Fact is though that turntables are easy to do. Reasonable money gets you a very, very good turntable. Every extra factor of three in spend buys you one more very. Whatās the difference between a very, very good turntable and a very, very, very good one ? Arms are a bit more fiddly - you can spend decent money and get one which still doesnāt work well with the cart. Cartridges, on the other hand, are bloody difficult. Cheap cartridges really sound like it. Mid-priced cartridges are quite a bit better but Joe Schmo can still hear the difference between them and the really good 'uns (and Serge can measure it). When it comes to bang-for-the-buck in the three digit range you just get more with the cartridge.
Just thinking, and donāt get me wrong, I love a bargain butā¦have TTs improved so much that spending the same as my current one would be such as improvement ? Cartridge considered.
A very valid point. Any purchases always have a secondary price to pay. In this case, Narelle has had all her Motherās rings redesigned to suit her, so it frees me up to spend a bit on myself without having to worry about extra jewels
Audio Technica LP5 Direct Drive Turntable, boxed as new, stylus upgrade included as well as original stylus, low hours use, ex Demo, no lid. New RRP Ā£349, this one Ā£230.
(except thereās no Ā£5).
