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Gremmie03Gremmie03 Posts: 502
edited December 2011 in Lost Dogs
With all the responses to the vinyl give away, I was wondering how to go about finding
and buying a suitable TT for my collection.

thanks for the assistance
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Wrigley Earthcam/Hartford 2013
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    pjradiopjradio Posts: 6,704
    indie record stores are a good place to start...mine has about a dozen different ones to sell
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    jshinjshin Posts: 1,759
    pjradio wrote:
    indie record stores are a good place to start...mine has about a dozen different ones to sell

    I 2nd that.. Indie stores, used record shops, even pawn shops.. I got a new one last year for Christmas, but before that the turntable I was using came from craigslist.com... Bought it off a guy for $20.. It needs a new belt, otherwise it works and sounds just as good as the new one.. You get a nice broken in turntable that has solid construction that you can upgrade and it'll go far.
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    PNuttyJamPNuttyJam Posts: 837
    You can usually find a good deal on Craigslist. If you don't know if it's worth the price just Google the brand/model and you should be able to find plenty of reviews.
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    Timewaits4no1Timewaits4no1 Posts: 386
    edited December 2011
    Used: craigslist, E-bay Retail: Depending on where your located. Here in the North East I would try Sam Ash and Guitar Center. Both of them run a few big sales at different times of the year. Just join their mailing list to find out when. Hell, last time I was in Guitar Center they had a limited edition gold plated Technics 1200 deck on sale from $800.00 something down to $400.00 and change. Not my thing but it looked cool and shiny... :D The point is you can find deals every once in awhile. If you allready have some music on vinyl, you mind as well bite the bullet. You won't regret it.. ;)
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    CobCob Posts: 857
    Most of these suggestions are okay, but if you really want to find a turntable, find a place where you live that works on and fixes high end stereo equipment and ask them, this is the best place to look. I have had good luck doing this a couple of times I was told that what I was looking for they didn't have, then I would look around and say what about this? The guy would say it doesn't work, then I would say sell it to me anyway and I will pay you to fix it, since that what you do, then he says, HEY I didn't think of that.

    You see most of these places that work on have stuff that has been laying around their shop for years.
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    pjradiopjradio Posts: 6,704
    Timewaits4no1 wrote:
    Hell, last time I was in Guitar Center there they had a limited edition gold plated Technics 1200 deck on sale from $800.00 something down to $400.00 and change.

    Damn...missed that sale...I would've jumped on that in a second! Regular ones are hovering around $600 w/some places going over $1000! Can't believe they stopped production on those. Had mine since 1987. A F'n TANK!
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    marcosmarcos Posts: 2,111
    I had thread last month asking for recommendations, many good suggestions! I went with a starter

    http://forums.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=177199
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