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    Bigman80 Guest

    Default The Alphason has landed!

    Well it arrived in one piece and was packaged incredibly well. It is fairly filthy to be honest.

    Heres a few pics



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    Given it a very quick clean and its come up pretty well.

    Now all I need is a way of getting it on the TT for a test run.

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    Join Date: Oct 2015

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    Nice one Oliver. I will be very interested to see how it will be mounted on the SR without major surgery to the plinth. I think the effort will be worthwhile though as having experienced Jamie's Alphason on his Pioneer and the Elite Rock it is a fantastic arm.
    Turntable
    Toshiba SR-370/Mission 774/Van Damme cable with MS Starline plugs/Ortofon Quintet Black
    CD
    Cambridge CXC transport/modified Musical Fidelity X-DAC/modified Musical Fidelity X-10 V3 tube buffer
    Network Player
    Cambridge NP30
    Amplifier
    Denon HA-500 head amp/Nakamichi CA-5E pre-amp/Chinese passive RVC/Proton AA-1150 DMC power amp
    Speakers
    Mordaunt Short Signifer on original factory stands
    Cables
    Mogami with Rean Neutrik plugs/NVA LS5
    Headphones
    Sennheiser HD600/Sennheiser HD650/Koss Pro4 AA

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    Looks like a lovely arm and is the better mcs version.

    I recently acquired Jamie's 774 which lost the fight against his Alphason, but would aspire to put an Alphason on my TD124 I think the s shaped arm really suits the classic decks.

    Good luck with it I'm sure it will sound great.

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    Bigman80 Guest

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian7633 View Post
    Nice one Oliver. I will be very interested to see how it will be mounted on the SR without major surgery to the plinth. I think the effort will be worthwhile though as having experienced Jamie's Alphason on his Pioneer and the Elite Rock it is a fantastic arm.
    Thanks Ian,

    The plan is to make (Geoff has volunteered his expertise) a 5mm thick SME sized plate with the four mounting screws to bolt directly to the plinth. On the underside of the plate, the screws for bolting the arm to the plate (Linn collar type) will be counter sunk and thus, flush with the plate. So plate to plinth, arm to plate type of thing. Luckily as Geoff has a Linn arm and a Toshiba TT he has the necessary components to do a fine job.

    It should be pretty straightforward in theory lol

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    And well worth the £180 I'll be asking.


    (kidding )
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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    Bigman80 Guest

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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    And well worth the £180 I'll be asking.


    (kidding )
    Sweet Jesus! I'll sell it instead!

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    Join Date: Oct 2015

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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    And well worth the £180 I'll be asking.


    (kidding )
    Bargain!!!, maybe Oliver can trade in the 774........
    Turntable
    Toshiba SR-370/Mission 774/Van Damme cable with MS Starline plugs/Ortofon Quintet Black
    CD
    Cambridge CXC transport/modified Musical Fidelity X-DAC/modified Musical Fidelity X-10 V3 tube buffer
    Network Player
    Cambridge NP30
    Amplifier
    Denon HA-500 head amp/Nakamichi CA-5E pre-amp/Chinese passive RVC/Proton AA-1150 DMC power amp
    Speakers
    Mordaunt Short Signifer on original factory stands
    Cables
    Mogami with Rean Neutrik plugs/NVA LS5
    Headphones
    Sennheiser HD600/Sennheiser HD650/Koss Pro4 AA

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    Bigman80 Guest

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian7633 View Post
    Bargain!!!, maybe Oliver can trade in the 774........
    Lol, thats not going anywhere just yet.

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    Nice gimbals .....oooh errr mother

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