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<blockquote data-quote="Spektral" data-source="post: 931709" data-attributes="member: 49767"><p>I'm a bit out of touch with turntables, but one thing I believe you need to bear in mind is that many of the new turntables and brands are pretty much the exact same thing under the hood and are even a mish-mash of the same parts (tone arm, motor, cables, pitch control) as they are made in the same Hanpin factory. I believe Reloop, Audio Technica, Pioneer, Denon and more are made by Hanpin - so, in my view there will be very little in substance between most of these and it will mostly be about the look and style. </p><p></p><p>One other thing that I learnt when buying my "refurbished" Technics, is that the digital pitch controls are generally pretty crappy for doing long mixes as they just aren't accurate enough to keep turntables in time. They're good for turntablism and shorter mixes, but if you're a budding Sasha or Digweed, you might want to look into that aspect. Its not to say you can't mix well on them, it is just that it can be more difficult and involve more faffing around and correcting. </p><p></p><p>The Youtube channel "Just Technics" goes over some of these and why he generally recommends the older pre-M5 technics - but thanks to pressure from him and from others, Technics have apparently sorted the issue out by refining the latest decks with a better digital pitch control. However, I believe they are silly amount of money compared to what they were back-in-the-day.</p><p></p><p>I got kind of stung with my "refurbished" turntables.....they were claimed to be "refurbished, nearly new" decks and I was looking for good condition ones so I was really choosy and wanted as close to mint as possible, so I paid the extra for what seemed like good looking and well cared for decks. </p><p></p><p>Now, don't get me wrong, they're fine, they're okay......but they are what are deemed "Frankendecks", which have been put together with different pieces of different technics decks and they've been-re-sprayed and had cheap printed on logos over the spray. They looked right - but as I found out, you clean it with some Mr Sheen and it starts to smudge. I thought they were originals, but they weren't. Then bit by bit, you realise more things are not quite correct.... but so far they work, they "look" okay, so hey-ho.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spektral, post: 931709, member: 49767"] I'm a bit out of touch with turntables, but one thing I believe you need to bear in mind is that many of the new turntables and brands are pretty much the exact same thing under the hood and are even a mish-mash of the same parts (tone arm, motor, cables, pitch control) as they are made in the same Hanpin factory. I believe Reloop, Audio Technica, Pioneer, Denon and more are made by Hanpin - so, in my view there will be very little in substance between most of these and it will mostly be about the look and style. One other thing that I learnt when buying my "refurbished" Technics, is that the digital pitch controls are generally pretty crappy for doing long mixes as they just aren't accurate enough to keep turntables in time. They're good for turntablism and shorter mixes, but if you're a budding Sasha or Digweed, you might want to look into that aspect. Its not to say you can't mix well on them, it is just that it can be more difficult and involve more faffing around and correcting. The Youtube channel "Just Technics" goes over some of these and why he generally recommends the older pre-M5 technics - but thanks to pressure from him and from others, Technics have apparently sorted the issue out by refining the latest decks with a better digital pitch control. However, I believe they are silly amount of money compared to what they were back-in-the-day. I got kind of stung with my "refurbished" turntables.....they were claimed to be "refurbished, nearly new" decks and I was looking for good condition ones so I was really choosy and wanted as close to mint as possible, so I paid the extra for what seemed like good looking and well cared for decks. Now, don't get me wrong, they're fine, they're okay......but they are what are deemed "Frankendecks", which have been put together with different pieces of different technics decks and they've been-re-sprayed and had cheap printed on logos over the spray. They looked right - but as I found out, you clean it with some Mr Sheen and it starts to smudge. I thought they were originals, but they weren't. Then bit by bit, you realise more things are not quite correct.... but so far they work, they "look" okay, so hey-ho. [/QUOTE]
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