while never thought of as being "audiophile quality", one might be surprised by their linear tracking TT's. You remember them, they had that "brick" of a tonearm that swung across the record and the cartridge was mechanically driven by a "belt" across the grooves. For a direct drive table, a motorized arm and not costing an arm and a leg, these things can sound pretty decent. Be forewarned though, they are somewhat hard to maintain once something starts to go wrong and it will only get costlier as time goes on. If you can find one for a "song" on Ebay, give it a shot.
The B-790 is the one that i'm familiar with. I picked one up for $150 in decent shape. Upon putting it into a system quite a while ago, the first words out of my girlfriends mouth were "i don't remember records ever sounding that good". Then again, she had never really heard vinyl on anything but a 'mid-fi" ( at the very best ) system in her life. When my brother came over the next day and i put on a record for him, the first words out of his mouth were "i don't remember records ever sounding that good or that quiet". Both admitted that they wouldn't have believed it if they didn't hear it for themselves. Seems to be a common denominator between the two of them for hearing "flawed vinyl" on such a "cheap" table : ) Sean
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The B-790 is the one that i'm familiar with. I picked one up for $150 in decent shape. Upon putting it into a system quite a while ago, the first words out of my girlfriends mouth were "i don't remember records ever sounding that good". Then again, she had never really heard vinyl on anything but a 'mid-fi" ( at the very best ) system in her life. When my brother came over the next day and i put on a record for him, the first words out of his mouth were "i don't remember records ever sounding that good or that quiet". Both admitted that they wouldn't have believed it if they didn't hear it for themselves. Seems to be a common denominator between the two of them for hearing "flawed vinyl" on such a "cheap" table : ) Sean
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