Gemini XL50 II Turntables
Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone had any information on the Gemini XL50 II turntable. I just purchased two of the and haven’t seen much about these decks on the web. They play well and have decent torque, maybe I will end up doing a review in the future. Anyway, any information you have to share would be great!
Best
Troy
There are one or two TTs that they made that were not too bad but as a rule I stay away from Gemini.
Are you sure you don’t mean XL500?
They did make a TT called the XL-DD50, and then of course the XL-500.
The XL500s I found bloody awful but I know a few people really liked them for their price. I did however buy one of it’s successors- the Gemini SA600mk2:
I brought this brand new in 2001 and that picture above is from around 2013- still works (and looks) as good as new. It’s a great deck and they actually got some very good industry reviews at the time too, the torque in particular was very high for a budget direct drive TT. Plus it has pitch-bend buttons!
I paid £149 for it new- Technics were around £400 (each) new at the time so it was quite a saving.