Montesquieu's setup

[User211]

Talking of tonearms, I like this SME 3012 Series 2. For an old SME, I think it looks great.

Just thought I'd say.

BTW one of those TJ 2A3s broke about two months ago. They didn't last long. Got some KR PX-4s with UX4 bases on order but it'll be some wait as they have to make them on the next production run.

[jandl100]

A touch soft and certainly not dynamic enough .. though I think you would like the tone colours.

Why not just get Quad II amps and have done with it?

[walpurgis]

Why not just get Quad II amps and have done with it?

Very apt. I've owned them.

[montesquieu]

Why not just get Quad II amps and have done with it?

Too weedy for the Tannoys - to get the best out of them they need 50w minimum, a healthy current delivery and a decent (though not overbearing) damping factor. Quad IIs score pretty well on that list but nos as high as the big Radford or one of the bigger PP EAR amps (534, 890 etc).

[petrat]

Tonearm change .. bit of a tweak to the vinyl setup.

So I picked up an Ortofon RMG-309 Limited - special edition of the made in Japan 309i, itself a sort of reissue of the extremely vintage (1960s) original RMG-309

- so why not something completely different in the No2 position?

That looks like a lovely bit of engineering, Tom, and (as you describe it) a proper alternative to the Ikeda.
Looks like there'll be a turntable lid for sale soon

[montesquieu]

That looks like a lovely bit of engineering, Tom, and (as you describe it) a proper alternative to the Ikeda.
Looks like there'll be a turntable lid for sale soon

Actually the camera can lie .. just like it's possible to slide out records from behind the speaker in the pictures above (though in the pic it looks like I need to move the speaker every time) I can still get the lid on, at least when the arm is at rest ... a close thing though!

[montesquieu]

Talking of tonearms, I like this SME 3012 Series 2. For an old SME, I think it looks great.

Just thought I'd say.

BTW one of those TJ 2A3s broke about two months ago. They didn't last long. Got some KR PX-4s with UX4 bases on order but it'll be some wait as they have to make them on the next production run.

Love the brass bits on this.

[User211]

Love the brass bits on this.

I don't think they are stock. Has been tweaked a bit. Nice job.