i have the software (LP's) to play na and planning to add more pa in the future. problema wala pa akong turntable to play them with. actually, i do have one pero it's out of service for now. it's a 110V unit that was plugged to 220V. i could have it repaired but there are quite a few more problems pa, like putol yung cueing lever and wala na ring dust cover.
so i shopped around for 2nd hand and new tables. some did come around sa b&s section pero i have issues with most of them.... primarily the need to get a separate phono-pre. a pro-ject with phonobox did came kaya lang not replaceable naman ang headshell nya, for the time i want to use another headshell/cart combo. the sl-1200 used is in the range of my budget pero the ones i saw were either repainted, walang dust cover or walang included cart. it is built like a tank but i won't be moving it naman after i have it setup. besides, i'm not a scratch artist also.
researching some more for the features i want, i came upon the Audio Technica AT-PL120. it has a built-in phono pre-amp, a semi-audiophile (not scratch or dj cart) cartridge, s-shaped tonearm, nice dust cover, 10kg base, servo quartz-controlled DD motor, tonearm height adjustment, pitch control. good thing also that both the built-in preamp and included cartridge are both getting quite nice reviews/feedbacks/comments.
here's some pics.
for @P15k landed price for a brand new unit, ok na kaya ito? how would you compare it ba with the entry level regas/pro-jects/GR's? if someone's interested, u can pm me baka sakali kasi makahingi pa discount if more than one.
thanks for reading and will wait for your comments.