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re: Audiophile/Vinyl Thread - Post Pics, Advice, Questions, Setups, etc.
Posted on 8/22/19 at 1:35 pm to El Mattadorr
Posted on 8/22/19 at 1:35 pm to El Mattadorr
There's a Sansui Classique 250T turntable available for sale in my area. $50.00. It looks to be in great shape. Would this be an upgrade over my Audio-Technica LP60 (their bottom of the line model)?
Posted on 8/22/19 at 2:20 pm to El Mattadorr
Can't find much info on it, but saw a 350T sold on ebay for a little less than $50. So the price is probably about average. Can't comment on quality of that model, soryr.
Posted on 8/23/19 at 3:43 am to El Mattadorr
$50...go for it.
Yes, even at 50 years old, once properly cleaned, bearing re-greased, and a decent cartridge bought (Grado or Ortofon—can be had for $80-100), you will have a better table. The tone arm alone on it is worth it over the AT-60 (not calling your baby ugly...but your baby is ugly). The AT-60 weighs a WHOPPING 6 pounds (sarcasm), including the cartridge, 2 sets of cables, power cord, internal phono stage, and the platter/plinth. You need MASS in a turntable, and the Sansui should be in the 14-18 lb. range by itself.
Although that Sansui table doesn’t run with the likes of Dual, Thorens, or Lenco turntables of the ‘60’s, and it was probably Sansui’s entry level, it isn’t junk. It predates junk (junk tables became popular in the early ‘70’s)—and Sansui was a very reputable name in the ‘60’s—early pioneers (pun intended) of Japanese hi-fi.
If you use the internal phono stage in the AT-60, you will need a phono stage (preamp) for the Sansui if you plan to run it into a “line-level” input on a receiver. If the receiver has a “phono” input, you are good to go.
Yes, even at 50 years old, once properly cleaned, bearing re-greased, and a decent cartridge bought (Grado or Ortofon—can be had for $80-100), you will have a better table. The tone arm alone on it is worth it over the AT-60 (not calling your baby ugly...but your baby is ugly). The AT-60 weighs a WHOPPING 6 pounds (sarcasm), including the cartridge, 2 sets of cables, power cord, internal phono stage, and the platter/plinth. You need MASS in a turntable, and the Sansui should be in the 14-18 lb. range by itself.
Although that Sansui table doesn’t run with the likes of Dual, Thorens, or Lenco turntables of the ‘60’s, and it was probably Sansui’s entry level, it isn’t junk. It predates junk (junk tables became popular in the early ‘70’s)—and Sansui was a very reputable name in the ‘60’s—early pioneers (pun intended) of Japanese hi-fi.
If you use the internal phono stage in the AT-60, you will need a phono stage (preamp) for the Sansui if you plan to run it into a “line-level” input on a receiver. If the receiver has a “phono” input, you are good to go.
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