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Old 15th May 2008, 04:19 PM
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Hi All

I would like peoples advice comments on Turntables of the price range
£300 to £400 please.


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Old 15th May 2008, 04:51 PM
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Hi All

I would like peoples advice comments on Turntables of the price range
£300 to £400 please.


Thanks

Les
New or secondhand?

Do you want a bit of diy, ie fitting an arm, or do you want it all up and running pretty much out of the box?
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Old 15th May 2008, 05:17 PM
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I would say out the box for now spikyfaz

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the best choice I can think of is the Technics 1200 or 1210, works extremely well out of the box with a budget cartridge and would give the opportunity to upgrade the arm and cartridge at a later stage
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the best choice I can think of is the Technics 1200 or 1210, works extremely well out of the box with a budget cartridge and would give the opportunity to upgrade the arm and cartridge at a later stage
I'll second that. A couple I know wanted a decent hifi but knew little about set-up. They plumped for a Technics and it has so far been absolutely hassle free.

This was brand new though. A secondhand one might have lead a hard life!
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To fit your price point new Pro-Ject RPM 5 Turntable with Ortofon 2M Red cartridge.

Stylish, readily available, excellent sound.
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Old 15th May 2008, 09:42 PM
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P3-24+rb301+at95.
I am not any great planar/RB-lover, but TBH; their newest model, with that AudioTecnica AT95 is really outstanding value for the money. IMHO.
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Old 16th May 2008, 08:55 AM
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Nice Options

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Old 17th May 2008, 08:27 PM
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...and Thorens are a great bargain on eBay if you fancy the separate deck/arm route... I recently bought a lovely TD160 Super and Formula 4..
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Old 18th May 2008, 12:18 PM
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For something out of the box I would agree on either a Project Deck or a Technics SL1200 series.

Project decks are great as you can get a bundle package with phono stage, decent Ortofon cartridge that will play almost out of the box.

However the Technics have been selling for years with little or no change to the original design, they must be good and popular or a electronics giant like Panasonic would have ditched them a long time ago
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