Great as an owner of the SP10-Mk2 they are built! And now retired if I had the money any of the SME ones would-be wonderful! And I read the only way to get that magnificent arm is on them, I do not know why but the dealers are selling old stock at incredible prices. This was a great presentation thank you.
Good morning 🌅, I purchased my Linn LP 12 back in early 80s secondhand that have been refurbished, for £380, sadly the electronics packed up about 18 months ago, and because of my circumstances, retired, with very little income I cannot afford to have it repaired, I’ve been told it will cost somewhere between 1000 and £1500, it’s always serve me as a very good vinyl listening platform, I did go out and buy a cheap record deck which only cost me around €500, and it is a heap of shit, excuse the language, it sounds so tiny it’s unbelievable, so I do not play my vinyl very much nowadays, so I stream most of my music, I have a very large power of transmission line now speaker cabinets that I built myself from some plans back from the 70s, I’ve just recently replaced the drivers with SEAS , AND THEY SOUND AMAZING, , and I normally run a Cambridge power amp back from the 70s and NAD, i’m a English dude now living in France,
Nae need to buy the KLIMAX version of the Sondek. I have a 1988 LP12 that's been upgraded over the years and rival's the performance of my Klimax DS streamer.
I never got rid of my vinyl or my players (Rega and SOTA), so I sometimes use them, but there's no way I would splash out on high end gear now... CD and streaming sound so much better.
I don't doubt that these are excellent turntables. I have a 40 year old direct drive Technics turntable I acquired about 5 years ago. I had it serviced to eliminate some issues, bought a Nagaoka cartridge and needle and got a Cambridge phono preamp. I enjoy it a lot.
The Technics is the best here whichever way you choose to measure them. Turntable design is not black magic. Some (eg LP12) are simply fundamentally flawed designs.
NONE of these are "high-end" tables. Where are the models from Acoustic Signature and VPI (costing over 100K)? For true high-end tables see the reviews and recommendations from "The Absolute Sound" magazine, website, and TH-cam channels.
The VPI have some tone arm issues, I bought one and the do's and don'ts were not something that many would not want to deal with, I have another table with a magnapan arm same idea, but it is a Ferrari as compared perhaps a lesser car. An example I will give I could not get the arm to balance correctly called the help line and they said my cartridge was too light! In 50 years of so never head that one before. Some of the high end magazines mention this problem and you cannot change out the arm. Mine has a solid steel base no hole so what can you do?
I forgot to say, Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to everybody if all that way inclined,
Great as an owner of the SP10-Mk2 they are built! And now retired if I had the money any of the SME ones would-be wonderful! And I read the only way to get that magnificent arm is on them, I do not know why but the dealers are selling old stock at incredible prices. This was a great presentation thank you.
Thanks for the insightful video, it would be good to see the likes of TechDas, Kuzma and CS-Port reviewed. 😄
The best turntable is the one that gives you the most enjoyment. You don’t have to spend 5 figures and up to get this enjoyment.
Good morning 🌅, I purchased my Linn LP 12 back in early 80s secondhand that have been refurbished, for £380, sadly the electronics packed up about 18 months ago, and because of my circumstances, retired, with very little income I cannot afford to have it repaired, I’ve been told it will cost somewhere between 1000 and £1500, it’s always serve me as a very good vinyl listening platform, I did go out and buy a cheap record deck which only cost me around €500, and it is a heap of shit, excuse the language, it sounds so tiny it’s unbelievable, so I do not play my vinyl very much nowadays, so I stream most of my music, I have a very large power of transmission line now speaker cabinets that I built myself from some plans back from the 70s, I’ve just recently replaced the drivers with SEAS , AND THEY SOUND AMAZING, , and I normally run a Cambridge power amp back from the 70s and NAD, i’m a English dude now living in France,
Nae need to buy the KLIMAX version of the Sondek.
I have a 1988 LP12 that's been upgraded over the years and rival's the performance of my Klimax DS streamer.
And I have no idea how Bergman’s flagship ‘table wasn’t on this list, or for that matter, Kuzma’s Stabi M….interesting.🌹✨
I never got rid of my vinyl or my players (Rega and SOTA), so I sometimes use them, but there's no way I would splash out on high end gear now... CD and streaming sound so much better.
It’s hard to see beyond the LP12, I can’t imagine changing to anything else.
Totally agree, the LP12 is the reference in vinyl playback. Had mine for over 20 years, it’s a joyful thing to own.
LP12
I don't doubt that these are excellent turntables. I have a 40 year old direct drive Technics turntable I acquired about 5 years ago. I had it serviced to eliminate some issues, bought a Nagaoka cartridge and needle and got a Cambridge phono preamp. I enjoy it a lot.
The Technics is the best here whichever way you choose to measure them.
Turntable design is not black magic.
Some (eg LP12) are simply fundamentally flawed designs.
You can buy a Sony es CD player gives you 90 db decibel scratch free sound stage you won't believe.and you don't have to turn the disc over. 😅
NONE of these are "high-end" tables. Where are the models from Acoustic Signature and VPI (costing over 100K)? For true high-end tables see the reviews and recommendations from "The Absolute Sound" magazine, website, and TH-cam channels.
None of hi-end turntables can give so specific wonderful sound like Linn LP12. Period!
The VPI have some tone arm issues, I bought one and the do's and don'ts were not something that many would not want to deal with, I have another table with a magnapan arm same idea, but it is a Ferrari as compared perhaps a lesser car. An example I will give I could not get the arm to balance correctly called the help line and they said my cartridge was too light! In 50 years of so never head that one before. Some of the high end magazines mention this problem and you cannot change out the arm. Mine has a solid steel base no hole so what can you do?