Hello all-- Charlie Marzot here from Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA. ( on old Cape Cod if your know the song).
I arrived at this site by way of my Technics sl 1200 mkii. After flirting with other tables including a Well Tempered Simplex, Clearaudio Concept, Merrill modded Ar Xa, and finally a VPI Aries 1, I have alway had along with those other tables, and could never part with, my Technics sl1200 mkii. So for all of the reasons anyone who has the pleasure of owning one knows, I have made a serious commitment to upgrade the Techy. Half because these upgrades do improve the sound and half because it is just fun to tinker with things. So far the Techy has a KAB fluid damper, a plastic tone arm resonance damper, Isonoe feet, a Mike New bearing ( not yet installed). I' m taking the one step at a time approach to upgrading. This site has been really interesting and helpful, not to mention amusing at times. Thank You all.
BTW I' m a reformed tube guy-- mostly SS now.
The rest of band includes:
Pass Labs xa30.5 amp
Pass Labs xp10 preamp
Harbeth 30.1 speakers
Klimo Viv tube phono preamp
Ps Audio GCPH phono preamp
Sony Xa5400es scad/cd
All WireWorld silver cables and connections.
Cartridges, Grace F9 with SoundSmith Ruby re tip, Grado Sonata Reference1, Ortofon Red, and ADC xlm mkiii