without needing to spend more money on a phono preamplifier. Stylus are readily available because the AT3600 cartridge is still widely available. it's an adequate starter deck that is readily obtainable for $50-$100 used on eBay. A few years ago they were sold retail for $99 at DSE. It won't provide all the sound vinyl can offer, but it's a start and can provide some fun cheaply. What I find with vinyl is that there is so much detail in the record grooves that with every upgrade, I get more sound out of it. An appropriate level of deck, arm and cartridge will usually exceed the SQ from a CD player (unless it's an expensive one), and almost always be an improvement from a compressed mp3 file.

The problem is that the hifi industry has lost sight of a key marketing strategy. There is obviously a maket out there and a substancial one if the likes of Woolies (AKA Dick Smith) are devoting shelf space to it.Įntry Level.The only reason Woolies and Kmart are able to get away with selling this kind of crap, is that no-one with any market Clout is calling them on it by offering a genuine entry level product.

All pretty much of a muchness, until Bill Martin, then owner of Harmon Aust.īack in the glory days of hifi in the 70's there were a zillion brands of cheap placky tts despite the fact that there were only three companies in Japan making them, Microseiki, Chuo Denki and I forget the third.

went to Chuo Denki and told them Exactly what he wanted in a product, and got vastly a superior entry level product, which he branded 'Harksound'. The chinese will build you anything you want. #RECORD PLAYERS FOR SALE TARGET UPGRADE#īut you have tell them what it is.Until the hifi industry gets behind the resurgent market for vinyl with an entry level quality alternative, they're never going to reap the longer term rewards of a new upgrade market. He seems to have done OK.Photo-Illustration: The Strategist Photos: Retailers Roy Gandy recognised this fact when he bought out the Planar 2, the Volkswagon of top end tts at the time.

The world of vinyl records, like any niche hobby, can be intimidating to the uninitiated. #RECORD PLAYERS FOR SALE TARGET UPGRADE#.

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