[BC] Turntables (WAS:Achieving good S/N)

[DANA PUOPOLO]

To find a cartridge, do a search on ebay for Grado, Stanton or Audio
Techbnica. Here's a decent one there now:
http://cgi.ebay.com/GRADO-PRESTIGE-GOLD-PHONO-CARTRIDGE_W0QQitemZ5847398164QQcategoryZ64620QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
  
Adcom also made some good moving coil cartridges.

-D



------ Original Message ------
Received: Sun, 01 Jan 2006 08:38:32 PM PST
From: "khcs at juno.com" <khcs at juno.com>
To: broadcast at radiolists.net
Subject: Re: [BC] Turntables (WAS:Achieving good S/N)

In a message dated 01/01/2006 6:58:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
rorban at earthlink.net writes:

> If you are doing a lot of vinyl archiving, you could do a lot better than
the Garrard. I would recommend a belt-drive table and a reasonably high-end
arm. The main goals are to avoid rumble and resonances, both from the arm and
the turntable platter.


and Willie responded:


Curious... what about direct-drive turntables? I thought they were supposed to
be the best.

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I have found the Technics SL-1200 to be reasonably adequate for the task.  I
note that now there are some lower-cost clones, from Stanton and others, that
may be suitable.  Check with Sam Ash, Musicians Friend and others for pricing.
 Unfortunately, the best pickup that I have ever used, the Audio-Technica
AT-30HE seems to be no longer in producation.  Bummer.  Perhaps Ortofon stll
has a moving-coil unit that may be satisfactory; most pickups now are designed
for scrathing and require a tracking force of 4 or 5 grams.  ISTM that there
are some real high-end pickups, Grado and others, but they sell for $3000  and
up -- hardly in my price range.



Glen Kippel
KHCS
Palm Desert, CA


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