The real trick, of course, is while appealing to those that want an easy life when it comes to putting the turntable together, it also offers a logical upgrade path for those that want to tweak the performance to their individual tastes. Happily, you can put a sizable tick into both of these respective boxes.
The follow up to the company’s deeply impressive No515 debut turntable, the No5105 comes in at just under half the price of its predecessor – available sans cartridge for £5,800 or bundled with Ortofon’s Quintet Black S MC pick-up (HFC 425) for £6,500. The price differential between the decks is no doubt due to the fact that the former comes from the company’s cost-no-object range, while the latter derives from the entry-level lineup, for which no-fuss ownership is a key attribute.
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