SL-1210 upgrade path

[Beechwoods]

Thanks for the mint protractor recommendation. I've dropped them a line about my setup; a stock Goldring Lenco GL75.

[Arlequen]

Thanks for the mint protractor recommendation..

You're welcome
I'm waiting for another MintLP tractor for my Raven One - Michell Tecnoarm
It's on the fly , it left HK the 17 Dec .. but unfortunately , here , these days are the worst of the whole year for postal service
I know .. even if I can make a perfect setup of my cartridge with the paper rega template .. the result with the MintLP 'll be much - much and much better

[Pete]

Well after a long series of emails and a long talk on the phone with Dave C. (and a very good deal), I ended up ordering an SME 309 for my SL-1210MK5

I'll post pics when I get it, and of the surgical procedure as its installed.

Happy New Year!! (not for my credit card though....)

[MartinT]

If the 309 is 90% of the SME IV then you're in for a fantastic listening experience. The 1210 already does structural bass, wait 'til you hear what the SME does! Lovely arm.

[Pete]

Just got my Zyx Airy 3X cartridge. Mounted and listening

Still have my modded Technics arm. The SME 309 arm is still at SME in England

[Peter Stockwell]

Pete,

Nice photo, about the 309, now I know why Dave C. was getting confused when I was talking to him .

I've got a new arm on the way, from the same supplier, and Like you I'm anxious to get it installed. I heard a Zyx on a Mörch/Platine Verdier a while back and it sounded great, the system fell apart on rock but I think it was the room/speaker interface more than anything else.

I've got an AT33PTG waiting to be installed in a new arm, and I have Dave C's feet and audiophile mat waiting to arrive too. I just ordered an RS acoustics Granite composite base for my Teccie. I have the KAB psu, but I'm waiting for Richard (Gromit) to dislike his recently ordered Time Step psu

I'll swap pics with you when all that is up and running.

Cheers

[Marco]

Hi Pete,

I'm not getting the pictures - just three white squares with red crosses inside...

You need to move the pictures from being hosted on "head-case.org/forums" to something like Photobucket or Imageshack so that people who aren't members of that forum can also view them. At the moment, if you're not a registed member, and logged-in, they aren't visible

Cheers,
Marco.

[Clive]

The pics are visible for me, I'm not a member of head-case.

[jonners]

Good pics - they're visible to me and I'm not a head case........member.

John

[Pete]

Pete,

Nice photo, about the 309, now I know why Dave C. was getting confused when I was talking to him .

I've got a new arm on the way, from the same supplier, and Like you I'm anxious to get it installed. I heard a Zyx on a Mörch/Platine Verdier a while back and it sounded great, the system fell apart on rock but I think it was the room/speaker interface more than anything else.

I've got an AT33PTG waiting to be installed in a new arm, and I have Dave C's feet and audiophile mat waiting to arrive too. I just ordered an RS acoustics Granite composite base for my Teccie. I have the KAB psu, but I'm waiting for Richard (Gromit) to dislike his recently ordered Time Step psu

I'll swap pics with you when all that is up and running.

Cheers

I am thinking of modding my KAB PSU to output 21volts (like the timestep psu) and bypass the internal voltage reg in the 1210. I have the Funkfirm 5mm mat and stock feet which I will probably swap out with some sorbothane concoction at some point.

Apparently Dave C. has new design 1200 armboards for the SME arms, but they are not quite ready yet, but probably worth waiting for.

We need pics!