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I'm Graham.
Turntable Advice Please
This is going to open a can of worms, but having just sold one of my watches I have uptp £1800 to buy a new turntable!!! I have an upgraded RB250 are fitted with ortofon black cartridge and full wiring upgrade with silver bullet plugs. I now need some pointers towards a new deck and to be honest I'm liking the Nottingham analogue range there are a couple of mentors around the 1K range which look good!!!
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For Notts Analogue, Graham, speak to our very own hifi_dave, as he'll give you a very good deal
Marco.
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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For me, the only NA deck that has really floated my boat is the Dais - but I did like that.
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Yes, the Dais is superb.
Marco.
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.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!
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I remember back in 1997 at a Sevenoaks place in Hull doing a side by side demo of a N/A Spacedeck compared to a Linn LP12. The Spacedeck obliterated it in no uncertain way. The guy bought the Linn.
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I'm Graham.
The Dias might be out of my budget but there is an upgraded Mentor on t'bay at the mo that looks interesting
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Sell the RB250 and add the money towards a better arm & turntable. The RB250 will be a limiting factor. Though decent enough at what is really budget level, I've never liked the sound of Rega arms and their derivatives. I've used a Mission 774 arm for many years and tried several Rega arms alongside it and found the sound just bland and compressed in comparison. A Nottingham Analogue turntable with their own arm would definitely be worth a look. I like their products.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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I'm Graham.
Lots of sound advice so far - any thoughts on the Michell Orb
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Lots of nice decks at that price point second hand, and vast majority are pretty good. sometimes it depends on what you listen to and what phono amp and arm/cart you'll want to use. I knew mine would end up costing me more than planned and I was rightstill its fun and if looked after will pretty much last a lifetime.
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I'm Graham.
I know what you are saying Grant
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