New Denon turntable at Crutchfield (1 Viewer)

[Danny Tse]

I was looking for a single-disc CD player over at Crutchfield when I came across this new Denon turntable.....



While Denon has a long tradition with turntables and cartridges, it's great to see a mainstream manufacturer to continue support for vinyl playback equipment.

Denon DP-500MX

 

[John Watson]

Very nice, says its direct drive; does that mean belt free?

Too bad nice appearance isn't a concern for the other Denon sharp-edged black boxes I've been looking at...

 

[Philip Hamm]

Yes, direct drive = no belts. I've got a Denon direct drive turntable that I paid about $300 for maybe 10 years ago. It still runs but you can hear the motor. :frowning: I'd love to buy that one to replace mine.

 

[John Watson]

It's very pricey, and the cartridge is extra!

I have a circa 1983 Technics turntable with direct drive, linear tracking cartridge, and a decent degree of auto - shut-off, repeat-play. It has a neat small profile.

I'm sure a contemporary version of that would sell well (for those who want a turntable, and aren't fanatics ), but it seems our society can't remember how to do such things. :frowning:

 

[Lee Distad]

Turntables still sell briskly, oddly enough. We stock four models, from $100 to $800, and at Christmas time, sold out of all of them.

Another dealer in town carries ClearAudio from Germany:

http://www.clearaudio.de/res1/en/pro...reference.html

List price on those goes up to about $20K...

 

[Charles Gurganus]

I heard the theme from 2001 a Space Odyassy playing while looking at those turntables....