HI,
I was looking to get myself a turntable as I happened to chance upon some fantastic records bestowed very graciously by a friend of a friend of a friend. They'd happened to be cleaning out their closet and decided that there was no point hanging on to vinyl since all music is now available online. These records were purchased nearly 4 decades ago and they'd got themselves one of those gramaphone style record players that just hung around as a showpiece. Apparently some of these have never been played. Sigh!
I have a rather rudimentary Ion Audio portable briefcase style record player which i'd bought before i ever set off on this journey, primarily to have something to playback old records I already had and to look pretty on my mantelpiece.
Upon trying out the records on the ion audio hooked up to a Marantz PM6006, they sounded thin and weak with no depth or detail in sound whatsoever. Basically, they sounded flat and uninspiring but i can't say that was unexpected. Since these records contain some really great compositions by tschaikowsky, strauss, bach, george frideric, mussorgsky, mozart to name a few. Some of the records even claim on their label that they are audiophile recordings and I believe its about time I put it to the test. These records and my existing ones definitely deserve better.
Therefore Gentlemen, I solicit your kind advise on decent turntables that I can get for a max budget of 50K. Since my amplifier is a humble Marantz PM6006, i don't think investing much more would make sense for this pairing. I do plan to get a NAD C275BEE sometime in the future though (or if something better catches my eye before it arrives).
I have only shortlisted the following turntables as I have no idea about them and never heard a decent one ever:
1. Project Primary E
2. Project Essential 2
3. Rega Planar 1
4. Thorens TD 158
5. Pro-ject Essential III
6. Denon DP-300F - Fully Automatic
Any and all suggestions apart from the above are most welcome.
Also, do i need to purchase a phono preamp separately (i am aware that some turntables have that inbuilt though none of the above) or will the existing one on the PM6006 suffice? Should I budget for it as well? Also, what is a moving magnet cartridge and am i supposed to take it into consideration too?
Much help required and solicited!
I was looking to get myself a turntable as I happened to chance upon some fantastic records bestowed very graciously by a friend of a friend of a friend. They'd happened to be cleaning out their closet and decided that there was no point hanging on to vinyl since all music is now available online. These records were purchased nearly 4 decades ago and they'd got themselves one of those gramaphone style record players that just hung around as a showpiece. Apparently some of these have never been played. Sigh!
I have a rather rudimentary Ion Audio portable briefcase style record player which i'd bought before i ever set off on this journey, primarily to have something to playback old records I already had and to look pretty on my mantelpiece.
Upon trying out the records on the ion audio hooked up to a Marantz PM6006, they sounded thin and weak with no depth or detail in sound whatsoever. Basically, they sounded flat and uninspiring but i can't say that was unexpected. Since these records contain some really great compositions by tschaikowsky, strauss, bach, george frideric, mussorgsky, mozart to name a few. Some of the records even claim on their label that they are audiophile recordings and I believe its about time I put it to the test. These records and my existing ones definitely deserve better.
Therefore Gentlemen, I solicit your kind advise on decent turntables that I can get for a max budget of 50K. Since my amplifier is a humble Marantz PM6006, i don't think investing much more would make sense for this pairing. I do plan to get a NAD C275BEE sometime in the future though (or if something better catches my eye before it arrives).
I have only shortlisted the following turntables as I have no idea about them and never heard a decent one ever:
1. Project Primary E
2. Project Essential 2
3. Rega Planar 1
4. Thorens TD 158
5. Pro-ject Essential III
6. Denon DP-300F - Fully Automatic
Any and all suggestions apart from the above are most welcome.
Also, do i need to purchase a phono preamp separately (i am aware that some turntables have that inbuilt though none of the above) or will the existing one on the PM6006 suffice? Should I budget for it as well? Also, what is a moving magnet cartridge and am i supposed to take it into consideration too?
Much help required and solicited!