On Jan 10, 2011, at 11:59, grarpamp wrote: > However, about 1.5 years ago you could get a factory new SL-1200 > for $485US. Now one cannot be had for under $825. Furthermore, you > may follow this link and attempt to find any major seller with in > stock quantities of any model at a sane price. That would be an > excercise in futility. Therefore, they've left the market.
That is the strangest definition of "discontinued" that I have ever heard. I paid over $700 for my SL-1200M3D many years ago, and $825 seems like about the right price considering inflation. Just because you used to be able to get a discount doesn't mean the product has been discontinued. The 1200 has always been expensive, and nobody has ever considered the cheaper alternatives to be a fair substitute. Of course they're expensive now, because nobody else makes a good turntable in that market. Fortunately, FLAC is free. It cannot be priced out of the market. Speaking of ripping vinyl to FLAC, I would expect that a belt drive would be better than direct drive. Direct drive motors impart frequency modulation into audio, where belt drive smoothes out the pulsing of the motor. A 1200 is great for DJ purposes, but that doesn't make it the best for ripping. I use the Ortofon Arkiv cartridge for ripping, or the Gold, but I still do not have the ideal turntable. Brian Willoughby Sound Consulting _______________________________________________ Flac-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac-dev
