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In Reply to: Luxman and/vs Thorens advice wanted...need turntable badly, tired of getting hosed on ebay posted by Mr Blue Sky on May 11, 2007 at 18:15:16:
Seriously, if you buy them both right you have nothing to lose monetarily and everything to gain otherwise.I've owned just about every iteration of the Thorens TD-160 type tables and have had the Luxman PD-264, 272, 277 and 289, of which the 272 seems to be the best. I know you are looking for a table with auto pick up, which the 272 is not, but rather than buying a 277 (which is), I would get a 272 and add something like an Audio Technica Safety Raiser.
The 272 is a seriously underrated table. Not many seem to know that the arm was supplied by Micro Seiki and called the TA-1. On those rare occasions when a Micro-Seiki TA-1 arm shows up for sale it usually sells for about twice what a complete 272 sells for. I've bought several 272 tables for the arm alone and in fact just bought another last week. Should it arrive in one piece I will remove the arm and put it on my Micro-Seiki BL-51.
So, my preference is for Luxman, but you should decide for yourself ...the Thorens tables have a lot going for them. Coincidentally, the best sound I ever got out of a Thorens (TD-160 Super) was with an arm I pulled off a Luxman PD-272.
Best of luck.
Dean.
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- By 'em both and let 'em duke it out ..... - reelsmith. 05/12/0707:47:53 05/12/07 (0)
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