- Thread Author
- #1
I am going get back into vinyl. I am going the vintage route. I have a chance to buy a 1970's Thorens TD-145 with a cheap Ortofon Red cartridge. It has been serviced and comes with upgraded modern RCA's. The local guy that is selling it will warranty it for 90 days and give free life time labor (he buys and fixes old TT's). He will let me take it home for 2 weeks to see if I like it. He wants $300 or $225 without the cartridge.
My other option is a 1970's Pioneer PL-55x. It is a direct drive model that sold for about $250 back then. It is also in excellent condition. I can pick this up from another local guy for $150.
What do you guys think about these two TT's? I am leaning to the Thorens.
I plan on upgrading the cartridges to an Ortofon Bronze, about $400. My phono preamp is a cheap tube Bellari VP-129 that a friend gave me which I plan on modifying by upgrading the op amps, tube and a couple of caps. Eventually I plan on getting a Pro-Ject phono tube box IIse phono preamp.
If I find that I enjoy vinyl again, I will eventually give this set up to my son and drop about $4K on a new analog system. Right now I have a couple of hundred LP's from my college days in the 1970's and early 80's.
My other option is a 1970's Pioneer PL-55x. It is a direct drive model that sold for about $250 back then. It is also in excellent condition. I can pick this up from another local guy for $150.
What do you guys think about these two TT's? I am leaning to the Thorens.
I plan on upgrading the cartridges to an Ortofon Bronze, about $400. My phono preamp is a cheap tube Bellari VP-129 that a friend gave me which I plan on modifying by upgrading the op amps, tube and a couple of caps. Eventually I plan on getting a Pro-Ject phono tube box IIse phono preamp.
If I find that I enjoy vinyl again, I will eventually give this set up to my son and drop about $4K on a new analog system. Right now I have a couple of hundred LP's from my college days in the 1970's and early 80's.
