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

[Kevin Tekel]

With all this talk about turntables, I'm just wondering if there are any
good-quality ones out there today which offer a fully automatic mechanism.


It seems that this feature is only common on low-end consumer-grade
turntables, like my Sony PS-LX250H, while mid-grade turntables feature
only a semi-automatic mechanism, and all the high-end turntables I've
looked over (the ones aimed at DJs and audiophiles) are fully manual, and
will leave the stylus clicking away on the run-out groove when the disc is
finished playing.

This may be fine for DJ and broadcast use where you'll be constantly
moving the stylus by hand, but for casual in-home listening I've gotten
spoiled by the convenience of putting a disc on the platter, pushing the
"Start" button, and letting the turntable take care of the rest.

It also would be nice to have a cartridge which can survive the tracking
torture tests on the classic 1959 Command LP "Persuasive Percussion",
whose selections are well-known to cause even so-called "hi-fi" cartridges
to break down into the tell-tale crackling, snaps, and distortion caused
by mistracking.  (Quite surprisingly, "Persuasive Percussion" actually
made it to CD in 1995 and is available on Amazon.com, but without the
attraction of putting an 'audiophile' turntable through its paces, the CD
version is now simply marketed as 'bachelor pad music'.  Thus my original
LP is worth to me far more than the $1.00 I paid for it at a used record
store.)




		
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