Here's one i started before disaster struck, the motor needs repair/replacing so im stuck at the moment till i find a donor..However this is a mid 60's Philips 'GA230' Idler/Belt unit..
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Here's one i started before disaster struck, the motor needs repair/replacing so im stuck at the moment till i find a donor..However this is a mid 60's Philips 'GA230' Idler/Belt unit..
Last edited by Rare Bird; 12-12-2012 at 16:54.
Some of you will probably have seen it in the Gallery but here it is again.
Currently Listening On:
Turntable: Garrard 301 (solid chassis rebuild), SMD reference plinth
Arm: Audio Origami PU7 (12")
Cartridge: Van den Hul Black Beauty
Phono: Whest PS30RDT
Preamp: Scratch built AMB a24/LCDuino/d1/d2, fully balanced
Power amp: Transcendent 15W "Son Of Beast" OTL with upgraded Takman/Mills/ClarityCap MR/Jensen components in signal path
Loudspeakers: Steve Cresswell's old Metronomes
Currently Listening On:
Turntable: Garrard 301 (solid chassis rebuild), SMD reference plinth
Arm: Audio Origami PU7 (12")
Cartridge: Van den Hul Black Beauty
Phono: Whest PS30RDT
Preamp: Scratch built AMB a24/LCDuino/d1/d2, fully balanced
Power amp: Transcendent 15W "Son Of Beast" OTL with upgraded Takman/Mills/ClarityCap MR/Jensen components in signal path
Loudspeakers: Steve Cresswell's old Metronomes
Andre, that Philips is lovely. hope you find a new motor.
Paul.
Already posted elsewhere a video of my GL78
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Few old pics..
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When was the last time you saw a round pin plug
Still on the " To Do list "
Hopefully the day will come soon
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Location: Yorks
Posts: 16,643
I'm Nobody.
propar plug pins Al
Exactly - from the days when plugs were made properly! Al, polish the pins to a fine shine, clean up the plug and find a matching round-pin socket, plug in the Lenco and enjoy, is my advice!
Go on, polish the plug up and take some pics of it - we'd love that
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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