500 carts, ran through a behringer mixer. alan Used to own a CJ55 myself Alan, with Linn Basik arm and P77 cartridge - lovely deck - used to play it through an A&R A60 amp and Moniter Audio 252 Speakers. Sounded great! Remember the sales blurb when I bought it stated that it had been designed to take on the attributes of a musical instrument. Tried to buy it back off the guy I sold it to a couple of years ago but he wasn't having any of it. Edited February 25, 2009 by Stevie Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Eddie Hubbard Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I've got a Garrard DD130 which I've had since 1977 , still works fine, doubt if I'll get another deck now , got a vestrax portable as well .Best ,Eddie Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
hipshaker 05 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 i've got a soundburger connected to my hifi system, which does just fine, connected to minipod speakers (in the pic). a weltron for special occasions: also have this set up ready to go anywhere: none of them particularly good sound quality though. for DJ-ing we, like many others, use technics. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 You really can't beat the SL 1210 Mk II for quality, build and reliability. I got a new one recently and I still have an old one which has more than 100,000 miles on the clock. It still does 0 to 45 rpm in less than a second. How many cars can beat that? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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