Gold Sound

For over 40 years, we have helped serve customers. When you buy a turntable here, we set it up for you, including mounting & aligning the cartridge & balancing the tonearm. Other stores & internet sellers usually can't, won't or don't know how to do this. Without proper set up, the turntable won't sound right & the cartridge & your records can be d... amaged. nbsp; ur prices are usually the same as most internet prices. If a unit you buy here is initially defective, you get a new unit, at no charge. When you buy speakers here, we provide warranty service for the full length of the manufacturers' warranty, usually five years. Internet sites require you to ship your equipment back, which is expensive, time consuming & easy to get damaged in transit. A customer brought in a CD changer that had jammed. Since she bought it here, we opened it up & removed a Barbie doll toy part. While certainly not covered by warranty, we repaired it for free. We've seen internet turntables missing essential parts, including the cartridge, head shell, tonearm counterweight, connecting cords, feet, etc., which can cost more than the whole turntable. Without these parts, the turntable won't play. Often, after spending hundreds of dollars for parts, the turntable still doesn't work. Some internet turntables, though described as complete & working, won't work in the U.S., since they are European 220 volt, 50 hertz models. Many internet dealers do not provide a factory warranty. Many internet dealers sell B stock units, which are broken units that have been returned. B stock units have a far higher failure rate & much shorter warranties. Since 100,000,000 people follow on-line auctions, the price paid is often the highest in the world, far higher than what we would charge for the same item. Freight charges are high & getting higher. Big speakers can cost hundreds of dollars to ship. Twenty years ago, people in Europe or Asia would often pay double or more for classic audio than the going U.S. price. Now that inflated international price is ...Read More