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I'm Guy.
Indeed, if the cartridges are the same and you are familiar with what the Hadcock does it could be interesting. I'll get a 1200 myself at some point. For the moment I'm interested to see what 60 odd Kg of Slate can do with an SP10 as opposed to the Stirling plinth.
I'm also interested to hear how the Croft shapes up against some of the home made Pre's that might be there.
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Guy, they'll both have 103Rs fitted. I also have a Pro but it'll be a more evenly balanced comparison if the cartridges are the same.
I know the Hadcock well because I've used a GH242 Integra before. Nick's fitted extra mass to the headshell and it seems to work pretty well.
The Croft should be interesting. I would like to try it with as many alternative power amps as I can. But its combination with Steve's AOS/TD amp is something else.
Good luck with the slate plinth. I'm sure, like with Nick's, it'll make a big difference. It'll be 'interesting' lugging your SP10 to shows in future I'm sure
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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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