Big fan of fluance turntables and speakers

What’s the budget?

Technics 1200 no substitute. Don’t fuck around!

Still have my Technics MK2… unbreakable… just saw they are now at MK7…

If you've got the budget the Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO has been pretty awesome. A bit spendy, though.

Technics 1210 MK2

It’s not only the player. You need to consider needles as well.

Technics SL 1200 Mk2

fluance is a great brand for sure, had this table for a few years now with no issues and I use it at least once a day https://www.fluance.com/rt81-high-fidelity-vinyl-turntable-record-player-with-premium-cartridge-diamond-needle

Technics build quality is 👌🏻I’m a 1210mk2 man. Bomb proof

Technic 1200

there is only technics 1200s

Technics 1200 if you have the $$$$ I ended up getting the Audio Technica LP-120XBT because layout wize it's the same as the Technics 1200.

Also this graphic is interesting. It shows the most talked about record players on r/turntables https://i.imgur.com/pykzIne.jpg

I had a Dual turntable in mid 70s

Depends on budget, Project Debut Carbon was the best bang/buck entry point when I was into it. If you’re going to spend some money VPI is the best at every price range >1k imo. US made, great family company. F’ing amazing engineering nerds, the whole lot of them. I had an Aries 3, my dad has a...

You definitely don’t need Technics if you’re not DJing with them. Audio Technica make something close enough with the LP120 series (some with USB for ripping to digital). Even their LP60 series (some with USB, some with Bluetooth) are more than enough for simply listening to records. You onl...

This one is solid. I also have a Sony I can connect to the computer for digitizing. https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_6ac5dd9d9a9e5b62c8a1581561aeb3a536437b81ae0d4a770b91a9709c372576.jpg

Technics 1210 MK2. There is no 2nd best!