are there high end turntables ...

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  1. Ere

    Ere Senior Member Thread Starter

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    that are manual and not automatic? i.e., that you have to manually remove the tone arm from at the end of the disc?

    Ken
     
  2. aashton

    aashton Here for the waters...

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    I think almost all high-end turntables are manual.

    All the best - Andrew
     
  3. quadjoe

    quadjoe Senior Member

    True, there may be a few semi-automatic (which pick the arm up at the end of the disc), but almost all are manual. I do like the semi-automatic feature though, I don't know how many times I've fallen asleep listening to a record only to awake hours later to find the stylus still riding in the lead-out groove.
     
  4. Tony Plachy

    Tony Plachy Senior Member

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    If by HE TT's you mean Linn, VPI, Clearaudio etc. they are all manual.
     
  5. Damián

    Damián Forum Hall Of Fame

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    Re: Re: are there high end turntables ...

    Indeed they are, as far as I know. Many of the people who own these use a device called The Lifter (I believe they sell them on Ebay, don't quote me on that though) which as its name says lifts the tonearm when it reaches the end of a side (of course the motor is never turned off).

    Then there's Teres, which IIRC have some kind of timer in the power supply to their motor so that 45 minutes after starting it'll stop, which is more than enough not to cut before a side ends and a sensible approach too.

    Cheers
     
  6. Shakey

    Shakey New Member

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    Ere,
    I think that a lot of us would consider high end turntables and automation mutually exclusive. What I mean is I do not know of any high quality arms that are anything but manual. Besides not wanting to stack records atop each other, every additional lp would change the VTA(vertical tracking angle) and a lot of cartridges are very sensitive to changes. Plus the cost to include automation could be spent elsewhere (better motor, arm, bearings, power supply) for something most of us would never use.
     
  7. teaser5

    teaser5 Cool Rockin' Daddy

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    Ken:
    If you want to roll by the house and see the Rega in action you're always welcome. Our boy bencanas has the one you want to see though
    Check Sound Works in Kensington MD too!
    Best-
    Norm
     
  8. Ere

    Ere Senior Member Thread Starter

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    Thanks for the replies, guys. I needed to confirm this for the 'Story Creativity' thread:)

    And yes, Norm, we need to have a DC-VA-MD members libation/listening session soon!

    Ken
     
  9. -=Rudy=-

    -=Rudy=- ♪♫♪♫♫♪♪♫♪♪ Staff

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    Didn't Audio Technica once sell a little device that lifted a tonearm at the end of a side? This would have been early 80's. I'd really like to get one for my good turntable (Denon w/ Grace arm)...even tonight, I dozed off and the LP was spinning for a good 10 minutes before I turned it off.
     
  10. duff138

    duff138 Forum Resident

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    http://www.expressimoaudio.com/lift/lift.html
     
  11. -=Rudy=-

    -=Rudy=- ♪♫♪♫♫♪♪♫♪♪ Staff

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    Nice lifter! The budget model would probably work for me.

    The Audio Technica was made more out of wire. My cousin had it lifting his SME tonearm.
     
  12. PMC7027

    PMC7027 Forum Hall Of Fame

    I had this device with my Philips GA212 turntable more than 20 years ago. It worked very well. The only difference between the two devices (in the link given above) is the finish. I suggest you get the cheaper one and spend the extra $40 on records.

    Just my $.02
     
  13. Gary

    Gary Nauga Gort! Staff

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    Re: Re: Re: are there high end turntables ...

    A friend has / had a "Raiser" that raised the tone arm.

    It worked some of the time.... :eek:
     
  14. Gary

    Gary Nauga Gort! Staff

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    It would be nice if you'd let Ken listen to it, too, ya know.....

    :D
     
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