Great,
now you've got the cartridge sorted any plans for a new turntable ?
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I'm Mark.
Great,
now you've got the cartridge sorted any plans for a new turntable ?
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I'm Pete.
For now I will be content with the modded SL-1210 Mk5 w/SME 309 arm.
I will probably put another phono cable on it since I have read that is one of the weakest points of this arm.
Now I just need Dave C. to send the the 309 arm
Not sure what turntable will soundly beat the 1210 when it is properly modded and isolated. Anyways there is no money for that now
Hearing is believing
SL-1210 Mk5 w/Mike New Platter/bearing/armboard; Hynes SR5 DIY PSU;
Zyx Airy3X; SME V; Hashimoto HM7 SUT; CJ PR15MkII Phono w/teflon caps.
Modwright LS36.5 Dual Mono Preamp & KWA 150 amp > Paradigm Ref 100 v.4s
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With the above attended to and a cartridge like yours on it, I don't think you've got anything to worry about!Not sure what turntable will soundly beat the 1210 when it is properly modded and isolated.
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Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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The airy 3 is a great choice
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I'm Pete.
I hope its not as super tweaky as some internet voices claim.Originally Posted by John
This hobby is nuts, isn't it?
Hearing is believing
SL-1210 Mk5 w/Mike New Platter/bearing/armboard; Hynes SR5 DIY PSU;
Zyx Airy3X; SME V; Hashimoto HM7 SUT; CJ PR15MkII Phono w/teflon caps.
Modwright LS36.5 Dual Mono Preamp & KWA 150 amp > Paradigm Ref 100 v.4s
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Location: So Cal
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I'm Pete.
Listening to the Zyx Airy3 nowBig step up from the Denon DL160.
Bigger soundstage, much more resolving, deep bass, more extended highs, and much cleaner sounding.
When I installed it I forgot to switch the loading resistor and still had the Pearl phono set up for the 47kohm cart loading. I think the cart is almost unstable electrically (feedback) with this load. Just moving the tonearm I could hear vibrations in the cart/tonearm coming from of the speakers. And putting it on the record and off I got a huge pop, one of them put my amp into some sort of thermal protect mode, I think (got a loud popping noise repeating about 1-2 times a second, scared the sh*t out of me.)
Anyway I let the amp rest for about 20 minutes. Then I remembered the loading resistor. Switched to 100ohms, and everything worked normal again when I turned everything back on. No more cart feedback/noise from vibration on the cartridge and the amp was okay, as well as my speakers. T
That was spooky.
Hearing is believing
SL-1210 Mk5 w/Mike New Platter/bearing/armboard; Hynes SR5 DIY PSU;
Zyx Airy3X; SME V; Hashimoto HM7 SUT; CJ PR15MkII Phono w/teflon caps.
Modwright LS36.5 Dual Mono Preamp & KWA 150 amp > Paradigm Ref 100 v.4s
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