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From: hull@janus.berkeley.edu (Christopher Hull)
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Subject: Re: turntables
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Date: 8 Nov 90 13:51:22 GMT
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In article <7435@uwm.edu>:
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>I'd like to purchase a new turntable in the $1000-ish range in a month or so.
>As I see it, this leaves me with 3 choices given what the dealers carry in my
>area: 1.The Linn Axis. 2. VPI HW-19 jr. and 3. The Audio Research ES 1.
>
>I'd like to hear from people who have purchased one of these tables, and I'd
>especially like to hear from someone who has upgraded the junior(how expensive
>and how much difference did it make). With the rapidly approaching death of
>vinyl I'd like to get a good turntable before records end up as museum pieces.

The AR-ES1 has does not have the best bearings, and is not as solid
as the VPI Jr. Howver, the JR. lacks a supspension, so it will only work
in setups that are immune from acoustic feedback.         

Chris Hull

(hull@janus.berkeley.edu)