The Mike New Technics Bearing

[potatoha]

Systemdek?

[CageyH]

No, I don't think it was either of them.

According to the design section on the Mitchell website, I would say Mitchell.

[Mr Kipling]

Sorry. I'm not saying Mitchell designs didn't have this feature, but I'm pretty sure it's some other manufacture that I have in mind.

[The Grand Wazoo]

Early Michell decks until they changed for an oil pumping design with bore hole channel and some Kenwood Trio KP/KD series DD drives I can think of.

Not quite, it's a current feature, I think you'll find - the spiral takes the oil up & the hole returns it to the well at the base.

[potatoha]

Not quite, it's a current feature, I think you'll find - the spiral takes the oil up & the hole returns it to the well at the base.

Thanks for the correction Chris. I just saw that Michell has the spiral in the housing rather than the spindle itself like many other designs. It's such a clever design as it will always provide the right amount of lubrication without leaving any excess oil being trapped.

[Mr Kipling]

My thanks to 184.

No it's not Rek-o-Kut that I'm thinking of either. It was a review of deck in Hi Fi Answers from the late '70s or early '80s that I remember it being mentioned. I don't think it was the Systemdek or a Mitchell - but I could be wrong.

I do, of course, mean Michell.

Sorry.

[.mus]

So, having recently installed a MN bearing in one of my old MK5s, I felt obliged to pop in to say: "Crikey!" and to thank Mike for engineering this beast. I've found it difficult to tear myself away from the turntable since installing it, digging out lots of old vinyl-only releases (just had a 90s jungle session ) that I've not listened to in ages, just to hear how they sound. Bloody marvellous!

[kininigin]

So, having recently installed a MN bearing in one of my old MK5s, I felt obliged to pop in to say: "Crikey!" and to thank Mike for engineering this beast. I've found it difficult to tear myself away from the turntable since installing it, digging out lots of old vinyl-only releases (just had a 90s jungle session ) that I've not listened to in ages, just to hear how they sound. Bloody marvellous!

It's a fantastic bearing isn't it! Hopefully i won't have to wait too long to get mine and this time keep hold of it Play any photek during your session? He made some amazing tracks back in the day!

[ChrisKemp]

So, having recently installed a MN bearing in one of my old MK5s, I felt obliged to pop in to say: "Crikey!" and to thank Mike for engineering this beast. I've found it difficult to tear myself away from the turntable since installing it, digging out lots of old vinyl-only releases (just had a 90s jungle session ) that I've not listened to in ages, just to hear how they sound. Bloody marvellous!

Mine is on its way from Mike as we speak Can't wait

[ChrisKemp]

Two days ago I finally received my MN Bearing ordered directly from Mike in Australia. Thank you Mike for answering my emails in such detail.

It was easy to install and also I have taken the original bearing out for cleaning/ re-oiling before, so the only difference was to snap off the solder points.

I let the TT be on for 24 hour straight and then another 24 hours. So what did I hear. To me it was more like what I did'nt hear. The background was quiter and then the rest of the music came out better in every way. It's subtle but then it's not. I can compare it to LCD blacklevel vs plasma blacklevel (as in Pioneer Kuro/ my Panasonic VT50). The rest of the picture gets so much better when the blacklevel is deep. This is what the bearing does for me. But I did notice that I had clearer mids and tighter bass.

Lots of new stuff in my system these two last weeks On tuesday I got my Line Magnetic LM218iA tube amplifier. It is a single ended triode with 22 watts class A. Huge 845-tubes, two EL-34 Philps replica from Psvane. 35 kg! And yesterday I got a Denon DL-103. I use a Isokinetic Denon DL-103'Stabilizer that is glued on to the cartridge and the spacer is threaded. Adds mass, function as a spacer and reduces resonance.

I must also say that the DL-103 playes rings around my Ortofon Rondo Red MC. And that is even before the 103 is run in.

I'm listening to a new pressing of the Dave Brubeck Quartet. A 180g audiphile master pressing, that sounds absolutely fantastic. The single ended triode, together wtih the 1210mk2 and DL-103 is a fantastic match, really. I also bought from ebay a 22 gram aux weight, so I easily balanse out the arm with the Sumiko/ spacer combo.

My Technics SL-1210mk2 is really entering high end... I now know what "air" and midrange is all about

Thank you Mike and Marco for convincing me that the MN bearing was the right upgrade for me