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Audiophile turntables of the 60's and 70's


This is for the dealers and people that remember what turntables were selling back in the golden years of the 60's and early 70's (what would you see at a dealer playing along with a McIntosh C22,and 275 amp ?)

I know there was the Garrard 301,401 but what else was the table to have back then.

Thanks
Mark
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rlwainwright
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Dual 1219/1229/1249, Garrard Zreo-100, Philips with the heat-sensitive controls, Bang & Olufsen 4002. I have owned most of these at one time...

-RW-
oilmanmojo
468 posts
 
Top of the line Dual tables were pretty popular. Not sure if you could classify them as audiophile, but I really used mine a lot. It was a step up from a Garrard I owned It was a 701 model with a Shure MM cartridge.
sugarbrie
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I have both a completely restored Dual 1219 and 1229. They sound quite nice even today.

They actually have RCA plug inputs underneath. Most turntables back then had a built in lamp cord RCA cable. So with modern cables they sound better than they did back in the 1960s. Also with the better phono preamps today.
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lolo
122 posts
 
Lenco , Lenco , Lenco!!! How about the Systemdek XII?
muzcal
66 posts
 
In the '60's it was the Thorens TD124 with the Ortofon arm and cartridge.
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