Hello again Francesco,
I'm confused!!!??? I thought you wanted at turntable that was portable
and easy to set up in the field. The Thorens and Lenco units don't look
too portable to me. They seem to be higher end units, but not for field
work. The Numark is very portable with a carrying handle. These are the
general specs from the Numark site:
12" X 12" X 3.875" – Fits easily in record crates to make transportation
easy and convenient
_ Carry Handle allows for effortless removal from record crates or for
easy carrying.
_ Removable Dustcover with Locking Slide Latch
_ 7" Platter Plays at 33 1/3 , 45, and 78 RPM
_ Plays both 12" and 45 records with included 45 adapter
_ +/- 10% Pitch Control
_ Tone Control
_ Gain Control
_ On board monitor for use with out headphones
_ High Quality Felt Slipmat allows for scratching
_ Durable Auto-Start/Stop Tonearm
_ 1/8" & 1/4" Headphone outputs
_ Lineout for recording
_ Use 6 "D" Cell batteries (not included) or use included 12V AC
Transformer
The BST PR 100 turntable looks a bit nicer to me, but it seems to only
handle 33/45, no 78 plus it looks to be a straight turntable without the
built in preamp, jacks and speaker of the Numark.
Anyway, you were concerned about the shipping costs from the States, so
I found some vendors in the UK:
http://www.thedjshop.co.uk/products.asp?id=2704
http://www.djstore.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.pl?item=numpt01http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/options.php?id=67266
http://www.djgear.co.uk/?node_id=1.2&product=1713
However, this site (German) seems to have higher end tables in heavy
duty "Flight cases" and being in Europe might cost less in shipping:
http://djservice.com/dj_equipment/framesets/dummyframe.html?main=/dj_equipment/warwick_turntable_case.html
Rod
Francesco Martinelli wrote:
Rod,
thank you for your suggestion, but I am afraid that shipping costs to
Italy
would be quite high... that's why I was inquiring about European
turntables.
On the other hand, if you look at the BST they DO look remarkably
similar to
Numark, don't you think?
FM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rod Stephens" <savecal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] BST turntables for 78
Thea Numark PT01- 3 speed turntable for about $100 American sounds like
the perfect unit in that it is battery powered, so it can used
anywhere. It also has audio outputs as well as a headphone jack and a
built in speaker for direct listening. A number for vendors here in the
U.S. sell it.
Here are two:
http://www.needledoctor.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.42/.f
http://www.garage-a-records.com/index.php
Rod Stephens
Family Theater Productions
Francesco Martinelli wrote:
I'd like to get together an "on site" listening setup for 78, maybe
also for
some quick transfer to digital via laptop and Edirol UA 25. (I work in
Istanbul part of the time). I see these discontinued BST turntables
(PR 100)
for less than 100 Euros, does any of our European colleagues have any
experience with them? My first choice would be a Rega 78, but
there's no
speed adjustment...
Francesco Martinelli
c/o Centro Studi Arrigo Polillo
Associazione Siena jazz
Fortezza Medicea, 10
53100 Siena - Italy
www.sienajazz.it