A very pleasing well balanced sound. I have an early Rek O Kut T12 with a Shure M-232 arm using a Shure SC35C cartridge and it plays with such authority. I want to find a 45 idler wheel but the aftermarket one I bought off ebay, even though it was well made, the metal bearing wasn't tight enough and so it caused noise. I sent it back. Does yours have any rumble? If I am in a very quiet room I can hear rumble when playing a disc. Of course if a play a mono record through a mono amp the noise is almost gone.
Bellissimo, anche solo a vederlo in video lascia intuire la sua costruzione solida. Io sono fissato con i tangenziali e non poteva sfuggirmi quello a sinistra. Mi ricorda qualcosa ma non saprei dire…
@@massimilianomagni2351 è un prototipo dell A1B Pierre Clement dell’inizio anni 70… molto probabilmente è quello che ha generato il primo giradischi tangenziale (A1B) prodotto per il mercato, poco prima dell B&O, più o meno dello stesso periodo… è un precursore di tutti i tangenziali venuti dopo…
Presto, maybe Fairchild and definitely one of the premium RCAs. If I had to choose one, I'd go with the Presto, probably. If money was no object, I'd think about the RCA 73-B. If performance enters the equation too, Bourdereau and Lie-Belin on the European side have to be included and Fairchild probably excluded. I don't think anyone has compared these with the American equivalents. That would some feat not least because of the 60Hz vs. 50Hz mains difference. It would be great to have someone at least compare all the American greats, to start with.
@@evgenylobochevsky8309 I think I have seen a Presto broadcast studio gear-driven transcription turntable for sale on e-bay only once in decades. Even the turntables alone, without a base, are nowhere to be found now. All the gear-driven RCAs are impressive but the Presto seemed like the beefiest one of them all. I don't think I ever saw a gear-driven Fairchild so I cannot say about them. Bourdereau or Lie-Belin are of course idler-driven so entirely different animals but they have the most impressive construction imaginable. Any of these turntables are impossible to find online now. Even if they were advertised, one could buy a perfectly working superb new turntable for the money.
@@Stelios.Posantzis I have a friend that has so many old tables. I recall he has a Fairchild but I don't remember the others. He also has two of the broadcast tables as shown in this video.
I just did a quick search: the Fairchild 530D is also a gear-drive table, so quite a substantial machine and thus is back on the list with the coolest ones! For the RCAs, apart from the 73-B, it is hard to select a favourite amongst the 70A/B/C/D versions--although I have a soft spot for the C version.
A very pleasing well balanced sound.
I have an early Rek O Kut T12 with a Shure M-232 arm using a Shure SC35C cartridge and it plays with such authority. I want to find a 45 idler wheel but the aftermarket one I bought off ebay, even though it was well made, the metal bearing wasn't tight enough and so it caused noise. I sent it back. Does yours have any rumble? If I am in a very quiet room I can hear rumble when playing a disc. Of course if a play a mono record through a mono amp the noise is almost gone.
@@bertroost1675 yes, it has a bit of rumble but almost not udibile…
Bellissimo, anche solo a vederlo in video lascia intuire la sua costruzione solida. Io sono fissato con i tangenziali e non poteva sfuggirmi quello a sinistra. Mi ricorda qualcosa ma non saprei dire…
@@massimilianomagni2351 è un prototipo dell A1B Pierre Clement dell’inizio anni 70… molto probabilmente è quello che ha generato il primo giradischi tangenziale (A1B) prodotto per il mercato, poco prima dell B&O, più o meno dello stesso periodo… è un precursore di tutti i tangenziali venuti dopo…
Che amplificatori sono quelli sulle casse? Grazie..
@@federicotaffi8022 Lesk TL 12 Point One
@@ilfafioccaro417 dio bono! Non li avevo riconosciuti..grazie
what's the coolest vintage studio 16" turntable?
Presto, maybe Fairchild and definitely one of the premium RCAs.
If I had to choose one, I'd go with the Presto, probably. If money was no object, I'd think about the RCA 73-B. If performance enters the equation too, Bourdereau and Lie-Belin on the European side have to be included and Fairchild probably excluded. I don't think anyone has compared these with the American equivalents. That would some feat not least because of the 60Hz vs. 50Hz mains difference.
It would be great to have someone at least compare all the American greats, to start with.
@@Stelios.Posantzis thank you very much! presto are very rare now, I can’t find them.
@@evgenylobochevsky8309 I think I have seen a Presto broadcast studio gear-driven transcription turntable for sale on e-bay only once in decades. Even the turntables alone, without a base, are nowhere to be found now. All the gear-driven RCAs are impressive but the Presto seemed like the beefiest one of them all. I don't think I ever saw a gear-driven Fairchild so I cannot say about them. Bourdereau or Lie-Belin are of course idler-driven so entirely different animals but they have the most impressive construction imaginable. Any of these turntables are impossible to find online now. Even if they were advertised, one could buy a perfectly working superb new turntable for the money.
@@Stelios.Posantzis I have a friend that has so many old tables. I recall he has a Fairchild but I don't remember the others. He also has two of the broadcast tables as shown in this video.
I just did a quick search: the Fairchild 530D is also a gear-drive table, so quite a substantial machine and thus is back on the list with the coolest ones!
For the RCAs, apart from the 73-B, it is hard to select a favourite amongst the 70A/B/C/D versions--although I have a soft spot for the C version.