Audiophiles – best replacement for a Dual CS 505-4 turntable?

Is there anything equivalent these days?
Mine’s 25 years old and playing up a bit (though could be the old amp) and I fancy something new but similar inflation adjusted price bracket – not cheap but not stupid expensive?

Cheers

Debut’s always seem to be well regarded, around 250 plus the cost of a cartridge

Well, once up one a time, the default reply would be a Rega Planar, but they ain’t cheap anymore, somewhere around £8-900.
These seem to be the current turntable of choice: http://www.whathifi.com/review/pro-ject-debut-carbon
Probably about the best up to £500.
The TDK and Edwards decks look interesting, too:
http://www.whathifi.com/reviews/hi-fi/turntables

Thanks – Rega and Project are ones I’d found – not heard of the Edwards but worth checking it.

A 2nd hand Technics 1210 is a great option. Around 200 to 250 depending on condition, and a huge amount of potential upgrades. Many vinyl addicts have dumped megabucks beltdrive TTs for a souped-up Technics.

Best of all, they’re built to last and sound great even without fancy cartridges, arm upgrades or external psu upgrades.

cheapest rega is about £250 these days. And still awesome 🙂

Why new when you can easily pick up a superb second-hand Rega Planar 3 with RB300 arm for round £300. Brilliant tt and produce a very good sound.

And there’s quite a few RP3s on ebay now. Too much choice!

A technics sp10 would be better than a 1210.

Er, I went from just one of those to, er, um, an LP12.

(Belongs to a friend – on long term loan. Embarrasingly not unpacked yet from moving house 18+ months ago…. 😳 )

just got a gyrodec up and running…stunning to look at….stunning to listen to 🙂