Tonights Update - Part XXII - Nearly playing vinyl
I've very very nearly achieved one of the major objectives for this restoration and that was to get the 99 playing vinyl again. The second objective was to fully rebuild the 99 with all it's components, this is still on going. I've nearly completed my MDF plinth and birchply SME tonearm board, all made from scraps sitting around the garage, total cost, NOWT! OK, I'm no Thomas Chippingdale but it's functional. It houses the 99 and allows my to play vinyl. I'll be bolting a SME 3009 to the deck and now the fun bit. I'm going to hunt for an old MC or MM on ebay and have a little fun with some brands that I've not tried before. I've got some speaker spikes (£6 from hifi collective) to enable levelling the deck and add a little isolation from vibration. The 99's linkages need a little work but I'm aiming to get some vinyl spun before the end of this week.
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CD Teac VRDS25X(Audiotuned) DECK 1210 Mat Crystal Audio Mods MN Base/Bearing/Platter+Ebony armboard Feet Isonoe PSU Paul Hynes SR7EHD-27XL/DCSXL Ag DC lead/3 Stage Regs/Recap PCB+No Pitch/Strobe/Light ARM SME V(Kondo Ag Rewire&Tags) MC Cadenza Black FGS CABLES Arm Yannis SPD-4 IC Yannis 222 Litz+Ag bullets Power WAR PRE ATC SCA2 SPEAKERS ATC 50ASL STANDS Atacama PHONO Sugden Masterclass PA4 SUT Ortofon ST80SE POWER PSAudio P10
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PRE Croft Epoch(Modded) AMP Sondex S100 (Modded) SPEAKERS Tannoy 15"MG+RFC Warwick cabs+ Ref XO + Batpure supertweeters DECK Garrard 301 Mat Teunto Bearings 401(Bastin) Plinth Bamboo Arms 3009/3012 PSU Eagle+Tachometer MC Ag Meister II/FGS + Ortofon SPU MONO CABLES Arm Yannis 420.5 Litz+ SpeakerPC Tripple C+WBT-0681 Ag IC Oyaide FTVS-510 AgWBT 0110Ag Phonostages Paradise(4 Box Mega-Modded) / Croft Musicmaker