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RE: Suggestions for RTR in $500-600 range..?

Posted by shoeihell@yahoo.com (A) on June 21, 2007 at 22:26:03

In Reply to: Suggestions for RTR in $500-600 range..? posted by JANDG on June 3, 2007 at 06:47:14:

You've received some really good advice here BUT at that price range, you are in a nebulous 'neverneverland' of broken promises and dreams. If you want a studio quality machine, that will get you into the door of a very dirty/used one at auction somewhere. Expect a good tech to add another $400 to bring it up to light speed. Your price range would also buy you a mid priced consumer deck from the days of lore that has been restored at some point. If you were to aim a little higher at say, $750-900, you stand a good chance of finding a top consumer deck that has been recently restored or a pro studio deck that is still ticking, but will need some help in a yr or so.

If I was doing it all over again, I'd go for the pro deck that has lots of parts still around-stay away from defunct exotica, like my Tandberg unless you seek major adversity.;-)

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