Another sought after piece of vintage audio goodness to show up recently is the granite composite Kenwood KD-2055 turntable, better know as "The Rock".
This is an exceptionally heavy belt drive turntable with a plynth that makes this unit weigh in at a hefty 26lbs.
The idea behind a heavy turntable is to dampen the bass feedback below 30hz that can rumble a turntable for those with higher quality speakers. Hence the invention of the subsonic filter.
This is one of the cooler turntables on the market and unique in its' build quality which makes them highly sought after and rarer to get than a typical Dual or other main stream Japanese brand vintage platter. Not Thorens or Oracle quality but the best of the belt drive turntables.
The idea behind a heavy turntable is to dampen the bass feedback below 30hz that can rumble a turntable for those with higher quality speakers. Hence the invention of the subsonic filter.
This is one of the cooler turntables on the market and unique in its' build quality which makes them highly sought after and rarer to get than a typical Dual or other main stream Japanese brand vintage platter. Not Thorens or Oracle quality but the best of the belt drive turntables.
I believe Dual is a German company. Not Japanese.
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