+1. Funny how all those numbers pop up again so easily. :)
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 4:14 PM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 06:40:29PM -0700, Rick Womer wrote: >> >> It inspired me to take apart, clean, and rebuild my 1974 Pioneer PL-12D >> turntable; > > Aah - the affordable Hi-Fi deck for the masses! > > The cheap-ass solution was a Garrard SP25, but they were rubbish. > > If you weren't up for high-end (and high-dollar) equipment, the PL-12D > seemed to be by far the best option. I (and, I'm sure, many others) > found the combination of a PL-12D, a Shure M75 ED II stylus and an SME > light-weight headshell was hard to beat, and didn't break the bank. > Add a Kenwood/Trio amp of some kind (KA 2002as were very popular; I had > a 4006, and a friend who had sprung for a Thorens Transcription deck > had an 8000-series) and you were off to a good start. > > (I haven't really thought about this stuff for 40 years, but the part > numbers, manufactures, etc. are indelibly etched into my consciousness). > > > -- > 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. -- -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.

