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I have always used purified water bought at a local pharmacy and have never had any issues.

I always dilute a very small amount which I use up completely, usually 1 ml LAS to 50 ml water. Good for six records or so. One time I left the solution for a couple of days and it started to smell...

Esco still sell brand new P77 stylus assemblies. They used to make them for A&R and still have some stock. I paid under 100 quid last year including postage to Poland. It's a nice cart, but I prefer...

I bought a 103R to try on my Sony which was supposed to have a heavier tonearm. Quite possibly the effective mass on that tonearm was higher than Rega, but still insufficient for 103r. This cart...

Would like to hear them, but perhaps that would derail the thread! :D

Absolutely spot on. Every cartridge I fitted on Rega and Sony, I preferred the Sony presentation. I would love to buy another turntable, just out of curiousity, but Sony does its job so well that I...

There's a festival near where I live starting in three days. Radiohead and Foo Fighters headlining, among others. Can't wait! Best thing is you can always get tickets :)

This is before:

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and this is after:
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I bought my Sony PS-X65 for £100 on ebay, tbh it was rather in a poor condition. Had it thoroughly serviced for around £160 (rewired, tonearm work incl. bearings and c/w fitting, automatics, optics,...

This is a thing of beauty! :drool:

I simply asked the guy who serviced the deck to rewire the tonearm, without mentioning any specific wiring. He told me that he had used PROLINK OFC double shielded interconnect with Hermann Titan...

No one sings like you anymore...

or you can install a discogs app on your phone for crate browsing, it displays your entire collection

discogs is really nice

It's a capable deck worthy of restoring. I had mine serviced by a guy on the other end of the country. It is also worth rewiring the tonearm, it really made a difference on my deck.

With Knosti I used a mix of IPA/ water/ wetting agent, because it was dirt cheap. I switched to L'art du Son when I bought an Okki. I have the RCM in my work room, which is quite small. Cleaning the...

Oh I remember buying it for around 20 quid. Happy times!

Jamie, with the music you listen to, the cartridge that does it best in my system is Benz... but it's a bit more costly, unfortunately...
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Kate Bush you say, eh? Check out my avatar :-D
As for alignment I followed Sony instructions and set up the stylus 49mm from the headshell collar, if I remember correctly. Then I used the reverse...

Some time ago I searched the web for info on the effective mass of pua-7 and the values people gave varied wildly, from 15 to 25g.

Jamie, I used both DL-110 and DL-103R with that arm. And Benz...

Jamie I have a DL-103R on my PS-X65. It is a nice match, but I think the cart might sound even better if the tonearm was a bit heavier. Perhaps I'm a bit of a bass freak and my Benz really delivers...

I do not know if it's any help to you, but I have a Rotel RC-995 pre-amplifier from the 90s, it has an in-built phono stage and DL-110 does wonders with that stage. I usually have it on MC setting,...

This is an absolute bargain! These TTs are around 400 on German ebay. Not very popular in the UK, though. I bought a PS-X65 and then had it serviced (yes I have absolutely no technical skills). With...

Working on Safari on iPad. It is a beautiful TT!

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Released this day 39 years ago!

I used Knosti to clean around 500-600 records. For its cost, it does great job. I made my own IPA-based solution. Knosti has also excellent anti-static effect, imho better than Okki. I bought Okki...

Like I said, 70/80/90 pop/rock/electronica, so Kate Bush, Suzanne Vega, Deftones, Tool, Pat Metheny, 80s 4AD, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Chris Rea, Pink Floyd, Joni Mitchell, Massive Attack... and...