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    Lightbulb thinking of a return to vinyl....

    I am thinking of getting a turntable and breaking out some of my old vinyl. I have no need or desire to digitize them so was thinking of going with a higher end vintage table. B&O has come to the fore in my search and was looking for some feedback on this one...

    http://cgi.ebay.com/BEOGRAM-8002-Tun...3A1%7C294%3A50


    Let me know what you guys think of this one..:D

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    No opinion but sure others here will but at that price might consider these.

    http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls....I-HW-19-Junior
    http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls..../SOTA-moonbeam
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    Quote Originally Posted by thsmith View Post
    No opinion but sure others here will but at that price might consider these.

    http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls....I-HW-19-Junior
    http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls..../SOTA-moonbeam
    You can't go wrong with either of these two.

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    thanks for the input guys... I must confess my fondness for tangenial tracking designs however, hense the b&o design.

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    I used a TX-2 for about 5 or 6 years and was generally quite pleased with it.
    The "newer" b&o tts aren't terribly robustly built (although they work well). The biggest issue with b&o is the proprietary cartridge/mount. It allowed b&o to design their arms and cartridges as a unit (free of the compromises of 'generic' 1/2" mount compatible arms), presaging the later "P mount" system... but b&o stopped making and selling cartridges in 2002. New production cartridges are available from Soundsmith, but are quite expensive (even compared to the b&o prices in 2002).

    FWIW, my TX-2 has the entry-level MMC-4 (elliptical stylus) cartridge. It is not the most exciting sounding cartridge out there, but it's pleasant and capable. Folks tend to be quite polarized on linear-trackers, but the separation and definition of e.g., massed voices never failed to make me smile on the TX-2. It is also conspicuously free of inner-groove distortion (compared to any of the swingin' arm tts around here, even including the TT-15S that took the TX-2s place).

    all the best,
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    I would love to get my ears on that. ^^^

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    Man, another vinyl thread? Is Club Polk have a Vinyl Revival?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hearingimpared View Post
    I would love to get my ears on that. ^^^
    Best $7 I ever spent for a turntable.
    all the best,
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    you got that for 7 bucks?

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    10-4, at a church fleamarket in Littleton, MA. One a snowy May morning (!)
    Had to buy the MMC-4 from b&o ($113, delivered to my door from the Boston store).
    all the best,
    mrh

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