This is what I mean by under the the bonnet engineering beauty: http://www.stefanopasini.it/images/EMT%20950%20boards-700.jpg Electronic boards inside an EMT 950 http://www.stefanopasini.it/images/EMT%20950-928_motors.jpg Thorens TD125 motor to the left. EMT 950 motor to the right. It weighs 2kgs. ...

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For me, the most attractive quality about CD's is how cheap they are 2nd hand now. I'm still working my way through all the CD's I bought last summer. I suppose you have a nice choice with CD's. Either buy a good 2nd hand CD player, or go down the computer audio route with a decent DAC and a couple ...

I see no reason why anyone has to make a large compromise on the sound of any item in their system if they can afford £200 to £1000 per item.

Instead of "Source First", the ambitious audiophile should be aiming for "World Class Everywhere".

Jammy, my priority in buying hi-fi equipment is to get world class sound for the lowest price. Looks and WAF are pretty much bottom of my priority list. For me the EMT 950 is a thing of beauty because of the deep and expensive engineering behind it. It is more beautiful under the bonnet than my LP12...

Bah, dealer pricing on that German ebay PS-X9. Make him an offer of 1/10th that.

...When I bought my EMT 930 and shoe-horned a Denon DL103 into it I expected it to sound better than my LP12 Cirkus Lingo 2 / Ittok LVIII / Troika and worse in others. After all the EMT only had an £90 cartridge in it whilst the LP12 had one that would have been £1000 ish new. Well the EMT had bette...

...When I bought my EMT 930 and shoe-horned a Denon DL103 into it I expected it to sound better than my LP12 Cirkus Lingo 2 / Ittok LVIII / Troika and worse in others. After all the EMT only had an £90 cartridge in it whilst the LP12 had one that would have been £1000 ish new. Well the EMT had bette...

Ok if I can get in touch with him I will buy and compare with my SME if I like it I will then consder selling it and buy a better DD their seem to be one or two that are supposed to be the best out there Pioneer P3a Kenwood L-O7D Sony PS-X9 Denon DP100 EMT 948 and 950 are fine too. Prices seem to b...

There are dozens of other worthy dd tt's. It's all down to what you see a good deal on first. Anything that was at or near the top of the range from a Japanese manufacturer in the 1970's to 1980's. I also think that once you get to a certain level of tt - of the calibre of the kenwood L07D / Pioneer...