Linn Axis TT, auto-return?

[astrojet]

Hi all.

I'm thinking about buying one of these (Linn Axis). I know it is a manual turntable, but I'm hoping that it has an auto-return to stop the platter and return the arm after playing a side. Can someone please tell me if this is the case?

Thanks!

 

[vinylkid58]

No auto return.

jeff

 

[astrojet]

Thanks for the quick reply.

That's very unfortunate.

 

[vinylkid58]

How about a Thorens TD2001. Probably a "Europe only" deal, and a bit more money than an Axis, but a real nice looking deck. And it's semi-auto.

Thorens TD 2001 on thevintageknob.org

jeff

 

[ticktock]

Thorens TD146, TD160 TD318 & 320 etc. ... 🙂

They do not return the arm though, just lift it and stop turning.



"Serious" tables don't come with such fancy gimmicks though. 😉

 

[Hikari1]

THE Q UP - Automatic tonearm lifter for manual turntables and tonearms - thorens q-up audio technica AT6006a

No return, but lifts the arm.

 

[erin]

Without doubt, any manual turntable sounds better than auto return becuase you dont have all the auto return arms, levers and cogs rattling around under the plinth....

 

[Hikari1]

Without doubt, any manual turntable sounds better than auto return becuase you dont have all the auto return arms, levers and cogs rattling around under the plinth....

Well, that is not entirely true. Most good auto tables like the thorens use an optical sensor ofbsorts. Nothing physically touches the arm until the end of the record. I know because I have had a td145 arm apart. Its actually a good system...cheap stuff, yeah...it can be bad.

 

[erin]

There arent many good auto return tables. Thorens is probaly the one exception.
You can rip all that auto return stuff out of them and make them sound even better.

To answer the OP, Buy the AXIS!
(edit - I read that the axis psu can fail - better read up on that before you buy it)