Beautiful work! Most impressive, you have a real talent! I’ve seen some ‘tables like this for sale elsewhere for a tidy sum, and yours is even better than stock.
Russell
Hope you don't mind me posting in your thread Jamie
Just received a Micro Seiki MA505 tone arm
I have been looking for a replacement arm for my SME 3009 mk2 but funds are tight at the moment due to a family wedding so noticed this one on Samari ebay for £280 so couldn't turn it down
Knocked up a new arm board out of alu plate
IMG_1808 by Alan Towell, on Flickr
Great looking arm
20180607_220738 by Alan Towell, on Flickr
Had to fit some extra stainless steel washers superglued together and 3 pieces of copper wire to decouple them from the arm.
Love the arm heat adjustment and locking clamp, also has a nice adjustment on the tracking force anti skating and azimuth
20180607_220707 by Alan Towell, on Flickr
Fitted the denon 103R and its sounding superb, I am really pleased with it much better across the frequency range than the SME which was good in the mids but no so great at the bass and treble
The MA505 sounds transparent and solid as a rock, great treble detail and good bass, mids are as good as the SME 3009
Overall Im buzziing great arm and bargain price for sound quality
20180607_220656 by Alan Towell, on Flickr
20180607_220738 by Alan Towell, on Flickr
Alan
Turntable - Garrard 401/Jelco 750L/Ortofon Kontrapunkt B, Pioneer PLC 590, Micro Sieki MA505 , Denon DL103R - DIY Paradise Phono stage - Reel 2 Reel Studer A810, Otari MX55,Tascam BR20, Revox A77, B77, PR99, TEAC X1000 & 3440, Digital HTPC / Young Dac - Preamp - DIY B4, 821, Power Amp's DIY Avondale NCC300 Mono Block, Speakers Wilmslow Kit Volt BM220.8 / Scanspeak D2905/9500
Lovely arm the Micro Seiki MA 505, love my MA 202 - Happy buzzing ! When it comes together, music sytem buzzing is the best buzzing !
I feel like a bl&&dy bumble Bee these days, thats how it has ya when it all comes together - bzzzzz lol
My System:
Amplification - Sansui AU-alpha 707 DR
Turntable - Technics SP10 MK2-Technics EPA-250 Tonearm-Yannis Tome 423.5Plus tonearm cable-Eichmann KLEI Absolute Harmony plugs.
Ortofon Cadenza Black moving coil cartridge-Fritz Gyger S re-tip. Panzerholz plinth.
CDP - Pioneer PD-91
Speakers - Spendor D7 on Soundcare SuperSpikes
QED Silver Spiral speaker cable-airloc banana plugs
Mains - Ultra Pure silver plated un-switched socket-Missing link EPS 500 silver plated plugs-Hi-Fi Tuning gold plated silver ceramic 13 amp fuses
Looks magnificent Alan, beautifully engineered arm. I can only echo what Robert said bzzzzzz…..
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
A very nice looking arm and no surprise it's better than the SME. Really suits the TT.
Great work Alan and a beautiful looking turntable, now even more so with the MA505. If I am up your way I will be knocking on your door for a listen!
great looking arm alan,theres something about those jap arms that set the tt off.
have you thought about a tenuto mat?
My System
John Wood KT88 Amp.
Paradise Phono Stage
Sony TTS-8000 Turntable.
PMAT-1010 MK6 Tonearm.
Ortofon Cadenza Bronze
Sony X555ES Cd Player
Yamaha NS1000m Speakers
Location: Northamptonshire
Posts: 185
I'm Angus.
Mark 1 Tenuto available here if anybody's interested.
Angus
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