Rusty Messages: 1092 Registered: May 2018 Location: Kansas City Missouri
Illuminati (3rd Degree)
Amazingly, the new Technics 1200 G and GR have the same specifications as the old steel wheel. The technology developed decades prior has not been significantly bettered. And the boutique and standard belt drives of today can't match it. They can't economically produce such quality without prices comparable to buying an automobile. The VPI Classic direct drive goes for 30K. The few other exclusive low production dd tables are similarly priced. That Technics could revive and produce a refined version of the 1200 for a couple of grand speaks of the economy of scale a large company can wield in production cost. With the revival of vinyl the market is full of a lot of very ordinary products. Chinese direct drive and belt drive of moderate quality aimed at the entry level market. It just depends on what your priorities are and enthusiasm are for how much you pay and what you get for it.
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