Somehow, they keep following me home, but how can you help yourself when the prices are so good?! :wink: Just curious, Dbld2122, but where actually do you live? :-k Those may not be your only options and I could probably suss out a few more given a little time.Let me know if I can help I've been known around these parts as the "truffle hound" and can spot a good deal on a vintage turntable from a mile away.That's probably why I have 38 record players/turntables/phonographs in the personal collection right now. Which Dual, lbls? The 1009 or the 505? :-k In any case, I also love the 1009, which is probably why I have TWO of them, plus a 1019.Fabulous turntables they are in good condition and there is a lot of info here on VE about them. If the Dual is in good condition, then that's the one to go with. Not a terrible table actually, but not in the same category as the others. Run away fast from the Garrard GT 12 - if it were free, or twenty bucks, maybe. But then, you must also be willing to futz with it from time to time. It is also a statement table - you are willing to be different than all those sheep with normal tables. But the diminishment of tracking error is easily audible even in midgrade systems, and the white base is lovely - domestic partners like them more than most tables. The Garrard Zero 100 can sound very good, but the arm can have problems with loose bearings, excess mass, and somewhat higher friction than a normal arm. The 505 in sort of a mirror position - it's arm is lower mass than many modern cartridges are comfortable with, and my experience is that the plastic parts don't always age well, so the mechanism can get balky. The Dual 1009 is from an other era, with an arm that is massier and requires more tripping force than more modern tables, though it has a following who love the durability of the thing and are willing to live with the limited range of choices of cartridges. As pointed out the MCS is a Technics and is a well made table with few problems to arise other than capacitors aging - if it can't easily hold speed with the pots in their normal places, that would be a red flag. I think the MCS would be the best choice of the lot, with the Duals following. Any problems, and the choice should change. So these comments are only useful if you have heard the equipment and it works properly. With vintage equipment, and perhaps particularly with turntables, condition is everything.
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