5 of the best turntables in the world?

[Mike]

I read this list. OMG, I'm speechless.

https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2017/...-in-the-world/


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[Phishphan]

If I ever get back into analog I’d look at Linn. I have an old Technics 1200 collecting dust with a pile of vinyl, but my digital sounds so good I don’t see the need for it anymore.


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[Mr Peabody]

Well Mike a couple of your lines made the list. Silly me, I had one of the best tables in an older P3 and foolishly moved to a Clearaudio, who knew . He did preface by saying a table on the list would have to be one he tried. I still think he should maybe remove the word "best" and replace with something like "value", or, "my favorite 5".

I suppose it's debateable if the LP12 or P3 should be on a best list, but, they are proven classics to be sure.

[Mike]

Well Mike a couple of your lines made the list. Silly me, I had one of the best tables in an older P3 and foolishly moved to a Clearaudio, who knew . He did preface by saying a table on the list would have to be one he tried. I still think he should maybe remove the word "best" and replace with something like "value", or, "my favorite 5".

I suppose it's debateable if the LP12 or P3 should be on a best list, but, they are proven classics to be sure.

I know that, but Rega's aren't "top 5 turntable in the world".

Kronos
AF1
TW
Continuum
Walker
....a list like that is Best in World.

Best VALUE is a whole different ball game.



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[Barry]

This is one wacky list.

[CPP]

Oh My !

[Dguitarnut]

My long gone Linn Sondek from yesteryear is on the list! Wow
I replaced it with this one....

[a.wayne]

@Larry , Is that your new AF9

[a.wayne]

I read this list. OMG, I'm speechless.

https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2017/...-in-the-world/


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Apart from the Rega its a reasonable list , as any of the other 4 could achieve a high level of playback and this is obviously "his " top 5 best in the world list ....

[a.wayne]

I know that, but Rega's aren't "top 5 turntable in the world".

Kronos
AF1
TW
Continuum
Walker
....a list like that is Best in World.

Best VALUE is a whole different ball game.



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Reasonable list , no SME ....??

[mauidan]

Rega just announced an upgrade for the P3.

[Kuoppis]

I know that, but Rega's aren't "top 5 turntable in the world".

Kronos
AF1
TW
Continuum
Walker
....a list like that is Best in World.

Best VALUE is a whole different ball game.


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Isn’t this more like a most expensive list ?

But seriously, I think good results can be achieved in several ways, with suspended and mass platter systems being two popular concepts.

On that somewhat funny list in the article the Vpi Avenger is pretty good and I also heard the Thales recently and liked it. But there are serious contenders missing like Brinkmann, TW Acoustic, Oracle, AMG, Music Hall, Avid, Feikert, Linn and many more.



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[Jerome W]

I believe that this list is just made to create a buzz.
It makes no sense.
BTW he states "5 OF the best turntables of the world". Not the best 5.

[CPP]

I believe that this list is just made to create a buzz.
It makes no sense.
BTW he states "5 OF the best turntables of the world". Not the best 5.

It a play on words.
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Like you noted. He noted 5 OF the best Turntables in World, not the best 5

Nothing but a buzz article to put a burr under the butt of turntable gurus. And it worked.

[Mike]

It's not even 5 of the best. Its simply, 5 turntables. Oh, and one of them has speed problems. Geez.


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[Mordante]

Isn’t this more like a most expensive list ?

But seriously, I think good results can be achieved in several ways, with suspended and mass platter systems being two popular concepts.

On that somewhat funny list in the article the Vpi Avenger is pretty good and I also heard the Thales recently and liked it. But there are serious contenders missing like Brinkmann, TW Acoustic, Oracle, AMG, Music Hall, Avid, Feikert, Linn and many more.

QFT

The most expensive are not always the best.

[mep]

Here is the deal boys and girls: Everyone of us could create a list of what we consider are the 5 best turntables in the world and NO ONE would agree with your list. First of all, no one has heard every table in the world. Let's say you claim to have heard half the tables in the world, you still are just giving your opinion about what you like and what you heard. And if you claimed to have heard half the tables in the world, how many of those listening sessions were conducted in your room with your system? Oh, just a handful?? You heard a bunch of tables at shows and that is supposed to mean something in the grand scheme of things?

We have vocal people in this hobby who don't even own a stereo system or a room to put it in who travel around the world listening to other people's systems and they post "reviews" of their short term listening sessions of a strange system in a strange room and somehow draw meaningful conclusions and try and pass on advice to other people who are looking to upgrade their systems. Their "advice" is worth about as much as someone putting together a list of the five best anything in this hobby.

[Mike]

We have vocal people in this hobby who don't even own a stereo system or a room to put it in who travel around the world listening to other people's systems and they post "reviews" of their short term listening sessions of a strange system in a strange room and somehow draw meaningful conclusions and try and pass on advice to other people who are looking to upgrade their systems. Their "advice" is worth about as much as someone putting together a list of the five best anything in this hobby.

Bonzo....err...I mean, Bingo!


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[Mikado463]

This is one wacky list.

you do realize we're talking 'audiophiles' here ...................

[BruceLet]

It seems like a strange list, but many TTs, if set up right, in the right system, can sound great. My Kuzma M is as good as anything I have heard.

[Mikado463]

It's not even 5 of the best. Its simply, 5 turntables. Oh, and one of them has speed problems. Geez.


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I hear 'ya Mike, heck, I'd take the new Technics over any of them. As for 'locked in' speed, there's none better that I know of.

[PeterA]

Here is the deal boys and girls: Everyone of us could create a list of what we consider are the 5 best turntables in the world and NO ONE would agree with your list. First of all, no one has heard every table in the world. Let's say you claim to have heard half the tables in the world, you still are just giving your opinion about what you like and what you heard. And if you claimed to have heard half the tables in the world, how many of those listening sessions were conducted in your room with your system? Oh, just a handful?? You heard a bunch of tables at shows and that is supposed to mean something in the grand scheme of things?

We have vocal people in this hobby who don't even own a stereo system or a room to put it in who travel around the world listening to other people's systems and they post "reviews" of their short term listening sessions of a strange system in a strange room and somehow draw meaningful conclusions and try and pass on advice to other people who are looking to upgrade their systems. Their "advice" is worth about as much as someone putting together a list of the five best anything in this hobby.

I love your candor. Well written.

[a.wayne]

Bonzo....err...I mean, Bingo!


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Well actually i know a guy like that, have had many discussions with him and his eval tends to be pretty spot on, with the stuff I'm familiar with , well , with but a few exceptions, ( disagree on the Linn ) nothing like and very different to some of the neophytes Audio reviewers we see floating around the internet today writing powder puff reviews.



BTW, evaluating TT's are froth with errors which usually require a very tedious back and forth to truly crown a king, if even possible, maybe an Audio Shark top 5, with everyone putting up their top 5 TT selection ....



Regards ...

[mep]

I love your candor. Well written.

The nonsense I'm talking about has gone on for too long and everyone on the forum in question seems to play along. Stereo system by committee and apparently when the day finally comes for setup (and it's been what, almost 7 years?), that will be done by a committee too.

[a.wayne]

MC or MM ? BD vs DD ,,what makes a great table or more Irony by Suss ........

[CPP]

Maybe the whole thing is about getting hits on the webpage to support the advertisers. example of two types

• Pay per click is the most popular type of advertisement. Each advertiser pays differently and you are paid when visitors click on an ad.
• Pay per impression pays according to the amount of times the ad is displayed on your website. This means that for every thousand times the ad is displayed, you get paid. Each advertiser pays differently but typically the amount will be small since all it takes is for someone to open your web pag

[Mike]

You talking about PTA? Because I don't even get $40 a month from our ads. LOL.

For those that remember the very early days of AS, I had started out accepting a few ads from manufacturers. But the minute a post not complimentary of their product(s) went up, my phone started ringing with demands to "delete that post".

Now I let Google manage all the ads, and accept the pennies to help off set some of the costs.


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[CPP]

You talking about PTA? Because I don't even get $40 a month from our ads. LOL.

For those that remember the very early days of AS, I had started out accepting a few ads from manufacturers. But the minute a post not complimentary of their product(s) went up, my phone started ringing with demands to "delete that post".

Now I let Google manage all the ads, and accept the pennies to help off set some of the costs.


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Oh yes, don't say anything negative about the advertisers