Hi Steve,
Thanks for chiming in here. Any info regarding the TT2 would be most welcome. I am so taken with this deck that I can see it being a central part of my main system for a very long time. It keeps sounding better and better the more I tweak it. Remarkable!
Guy from Parasound does post here, and in fact dropped in to this thread re. original parts for the TT2 that he got when the factory closed. Was his feedback to you part of this forum? If so, maybe I can search for it, or you could post a link to lead me to it? Don't want to create any inconvenience for you copying stuff...
Re. overheating, that's interesting given the recent discovery that the TPS unit stays "live" all the time, even when switched off. I wonder if that had something to do with your overheating issue? As I mentioned, I've now got mine plugged in to a power bar and I just shut it off when not in use.
As for fatal problems, my understanding is that there are a couple of chips in the TPS that can fail and are no longer obtainable. There are quite a number of posts about that here and elsewhere on other forums. Crossing fingers here that my unit holds out. But good of you to suggest a replacement in the event it does go south. I do wonder if early failure of these chips may be partly caused by the "always on" state of the TPS?
BTW, I received delivery of a Goldring 1022 yesterday, and if I get to it tonight I will mount it to the R200 arm and swap the arms. Should be interesting to hear the difference from the 2M Bronze/RB300 on there now...
Regards,
Svend
PS -- great avatar! Big Python fan here