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In Reply to: AR Turntable tonearm question posted by George S. Roland on August 1, 2022 at 20:29:23:
Well, when you buy the AR turntable, you'll see for yourself that the tonearm is a piece of junk. It was my first turntable because I didn't have enough money for a better one. As soon as I saved up the money, I bought a Thorens TD-125 with an SME 3009 tonearm. That was an excellent turntable. I owned it for more than a year until I became broke again and sold my entire system.
I was 22-years old at the time and it was one of the best stereo systems I've ever owned. It was a Revox system with Acoustic Research AR-3a speakers. It included a Revox A77 tape recorder, a Revox integrated amplifier, a Revox tuner, and the Thorens TD-125/SME turntable with a Shure V-15 cartridge. I also had a Stanton 681 EE cartridge and an Empire 2000Z cartridge.
I will never forget that system. I've certainly owned better systems since, but it was a pretty cool system for a 22-year old kid. ;-)
Happy listening!
John Elison
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Follow Ups
- RE: AR Turntable tonearm question - John Elison 16:42:45 08/05/22 (2)
- "piece of junk . . ". Pretty strong words John. The AR-XA tonearm is - alaskahiatt 23:05:29 08/07/22 (1)
- notable hallmark of progress - Story 03:34:12 08/08/22 (0)