TURN TABLE UPGRADES
Want to make more of your turntable? Paul Rigby looks at a number of ways you can do just that…
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Paul Rigby
There’s a staggering range of turntablecomponent upgrades out there for you to consider
Image Pro-Ject Primary turntable.
www.project-audio.com When manufacturers build a turntable, they will do it to a budget. So, for example, the CEO of that respected company HIFI X might say: “Okay, guys, I want to sell a brand-new turntable – called the Deck X. I want it ready to hit the market in September for the Christmas market and I want it to sell at £500. Not a penny more.”
So there are your limits, in both time and cash.This means, as a developer, you’re restricted by both resources (there are only so many people and only so many hours in the day), and also your budget.
From that skilled workforce, what you get is most probably a very wonderful Deck X that’s a dream to use but, nevertheless, a compromise based on those elements.This also means that there might be certain parts – eminently replaceable parts – that can be changed to enhance and improve the sound quality.These parts would have more than likely pushed the manufacturer’s original budget over the edge, but you don’t care about that, do you? You just want a nicersounding turntable.