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Any vintage turntable will likely need some reconditioning to perform to specification.
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However, turntables have motors, belts, idlers, bearings and other moving parts that wear out, like any mechanical device. It is a way to get a higher quality turntable or tonearm that you could afford to buy new. Long as you are buying from a reputable dealer or an individual you trust. Turntables and tonearms, particularly those from the top manufacturers (like Linn and SME) are very well made and durable goods, so there is an active market in used turntables. Then there are those, such as Linn, Thorens and Dual, that have survived and are still leaders in the component turntable field in which they have been a force for decades. Still others, like Sony and Pioneer, market a turntable, but the main thrust of their business has switched to other areas. Other companies, like Kenwood and AR, are completely out of the turntable business, but still offer other consumer products (*). Some, like Rek-O-Kut and Elac Miracord are gone (*). This is a list of turntable and tonearm manufacturers, past and present. Illustration courtesy of Linn Audio, Ltd. Vintage II > Yamaha CA-800, Sony DVD NS900V SACD, Squeezebox Touch, Modified Sony SS-TL1 Transmission Line speakers, (Living Room) NHT1.Turntable and Tonearm Brands and Manufacturers PS I guess I'm a retro guy at heart- still using a 'tad' of mass on the TT side. Still have that table, unfortunately a Mk1, not one of the more desirable the later version(s). And wasn't the ADC-XLM one of the early low mass cartridges used with these arms?īack then, mid 70's- I was running a Panny Sp-10 with an Audio-Technica arm and an At-20? cartridge, i experimented with an old Ortofon MC and with an early version of the Win strain gauge cartridge. My friend went out and bought a Linn Sondek the next week which he owns to this day. The Rega absolutely blew it into the weeds. A good friend of mine back then had a Kenwood KD-500 with a Black Widow arm on it.until I brought my Rega Planar 3 over, that is. The Black Widow was a low-mass arm made by Infinity that had a carbon-fibre shaft, the first of it's kind. I should point out that I had a Sonus Gold also on my Mayware, modded by Frank Van Alstine. And the Mayware was a low-mass arm for the high-compliance cartridges of the day. Back when folks thought that TTs had to be "massive" to work well. Yes, the plinth was a synthetic granite-like material. Got the receiver going, too.Ĭan we guess at the speakers that would have matched this back in the day? I vaguely remember these: wasn't the 'plinth' some corian (pre-corian) type material? And the Mayware- wasn't that back in the day of really low mass arms? What was the other one that had a name like 'Black Widow' or something? Vintage II > Yamaha CA-800, Sony DVD NS900V SACD, Squeezebox Touch, Modified Sony SS-TL1 Transmission Line speakers, (Living Room) NHT1.3 (Gym)ĭayum. Vintage > Yamaha C70 preamp, Yamaha T70 Tuner, Acurus A200 power amp, Modified Thorens TD125MkII/ClearAudio Satisfy Black/AT32E, Marantz SA8003 SACD, Meridian Explorer, Yamaha NS690 MkI
#Kenwood sme tonearm series
Main Rig > Audio Research LS17SE - MS Phonomena II+ (Jelco SA750L Arm), PS Audio GCPH (Audiomods Series 5 arm), Phonomena II+ (Clear Audio Verify CF arm, updated Aragon 4004 MkII(2) (Bass panels, and Subs), Quicksilver M60 MonoBlocks (JJ E元4L Blue bottle) (midrange panels) Quicksilver Mini Mono Blocks (JJ E元4L) (Ribbons) Beringer DCX2496 (analog outputs/power supply upgrades by Selectronic of France) - NHT X1 Crossovers, Clearaudio Solution w/Master Solution upgrades/Audiomods Series 5/ZYX R100 Yatra, Jelco 750L/Audio Technica AT33Mono, Marantz TT15S1/Clear Audio Verify CF/Shelter 501II, Sony SCD-XA5400ES SACD, Teac A4300 R2R, Dell Laptop w/Citypulse Audio DA-7.2x DAC, Maple Framed Magnepan MGIIIa(tri-amped), NHT W2 Sub(2)
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It's all about the Music, but I sure like the way my gear makes it come alive!