FWIW, if I was going to replace my Rega turntable that I bought circa 1975 (and which still works), I'd probably buy the Rega RP1 ...
http://www.rega.co.uk/html/RP1.htm Seems to be in the $400 Cdn price range, brand new, with an Ortofon OM5e MM cartridge. *Fully* manual. To change speeds (33/45) you lift the platter and move the belt to a different size pulley. Automatic is for P&S users. The Regas are low-tech, as few moving parts as possible, which appeals greatly to me. I can still buy a new rubber belt for my original glass-platter Planar, and they will sell me a new 24VDC motor to replace the original if I want something with even better specs. So here's a product that came out in 1973, still being supported. Nice. On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Tom C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sort of a sad story, but not really. If you don't care about vintage > audio and vinyl, click out now. :-) > [...] > Well the price on existing stock has doubled over what it was > pre-announcement (more than a K-5)!!! Nevertheless I asked my son and > he said he would take a manual turntable. So a brand new top of the > line Technics SL-1210M5G from B&H arrives for him tomorrow. I can > guarantee it's getting set up and checked out tomorrow night. > > Even at that price, it basically out specs or equals many modern day > audiophile turntables that cost $1000's more (if they even publish > specs). > > So hopefully this will be a happy ending for him and I can get the > SL-5300 repaired for myself. I can't wait to hear what a couple of > LP's sound like with this hi-fi setup. > > static... we now return you control of your... (fill in the blank) to you. > > Tom C. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
