What do you think of a guy who bought a $150 turntable to go with a $75 amplifier and a pair of $40 speakers?
Smart.
Audio "accountants" have formulas for appropriating funds to the various components in a stereo system.
Usually they recommend about 20% of the total to take care of the turntable and cartridge, which is OK if your total is $500 or more.
But what do you do if you really love music, and have a 10-LP-per-month habit that leaves you with peanuts to spend for hardware.
If you followed the accountants' advice you might end up with a $5 or $10 cartridge in a $30 changer. It would be arithmetically compatible, and might even sound OK. But later on, when you can afford that monster system you've had your eyes on, you might find that your records sound worse than they lid on your old cheapie system--because the inexpensive changer, with heavy stylus pressure and unbalanced skating force, was grinding up the grooves. And your cheap amp and speakers wouldn't let you hear the damage.
And now that you've spent a pile on high power, low distortion electronics, and wide-range speakers, you have to spend another pile replacing your records.
So, if you think you will want the best amplifier and speakers later, be smart and get the best turntable now ... the BSR 810. Send for detailed specifications.
BSR ( USA) Ltd., Blauvelt, N.Y. 10913.
(Audio magazine, Mar. 1973 )
Also see:
BSR McDonald Model 810 Automatic Turntable (Equip. Profile, June 1972)
BSR 810 and 710 turntables (Oct. 1973)
BSR turntables (ad, Apr. 1974)
BSR turntables (ad, Apr. 1975)
Ortofon M15 E Super phono cartridge (Apr. 1974)
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