Gemini PT-1000
Product Type: Gemini turntables
Newest Review: ... 0% notch on the pitch control ( the slider clicks to 0% making it difficult to adjust the pitch around 0%) . The pitch ... more
... control goes from +10% to -10% which seems more common on decks at the moment . As far as handling - startup and break of the platter is very speedy - at least rivaling 1210s . As far as the torque - it's reasonable , although it's possible to stop
the platter temporarily with a bit of heavy handedness . The PT1000 decks have the disadvantage that you can't make adjustments to the tonearm height and the arm seems the cheapest part...more
Customer Gemini PT-1000 Reviews (1)
Gemini PT-1000: Poor mans Technics ? (1176 words)by - written on 21/08/00, updated on 12/12/00 (Very useful, 8209 readings)
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I bought a couple of PT-1000 turntables about a year and a half a go now . It seems there's been quite a few incarnations of these beasts since then with the MK-2 and MK-3 models being released since then . Now that the turntable market seems to be getting flooded with different makes how do these direct drive decks fare ? I've got 2 of the original MK1 models which at the time were about £225 if you could be arsed to hunt around . Now you can pick up the mark 2's for under 200 each . So anyway - enough of the history - what do you get as far as features and what do they handle like head to head with other makes ? As far as design I think ... Read the complete review
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