Philips arms were good ?

Posted by Interstage Tranny (A) on April 10, 2007 at 16:53:08

In Reply to: dagnabit! one more thing :-) posted by mhardy6647 on April 7, 2007 at 13:03:27:

Now, as I remeber it, the seventies were my best twenty years of a decade. My older brother and I had original AR tables, with their flimsy, play in the arm pivot bearings, tonearms. Mind you, though, with the right cartridges, those ARs sounded great, didn't they ? They spawned the Thorens TD-150, the Fons CQ30, the Linn !
Don't these Philips tables have a flimsy, play in the bearings, type of tonearm ? If you can wiggle the arm tube and feel any play in the bearings, then the consensus of opinion is usually not a good one.
However, this is audio, and audio is a hobby of combinations. So, obviously, with the right combos, you guys were pleased with these Philips. They are certainly easily and reasonably available.
I used to have a very long affair with my Stanton 681 carts. But, honestly, their finest sound comes from a more sophisticated tonearm.
If you like that cart, try the early stereo Pickering/Stanton 380 cartridges. I actually still use that one, known as the chicken head, and heartily recommend it to all...

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Topic - Phillips 312 turntable - Bob B. 12:37:09 04/07/07 (19)

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Re: Phillips 212 turntable motor - Marantzguy 17:42:19 04/11/07 (0)

Re: Phillips 312 turntable - Marantzguy 14:29:07 04/09/07 (1)

Re: Phillips 312 turntable - Pleiadian1 16:14:15 04/16/07 (0)

The 212 is a great table - E-Stat 11:32:08 04/09/07 (1)

Had a Sonus Silver in my Philips 308 - mhardy6647 06:02:56 04/10/07 (0)

Re: Phillips 312 turntable - Ross 18:45:44 04/08/07 (0)

semi auto - mhardy6647 12:57:07 04/07/07 (11)

Re: semi auto - mt10425 05:01:05 04/08/07 (0)

Re: semi auto - Bob B. 13:44:31 04/07/07 (1)

you are correct, sir, in this case - mhardy6647 13:51:29 04/07/07 (0)

dagnabit! one more thing :-) - mhardy6647 13:03:27 04/07/07 (6)

Philips arms were good ? - Interstage Tranny 16:53:08 04/10/07 (2)

Re: Philips arms were good ? - Crazy Dave 08:50:12 04/12/07 (1)

Any advice for placing a new cartridge in a Philips 312? - Pleiadian1 16:01:54 04/16/07 (0)

another turntable!! - Bob B 06:44:37 04/08/07 (1)

I'm not a Dual fan - mhardy6647 06:04:15 04/10/07 (0)

Great link, Thanks! ~t - mpathus 17:50:27 04/07/07 (0)

some low-res info on the GA-312 - mhardy6647 13:00:23 04/07/07 (0)

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Philips arms were good ? - Interstage Tranny 16:53:08 04/10/07 (2)

Re: Philips arms were good ? - Crazy Dave 08:50:12 04/12/07 (1)

Any advice for placing a new cartridge in a Philips 312? - Pleiadian1 16:01:54 04/16/07 (0)

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