[78-L] Record collecting week 4, turntables

[Ron L'Herault]

And there are several small companies that supply new and/or rebuilt idler
wheels.   One can even put an O ring on the empty framework of an old idler
wheel.  

Ron L 

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Ummmmm, a bit of mis-information here. Not all tone arms are straight! I
have several tables with s-curve tonearms, and my SME
tonearm-waiting-for-revival-of-the Fons is a bent arm!

Perhaps a better verbage choice would be "look out for tonearms that (1) are
noticeably off-alignment on the gimbal mount, (2) have dents in the tubular
structure, and/or (3) do not move smoothly across the playback arc."

Oh, and as for idler turntables? There ARE a couple of good ones... my ELAC
is an idler, my old Lenco was an idler (need to get THAT thing back in
service!)... and for portable 'audition' players, you can't beat the old
school Califone players.

Still waiting to see if anyone here is or knows of an expert with Fons
turntables... I seriously need to get that one back in service.

Brad


On 01/05/12 18:02, Ken Matheson wrote:
> One thing to watch out for with used DJ turntables is a bent tome arm.
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Someone needs to be brought to book!

      Julian Vein

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