Tom, Come to Dayton Hamvention. There you can get all the broken electronics you want -- at at bargain prices. Why pay premium prices for junk when you can fill your car for a lot less. Just get something nice for the wife before going home. The women there describe the flea market as things just moving from one man's basement to another.
Last year I spent $75 on a TD145 with Ortofon VMS20E. Came a terrible hum as an added feature. Took me about 15 minutes (after 2 hours of searching) to fix the ground loop inherent in its design, and the fix as documented by Thorens. What remains is that the headshell does not always make good contact with the leads behind it. But that does not happen often. There's lots of stuff like that @ Dayton. Broken but very easily fixed. And I just could not resist a Thorens. Imnsho, the best mid-range table around. Better than an AR XA, and while not a Linn, it also has not the price. So I continue to wear out Parchment Shamblejam while using up my supply of D3/D4. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- 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.
