Dual’s best-known units are undoubtedly the 1009, 1219 and 1229; all idler drive turntables that had to compete with the more expensive and classic Garrard, Lenco, and Thorens tables of the period.

Or does it make more sense to buy a vintage turntable like a Thorens, Acoustic Research, Lenco, or Garrard from a turntable ...