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Post by Guest on Sept 23, 2016 17:22:00 GMT
I have just set a mate up with his first ever music system [at 60 years old] it consists of  Sansui Au101 - Akai CD27 and Teac speakers  he now wants a turntable, that will match it sonically and budget wise does anyone have anything they would like to sell to me for him please? p.s. it sounds better than I was expecting. The cost to him thus far has been £41:00 did I do well for him? ![]() ![]() |
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Post by Chris on Sept 23, 2016 18:49:45 GMT
Not got a turntable but yeah,you did great for him. Hopefully he gets lots of pleasure from it.
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Post by ChrisB on Sept 23, 2016 19:38:49 GMT
Very good. You say reasonable price and we can all see the bar is fairly low in that respect, but what sort of price are you thinking of as a maximum? 'Reasonable' is a rather relative concept.
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Post by ChrisB on Sept 23, 2016 19:40:39 GMT
I have very fond memories of those little Sansui amps and the bigger 505 too. Lovely build quality.
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Post by Guest on Sept 24, 2016 6:37:41 GMT
I have told him a turntable will cost more than the other items due to it's 'vintage status' and he will go to £60:00 no trouble, or a bit more if I am strongly recommending the item.
My short list would be
Pioneer PL115D
PL15D
PL12D
PL112D
120
Garrard SP25
Sansui SR222
Toshiba SR325
that sort of thing.
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Post by ChrisB on Sept 24, 2016 8:15:34 GMT
If you look in places other than Ebay, you might find a Lenco 75 for that sort of budget. It has more potential than all of your suggestions, I would venture.
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Post by jandl100 on Sept 24, 2016 9:40:19 GMT
Damn - I got quite excited by the title of the thread. I don't suppose your friend would like to add a 0 to the price he'll pay?  Technics direct drive, AT-1010 arm, mc and mm carts. Lovely. |
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Post by alcarmichael on Sept 24, 2016 10:22:40 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Sept 24, 2016 12:17:50 GMT
We have no problem with that, Al.
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Post by Guest on Sept 24, 2016 13:21:48 GMT
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Post by Guest on Sept 24, 2016 13:22:27 GMT
If you look in places other than Ebay, you might find a Lenco 75 for that sort of budget. It has more potential than all of your suggestions, I would venture. Better than a PL12D? |
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Post by Guest on Sept 24, 2016 13:23:11 GMT
I have very fond memories of those little Sansui amps and the bigger 505 too. Lovely build quality. I was very happy to get it for him, the Akai is also very good. |
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Post by alcarmichael on Sept 24, 2016 15:32:52 GMT
Ah, sorry. That went quick!
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Post by ChrisB on Sept 24, 2016 16:59:55 GMT
If you look in places other than Ebay, you might find a Lenco 75 for that sort of budget. It has more potential than all of your suggestions, I would venture. Better than a PL12D? Errr....yes, rather more potential than one of those. You can modify a GL75 / L75 to make an astonishingly good turntable that will justify being coupled with extremely expensive amps and speakers. As standard, it's no slouch either. |
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Post by pre65 on Sept 24, 2016 18:59:34 GMT
When the PL12D was introduced, it seemed a step up from the Garrard SP25, and most of it's direct competitors.
These days it's nothing special.
The Lenco GL75 has great potential, but I'm not to keen on it in standard form.
My advice, keep an eye on Ebay, choose nearest first and check daily.
Turntables and the average courier are not a good combination, collection is vastly preferable. 
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Post by Guest on Sept 28, 2016 14:20:32 GMT
Got a seller to deliver this to my door for £35:00 all in. I've bought a new stylus for it and am cleaning it up now.  It is a Toshiba SR325 with an AT110 cartridge |
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