[78-L] New Cheap Turntable

[Dan Van Landingham]

I've been thinking about getting one of these turntables I can plug into my PC.How is the 
worksmanship on them?I have alot of LPs as well as the remnant of my 78 rpm collection
I still have a Numark cartridge I bought new a few years ago and I liked it..I'm glad to hear
the turntable has a pitch control on it like old Duals I picked up here and there at various
garage sales and thrift stores.The only complaint I ever had with those of Duals was with
that detachable headshell:the metal contacts in the headshell pitted very badly and I sta-
rted to have grounding problems with them.Come to think of it,I had the same trouble with
those Elac Miracords;the worksmanship on them was quite good except where that bad
grounding problem occurred.I'd like an opinion on those new PC ready turntables.

--- On Wed, 12/30/09, jeffrey smedbron <bottomlessattic at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: jeffrey smedbron <bottomlessattic at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] New Cheap Turntable
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 7:11 PM


Do you know if you can do a lateral to vertical toggle with one of these or would you have to manually reconfigure the wiring yourself. 

Jeff S   



----- Original Message ----
From: Marie Lamb <marie.lamb at gmail.com>
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Wed, December 30, 2009 6:10:44 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] New Cheap Turntable

J & R has a Numark DJ turntable with USB on sale for $84.00, only a few
bucks more than the one at Macy's; it's $15 off the regular price.  And yes,
it has 3 speeds and a pitch control, among other things!  Here's more about
it:

http://www.jr.com/numark/pe/NUM_PT01USB/

I have no connection with J & R except as an occasional customer, BTW.

Marie

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:

>
> The turntable you are referring to is probably a Jensen. With the revived
> interest in vinyl these days, there are a number of 3-speed models on the
> market, of which Jensens seem to be on the low end pricewise. Many are
> packaged with an AM/FM radio and most have MP3 dubbing capabilities. I can't
> vouch for the quality of any of these. Watch out for the Crosley "antique
> replica" items that you find at big box stores. They appear to be quite
> flimsy. Audiofiles should probably not use them. I own a Numark TT220, which
> is made for professional DJs, so it has to be more durable to begin with. I
> have it for a few years now and have had no troubles with it.
>
>
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>
> --
> I think you have everything you need.  If not, you'll just have to fake
> it.--Don Dolloff, WCNY Classic FM, 2002.
>
> Never a dull moment; if there is one, chances are I'm not around.--Marie
> Lamb, WAER Jazz 88, 2002
>
> It's not true that I had nothing on.  I had the radio on.--Marilyn Monroe
>
> The moment you say "Please, give me a reason for this,"
> you are being impossible and temperamental.--Montserrat
> Caballé.
>
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