201michaelv
06-24-2006, 07:22 PM
Hi
I've been watching from the shadows for awhile now and thought I'd actually say hello. Hello. I'll have a lot of things to be asking about as time goes by...I have alot of "vintage" (meaning old, not necessarily valuable) equipment. Mostly Turntables that play 78rpm. I'm watchiing the Direct Drive vs Belt Drive debates going on here with much interest, as well as the Technics MK back and forth between the two camps. So maybe someone could help me understand something:
I've seen for quite a while on ebay and other services, that people are buying up OLD Garrard 'tables (Thorens and Dual too, but mainly Garrards) and putting them in Million dollar polished granite plyths and adding solid gold tonearms and building outboard power supplies. Is this just because they look so cool cosmetcally (retro) or is it an insistence on belt technology, or is it just a lot of fun? On the best day, could one of those old 301s sound good enough to justify the cost or is it just the retro thrill.?
Thanks
201
I've been watching from the shadows for awhile now and thought I'd actually say hello. Hello. I'll have a lot of things to be asking about as time goes by...I have alot of "vintage" (meaning old, not necessarily valuable) equipment. Mostly Turntables that play 78rpm. I'm watchiing the Direct Drive vs Belt Drive debates going on here with much interest, as well as the Technics MK back and forth between the two camps. So maybe someone could help me understand something:
I've seen for quite a while on ebay and other services, that people are buying up OLD Garrard 'tables (Thorens and Dual too, but mainly Garrards) and putting them in Million dollar polished granite plyths and adding solid gold tonearms and building outboard power supplies. Is this just because they look so cool cosmetcally (retro) or is it an insistence on belt technology, or is it just a lot of fun? On the best day, could one of those old 301s sound good enough to justify the cost or is it just the retro thrill.?
Thanks
201