So after finding a box of old records in my garage, I was looking for a start up record player to tide me by. Placebo on the forums was generous enough to offer me his backup table to lend, when I ended up in hospital for a few days, effectively putting everything on ice.
However... as a get well present, my girlfriend dad gave me his fathers old Technics SL-210.
The problems with it are/were:
No lid, it broke yaers ago apparently. No biggie.
The belt disintegrated when you touched it.
So no problem, got a replacement belt from the AV store in Cresta(forget the name of the place) for R40, fits like a charm.
Now everything works, and all is well.
Linked it up to my NAD T741 but it's extremely soft even at max volume, looks like I'm in need of a pre amp or a very clever way of getting around this.
All in all records sound great to my uneducated ears, although you struggle to hear everything at the volume it plays, so wont ruin the experience now until I can truly enjoy it.
Any comments? Decent table and cartridge to start off with?
However... as a get well present, my girlfriend dad gave me his fathers old Technics SL-210.
The problems with it are/were:
No lid, it broke yaers ago apparently. No biggie.
The belt disintegrated when you touched it.
So no problem, got a replacement belt from the AV store in Cresta(forget the name of the place) for R40, fits like a charm.
Now everything works, and all is well.
Linked it up to my NAD T741 but it's extremely soft even at max volume, looks like I'm in need of a pre amp or a very clever way of getting around this.
All in all records sound great to my uneducated ears, although you struggle to hear everything at the volume it plays, so wont ruin the experience now until I can truly enjoy it.
Any comments? Decent table and cartridge to start off with?