I have a line on a nice vintage AR ES-1 turntable with the cherry base for $150. I've been planning to buy the Pro Ject Debut III turntable after I buy a nice tube phono stage... but I might jump on the AR if it's a decent deal. What do you guys think?
Charles.
Charles.
ChopperCharles said:
Phenomenal deal. It would be SRSLY foolish to not purchase the AR at that price.
Re: and a third....
on second thought, skip the AR and send me this guy's contact info.
Nanook said:
on second thought, skip the AR and send me this guy's contact info.
shallbehealed....
does this mean you'd opt out of the platter/bearing? 😉
stew
PS...listening to one of the prototypes right now, and it is better than imagined.. even with a really bad bearing (salvaged DD spindle bearing)
does this mean you'd opt out of the platter/bearing? 😉
stew
PS...listening to one of the prototypes right now, and it is better than imagined.. even with a really bad bearing (salvaged DD spindle bearing)
Re: shallbehealed....
Charles,
Before you spend the money on the pro-ject, check out the Sonographe SG3 on a'gon. I've no relation to the seller, but I've been using this deck for a couple of years and it's really served me well.
It's very similar to the ES-1 in a lot of ways, but uses even more impedance matching dense acrylic (not the shiny acrylic that clearaudio uses).
Here's a little blurb by Dave from vinyl nirvana.
Doug
oh, and stew. i still have no idea if i'm going to be able to afford the platter/bearing gb until the numbers are finally released, but i have a nagging feeling that it's going to end up being too rich for me.
ChopperCharles said:
Charles,
Before you spend the money on the pro-ject, check out the Sonographe SG3 on a'gon. I've no relation to the seller, but I've been using this deck for a couple of years and it's really served me well.
It's very similar to the ES-1 in a lot of ways, but uses even more impedance matching dense acrylic (not the shiny acrylic that clearaudio uses).
Here's a little blurb by Dave from vinyl nirvana.
Doug
oh, and stew. i still have no idea if i'm going to be able to afford the platter/bearing gb until the numbers are finally released, but i have a nagging feeling that it's going to end up being too rich for me.
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