How about when someone doesn't spend a fortune on a TT, nor spends much on maintenance, yet gives him complete satisfaction for over forty-five years?
How about when someone doesn't spend a fortune on a TT, nor spends much on maintenance, yet gives him complete satisfaction for over forty-five years?
Barry
"lack of passion is fatal"
Vinyl: Thorens TD-124mk2 / SME-312 Aluminium 'special' / SME M2-9R / STEREO: Etsuro Urushi Cobalt / Shure M3D / Ortofon SPU A95 / Cartridge Man Music Master / Shure - SC35C (US) / SAEC C3 MC MONO: Miyajima Zero B 0.7mil mono / Miyajima Premium 1.0 / Amps & SUTs: Radford STA25 mk3 / AD Audio 'Satchmo2' pre & LCR phono / Hashimoto HM-7 SUT / ETR-MONO SUT Digital: Audio Note 4.1 (with DAC5 upgrades) DAC / Roon / Tidal Speakers: Tannoy 12" MGs' in RFC custom 'Rutland' Cabinets with RFC crossovers / Tannoy ST-100 Super Tweeters Cables: LFD Grainless phono / RFC Mercury / Duelund DCA16GA tinned copper / Kimber 12TC / SW1X Audio Design USB-SPdif / Duelund DCA20GA interconnects / SW1X Audio SPDIF Aero 6 / Mains Power Conditioner / Box Furniture rack / Audiodesk Systeme Vinyl Cleaner / a very beautiful & understanding Wife!
I wonder if thats why they called the cd player the CD63
Thats a very 70s look...what can I say I was sold on the minimalist UK 1980s designs.
The Japanese seem fond of their big direct drive record players (if you see a recent you tube tour of a Japanese dealer) which seems a direct conflict with the UK belt driven ethos. Im biased because I grew up with the UK marketing and it does sway us. I would still prefer a motor in a seperate unit and a platter driven with a belt
I still worry about rumble on a direct drive deck but it all fairness it must be good on the expensive Japanese decks and the Technics 1200 series is reported to have negated any issues there
Location: nottingham
Posts: 328
I'm nigel.
As a fan and collector of late 70s Japanese gear( I started in the late 80s when "silver" gear, including some quite large amps and receivers could be had for peanuts...secondhand stereo shops in my city were piled high with the stuff) I never touched Marantz gear.
Something about the multiple fonts plastered all over the shop and....as on the TT pictured...always put me off.
I had just the one solitary tuner from the marque, a huge, gold thing with a yucky side on tuning wheel...lit up a bright blue dial so I guess it was 30+ years ahead of its time!!
I know the really powerful stuff sold mostly in the USA now commands BIG bucks but, bloody hell they are ugly.
Give me a Yamaha 2020 any day.....with a matching TT.
I've been up and down the TT cost ladder many times, as have many of us I suspect, from well into 4 figures to buttons and the deck I keep coming back to is the Lenco.
If I'd had any sense, and stayed with the Lenco, I needn't have changed TT at all in the 25 years I've wasted changing decks, so maybe it is called wisdom.
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Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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It isn't anything to worry about, Martin, trust me. Also, when you factor in the gains, in terms of pitch stability and bass solidity/lack of coloration, the best D/Ds are a joy to listen to
Only high-mass string-drives truly get the 'belt' thing right for me - Platine Verdier and such like, otherwise most are too compromised to my ears, although VPI stuff tends to buck the trend. But, generally for me, it's either D/D or idler, done well. You can keep yer elastic bands, driven by puny wee motors
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Location: Suffolk, UK
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I'm Paul.
Im not really impressed by the vintage Marantz stuff. I used to have a CD94, it was solidly built but the electronics was actually quite crap. Good quality components for the time but a few measurements showed that the power supply rails were badly poluted with noise. Shame a real feat of electronics for the time, but you would hope that the basics would have been taken care of.
~Paul~
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Location: Suffolk, UK
Posts: 1,473
I'm Paul.
I love the look of the stuff and the features too, its just when you did a little deeper some things are less than desirable.
~Paul~