My Technics 1200 journey
I've been slowly changing my system over the last year and feel i am getting nearer to what i want.So far i have come from a Marantz CD63 ki signature, arcam alpha 9/9p and some wharfedale evolution speakers to the system in my signature.
The first system cost me about £1800 and served me well for about 10 years(speakers were a latter addition) or so but i always felt that better could be had,and went through a few speakers to get what i wanted but to no avail.
So a total overhaul was needed.I decided to go down the computer audio route and got a second hand silent custom pc for £150 next was a beresford 7520 dac cost was £170ish.I also decided to try active speakers for the first time and managed to get some Tapco S8 monitors for £140.I added some mark grant cables through out.Latest addition is the Croft micro 25 pre amp which I've got for £480(not recieved yet so cannot comment on that yet but I have had a croft micro basic25 in it's place till it arrives) Cost of current system around £900 with the basic 25 just over £1000 with the micro 25.
Without going into detail(im coming to the technics i promise) my current system absolutly spanks what i had before for around half the cost of my previous system.So a special thankyou goes out to Mr beresford,Mr croft,Mr grant and of coarse everyonr here at aos who have shown me you don't have to pay huge sums of money to get the sound you want.
So to the technics,at last i hear you cry.I used to dj a few years back and was missing having a mix so i thought i'd get a couple of tt,but soon realized i didn't have the time space or money to get back into dj'ing so i thought i would get one tt to transfer my records to my computer.
I got an old 1200 for £100 which had the paint worn in places but physicaly was sound.Now since i have no phono stage yet i haven't been able to transfer my records.So in the mean time i thought i would do some basic mods to it and get it resprayed.So i have stripped it down(youtube is your friend)gave it a good clean and rewired some new rca cables on the tone arm.I've never used a soldering iron before but after a bit of practice i found it not to difficult.
Im currently waiting for some kit to do the respraying myself after getting quoted £150 to repaint it
I will add pictures as soon as i figure out how to to it.
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Originally Posted by hamish
