Mike New Platter for Technics SL-1210

[Pete]

Martin,

Great review. The platter and table look devastating!

I am ordering Mike's bearing with special option mentioned above, platter, and his SME armboard (to replace the timestep unit).
I'll post details when I receive the parts, and pics of the installation, as well as sonic impressions.

Fun times ahead!!

Cheers
Pete

[MartinT]

Nice one Pete. The SME V is very special and, together with that Zyx, will benefit hugely from the bearing and platter. Doing those at once will blow you away with the improvements. Keep us posted!

[MartinT]

I've just had Shuggie over tonight and he brought his Paul Hynes SR5 power supply with him, so we did a comparison with my Timestep. You may recall that in my system the SR3 made no difference that we could discern (in an older configuration of my Technics deck).

This time the differences were there. What I heard was an added tightness to the bass, which sounded firmer and even more pitch stable. The rest of the frequency range sounded initially smoother with what appeared to be more confident tracking. Further listening gave us both the impression that it just sounded 'right' with less harshness and a little more air around the soundstage.

Going back to the Timestep made it sound a little more shut in, obvious and perhaps 'edgy' - the best word I can think of to describe it.

So not night and day but a clearly discernible difference that I consider to be a worthwhile improvement, extracting even more from Mike's excellent platter.

[DSJR]

To be fair to the Timestep, is it the HE version?

It would appear that the heavier platter will need a heavier duty power supply. Perhaps one day we'll be able to fully compare like with like to make it fair.

[Pete]

Maybe a power supply with more advanced regulation is providing the benefit.
I doubt that more power is required

[MartinT]

Not, it's the standard Timestep and I am being fair in that the differences are really NOT night and day. I have asked Dave when the Timestep HE might be ready for shipment and am awaiting a reply. At the moment it looks to be between the Timestep HE and Paul Hynes SR5 for me.

[Citation16]

very interesting....
can someone provide info and or link to order the Paul Hynes SR5 power supply please.

Also, a photo of the SR5 would be nice...

Wonder if it also can be used for the Stanton 150 turntable ?

[Ammonite Audio]

There is a website www.paulhynesdesign.com but it's a bit long in the tooth and the SR5 is not shown. I posted a picture of the SR5 on this thread http://theartofsound.net/forum/showp...38&postcount=1

Paul does lurk here on AoS and may chip in, but if you want to know more about the SR5, give him a call as he's a helpful chap.

Wonder if it also can be used for the Stanton 150 turntable ?

If it needs a DC supply and draws less than 4A continuous, then the SR5 would probably suit; however the cheaper and smaller SR3 shown in my picture would probably do the trick too. 4A is theoretically overkill, but on my Kenwood KD-770D, it does make a remarkable difference over the smaller power supply.

[Spectral Morn]

Here's a question....

Would either the PH SR5 or the TS HE Psu make as big a difference with a normal Technics platter? or do you need the heavier platter to get the difference/benefit ?


Regards D S D L

[Ammonite Audio]

Would either the PH SR5 or the TS HE Psu make as big a difference with a normal Technics platter? or do you need the heavier platter to get the difference/benefit ?

Based on what the Paul Hynes SR5 does with my Kenwood deck, in comparison with the already rather good SR3, I would say that the bigger PSUs would make a worthwhile difference, irrespective of the platter used.

My SR5 can be easily adjusted to 21v to suit the Technics, so perhaps Marco would like to conduct the experiment when he next ventures down towards these parts?