Turntable Help!

keepit_thoro18 · **Joined:** Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:20 pm **Posts:** 20

sup yall! i am trying to find a direct-drive turntable but one which only plays ma vinyl and not for scratching or mixing. one that can be portable and that can connect to an sp-404. i come home from work and i just want to sleep next to it cuz da music helps me relax. i dont wanna use ma Geminis jus for playing music...so if u guys know of any good turntables please let me know. your feedback is apprecitaed. Thanks!

P.S.- what is linear tracking?

balazs · **Posted:** Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:21 pm

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one that can be portable

you narrowed it down quite a bit. I dont think there are many portable turntables.

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i am trying to find a direct-drive turntable

why dont you want belt drive if its only for listening

keepit_thoro18 · **Joined:** Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:20 pm **Posts:** 20

ur right. i guess a belt drive is enough. but what do you think would be the best turntable that has many features?

balazs · **Posted:** Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:01 pm

i dont know much about turntables. I have a plain sony turntable that is perfect for me and all i do with it is play record.

blast1 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:01 pm

keepit_thoro18 wrote:

ur right. i guess a belt drive is enough. but what do you think would be the best turntable that has many features?

how much are you looking to spend?

Dj Frantic · **Posted:** Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:18 pm

belt drive turntables actually give better audio quality. Direct drive is only really usefull for DJing. I would definately say to go with a Numark PT-01 I got it and I love. Its got a built in preamp with RCA and headphone outs and a built in speaker. Plus it has +/-10% pitch control and can run on batteries.

Euclid Ov Oåklånd · **Posted:** Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:54 pm

^ cosign.

vivi pedraglio · **Posted:** Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:50 am

i use Numark PT-01 for choping and pitch!

jbl · **Posted:** Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:44 am

i always liked the vestax handytrax. the needle doesn't look interchangeable but i've seen it used sumwhere. looks like it's on sale too.

keepit_thoro18 · **Joined:** Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:20 pm **Posts:** 20

hmmm a numark pt-01? or a vestax handy trax? ive heard of both before so i guess ill go with one of them. im looking to spend from $50-$100. what about linear tracking? does dat help?

BoomBap · **Joined:** Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:00 am **Posts:** 10

get the PT-01. that's what i'm getting. It's portable (can be battery powered), built in speakers, -/+ pitch of 10%, and it's cheap.

PT-01 + SP-404 + packs of AA batteries = days of traveling + diggin + beat making. :lol:

onefatdj · **Joined:** Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:16 am **Posts:** 13

Dj Frantic wrote:

belt drive turntables actually give better audio quality.Direct drive is only really usefull for DJing. I would definately say to go with a Numark PT-01 I got it and I love. Its got a built in preamp with RCA and headphone outs and a built in speaker. Plus it has +/-10% pitch control and can run on batteries.

Really?

Hot Sauce · **Joined:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:46 pm **Posts:** 425

well if your an audiophile and are buying a hi end turntable then yes belt-drive's give a better sound quality.

however on budget tables when you are not even running the thing into a proper amp it doesn't matter.

Hot Sauce · **Joined:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:46 pm **Posts:** 425

also check the Technics SL-BD20 Turntable, it's not portable but a good listening table and the tone-arm returns when the record is finished playing, kind of handy.

and it's belt driven if any of that fancy stuff matters to you.

i have the exact same table except mine is a direct drive for some reason.
weird.

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