The only turntable that can rip you vinyl to lossless formats. In fact the lowest res it will do is CD quality. The lowest!
All that would be for nought if it was a rubbish turntable. Bit it is brilliant, regularly getting 4 and 5 star reviews from HiFi publications.
All comments (47)
FunkiestMonkey
29 Nov 16#1
Also available at couple other shops for this Cyber Week price. E.g. HiFi confidential
narry
30 Nov 162#2
Other retailers include Richer Sounds for same price, extra 6 year supercare is another £29.90
Sevenoaks also doing it at this price.
Voted hot.
FunkiestMonkey
30 Nov 162#3
Thanks for info, narry.
I ordered from Amazon even though it was OOS on Monday but was in stock yesterday, because I am a Prime member and feel it beneficial to build up my relationship with those tax dodgers because their customer service is top notch and convenient. I have bought from HiFi confidential, sevenoaks, and richer sounds and to be fair they all have given good CS.
instant_classic
30 Nov 16#4
Hmmmm this or the pioneer Plx 500....
uni to instant_classic
30 Nov 16#5
plx500 easily. direct drive turntable. great reviews
FunkiestMonkey to instant_classic
30 Nov 16#7
I see them as different machines. Sony looks better in a home setting to me. The Pioneer may look better in a teenage DJ's bedroom.
Sony is geared towards HiFi, the Pioneer towards making noise.
So it depends on what function you want it to perform.
Good if you want bottom dollar, but it is open box. I would rather pay £31 more and get brand new.
uni
30 Nov 16#9
the reviews would disagree on you. the PLX500 is more upgradable too. less wow and flutter on a direct drive too. a hifi purist wouldn't usually consider USB on a turntable to be something "hifi"
narry
30 Nov 16#10
I do like the Sony and understand where it sits in the market, but if you wanted to 'play' a little and still make decent recordings via USB, which would you chose PLX500 or Audio Technica ATLP1240USB USB DJ Turntable ?
FunkiestMonkey
30 Nov 162#11
Correct. Not usually. USUALLY it is just convenience. But in this case, it does double DSD or lossless PCM recording. And as I said originally, that would be pointless if the original signal coming out of the player was crud. But I trust the reviews which are universally full of praise.
So there is no doubt in my mind that the Sony is more hifi and living room friendly.
I don't like my hifi to look like the deck of the starship enterprise. Don't mind my comments if you have the Pioneer. I'm just saying for hifi purposes, the Sony is a better bet.
P.S. I could not find any hifi reviews of the Pioneer.
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The only turntable that can rip you vinyl to lossless formats. In fact the lowest res it will do is CD quality. The lowest!
All that would be for nought if it was a rubbish turntable. Bit it is brilliant, regularly getting 4 and 5 star reviews from HiFi publications.
All comments (47)
Sevenoaks also doing it at this price.
Voted hot.
I ordered from Amazon even though it was OOS on Monday but was in stock yesterday, because I am a Prime member and feel it beneficial to build up my relationship with those tax dodgers because their customer service is top notch and convenient. I have bought from HiFi confidential, sevenoaks, and richer sounds and to be fair they all have given good CS.
Sony is geared towards HiFi, the Pioneer towards making noise.
So it depends on what function you want it to perform.
So there is no doubt in my mind that the Sony is more hifi and living room friendly.
I don't like my hifi to look like the deck of the starship enterprise. Don't mind my comments if you have the Pioneer. I'm just saying for hifi purposes, the Sony is a better bet.
P.S. I could not find any hifi reviews of the Pioneer.