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£649
It is tempting to start this review by going back to the ’80s when Dual dominated the budget turntable market. Instead, let’s go back a few pages of this issue to our review of the company’s CS 418. Given Dual’s lack of impact in the decades since its heyday, that deck was something of a surprise, being a terrific performer for the money (£499).
Here we have the more expensive, but closely related, Dual CS 518 – does it compare favourably for the extra outlay?
Given a little extra budget, Dual’s engineers decided the best way of improving on its entry-level turntable was to change the arm toOrtofon moving magnet is a standard fit on the cheaper deck too. Tonearm apart, the CS 518 is much the same as its junior sibling and that’s no bad thing.
