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The included sapphire sylus on many Leetac and Skywin-manufactured players, which has a maximum lifespan of between 65 to 100 hours due to the stylus' softer material than diamond. Yes, you can upgrade to a diamond tipped stylus for increased stylus longevity, but you will still have the exact same problems as described in this list. Prices valid in stores (all including VAT) until close of business on 26th November 2023. (Some of these web prices are cheaper than in-store, so please mention that you've seen these offers online.)
Hanpin FU-700 OEM model was sourced by Audio Technica, Denon, Sony (earlier models), Marantz (earlier models), Philips, ZasLuke, and TEAC. March 4th, 2017 - Added new introduction and made numerous updates to the list of reasons!! Major thanks to almabes at VinylEngine.com for writing introduction to the guide, fixing errors on the guide and rewritten the reasons to be easily digestable!! and many, MANY more. This list will continue to be updated as soon as I find additional brands or information.For critical YouTube videos on cheap players, watch Roy Unit's video of a Crosley Collegiate versus a used Pioneer turntable and myprofilenameis' Pulse record player. Job #3 Position a stylus and transducer above a revolving groove, allow the stylus to follow the grove and faithfully reproduce the vibrations encoded within. With the 100pF capacitance setting on my phono pre-amp, the AT91 sounded remarkably focused in the treble. Increasing the setting to 250pF, however, a little roughness crept into the high frequencies. I therefore preferred the sound at the lower capacitance setting.
TEAC (the lower-end models only such as the TN-100, LPR500/LPR550, LPU192CD, LP-P1000, and MC-D800) **(Uses Hanpin FU-700/R200 models and Skywin)** Hanpin R200 OEM model was sourced by Pioneer, Sony, TEAC, Optimus (such as the LAB-1000 model), and Marantz.
December 7th, 2016 - Added a number of brands, such as Art & Sound, DCI (aka Funkyfonic), Winco, and Audionac (both vintage Argentinian brands). Removed "Urban Outfitters" as someone discovered that it's Victrola-branded. Modified the Victrola brand and moved it under the International brands section.
April 25th, 2017 - Added a whole bunch of brand names to the vintage wooden stereo console section. Also added the Sansui - SLP-5000BT model to be avoided. Awful wow and flutter. In layman's terms, it's hearing warbling-like effect, "gurgling", or pitch wavering. This is due to the combined effects of a small DC motor run with an inadequate power supply, and servo electronics that do not account for to dynamic stylus drag very well (or at all).X 0.5 mil elliptical diamond - most 1905 to 1940's, slightly worn 78s & transcriptions, & some Edison discs. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Sony (ONLY from the lower-end models, including the PS-LSX100/150/200/250/300) **(Uses Hanpin FU-700/R200 models)** Enjoyable and entertaining, but a bit thin and rough sounding and low on details. But for the money it's perfectly Ok, a decent performer for the price.
December 17th, 2017 - Added a number of UK and Australia brands like Elyxr Audio, Buddee, Cavern Club, and Fenton. November 11th, 2016 - Added Laser brand. Fixed formatting for consistency. Overhauled the list again to make it alphabetic. International brands has been rearranged by popularity. Any players that look very similar to exact clones as the FU-700 and R200 are to be avoided due to the reasons as mentioned above! Designed to mimic as close as possible a record cutting head/cutting lathe for highest fidelity & lifespan usually fitted to a precision boron , sapphire , ruby or zirconium ultra light & rigid cantilever Here are the following brands and models (if applicable for certain brands) to avoid, which are made from the Skywin (which shares the lionshare of "Crosley" clones in the market, Leetac, Hanpin (model FU-700/R200 models), and other OEM factories:
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A Worn stylus can cause Serious ( IrreversibleDamage ) to your records, and provide poor sound quality May 22nd, 2017 - Major thanks to u/hi-fi132 and u/MrRom92 for pointing out an article at Audio Appraisal regarding how a Skywin-built player (GPO Stylo in the article as an example) damages the record grooves with audio samples. X 1.0 mil elliptical diamond - Edison Diamond & very old/worn discs, raw aluminium, RCA home recordings., also Pathé vertical discs
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