Any cheap tweaks for cheap turntable?

Believe me, neither Ed nor I are extremist cork-sniffers. In fact, a few years ago Ed stood alone in high end audio journalism advocating for the virtues of the audiophile-snubbed Technics SL1200 mkII.

But a DJ table with a stubby tonearm is another matter. A tonearm that short with no tracking angle compensation could ruin the playability of your LPs (no matter what they've been through up to now) with one play.

Another alternative would be to get this turntable. It's inexpensive, extremely durable, won't wreck your records, has a built-in phono preamp and comes with a USB interface to digitize your LPs, and since most places sell this same turntable *without* the USB interface for $300-350, you could probably recoup almost your entire expenditure when you sell it.

Johnnyb53- Thanks If I can dump this package for what I paid for it, I might go for your suggestion. The problem right now is I'm looking at buying a dac and then a tuner preamp and my available funds are disappearing quickly. So it depends upon a lot. But thanks so far for all the info. Dan

How good of a DAC and tuner/preamp are you looking for? I see used Adcom GTP-350's (a tuner/preamp) every once in awhile for less than $60. How do you plan to use the DAC?

Hey Johnny This is all for my office system. I have a dish DVR, home computer, and a Sony 200 disc cd player. I'm looking for a dac to basically consolidate those three plus improve the sonics of the cd player. I also have an analog tuner. The tuner preamp would give me a remote control on the tuner. My current pre is one of those Chase romote things. Speakers are Maggie mg-1's and amp is a Carver tmf 35. I'm looking at one of those usb dacs at Pacific Valve. I'm also looking at an older tuner-preamp-processor that has basic video switching because I have a 27" tv with only one rca input. Maybe the Rotel RTC 970 or something like that. It is all up in the air right now depending upon available funds and what I see for sale. The order of what I buy is not that important. So I'm willing to wait for the best deal at the time. I''m really just trying to increase the space on my desk with sonics and price in mind.