why not just get another SL-QD35?
otherwise I'd recommend the SL-1200 / 1210 - now there's a turntable for life! No other turntable is as much fun to use or as sturdy + easily repairable
it's not cheap, but it's a solid investment (if you're ever broke it's easy to sell, it's like buying gold imo)
only reason (for me) to get anything else would be audiophile aspirations
― niels, Thursday, 10 May 2018 11:10 (six years ago) link
I have the SL-1200 but aesthetically maybe the 1210 is even cooler
https://www.thedjshop.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/t/e/technics-1210-mk5.jpg
― niels, Thursday, 10 May 2018 11:11 (six years ago) link
Good question! I guess some mixture of, they're thirty years old and P-mount cartridges may not always be available to hand, and it seeming somehow a falsification to get an exact duplicate of this thing that was a family item. But that's kinda silly cause it WAS the right turntable for me for so long. Seems like they can be had for not too much dough, either!
The 1200s are gorgeous, I'll give you that. And the used prices don't seem bonkers (though the ones being manufactured and sold now, holy shit). I have been envious of people with a super clean pushbutton start-stop, which the QD35 did not have. HmmmmmmmMMMMM!
― noel gallaghah's high flying burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 10 May 2018 14:36 (six years ago) link