steveinfrance
06-07-2011, 17:23
My two (for £220 the pair) SL1210 MK2's have just arrived after a lot of pratting about by DHL who lost them (but,to be fair, took enormous trouble to sort things out).
Both arrived intact with four headshells and more Stanton 500 V3's than I know what to do with.
Dusted one of the decks down, threw on an old DG Emperer Concerto and was mesmerised. I'd stopped listening to orchestral music on CD's apart from chamber music because massed fiddles just don't work. I'd even begun to worry about my Quad ESL 2805s because the sound was so bad but with a (probably very badly setup) Disco cartridge everything changed. The orchestra moved several paces BEHIND the speakers and the fiddlles - well they're made out of wood not baking foil.
It is a solid old beast and no arguing. I used to have a Linn LP12/SME 3009 S2 combo which I thought was crap and finished my analogue days. This thing is in a different league. OK the feet need to go in the dustbin but I've never heard such totally confident pitch from a turntable and I love the arm, the lickle light for the stylus, the nicely damped lowering thingy and everything about it.
Should I get an elliptical stylus for the V3 (seems to have some good write-ups) or an Ortofon Red?
You will gather I'm in love! Long may it last.
Both arrived intact with four headshells and more Stanton 500 V3's than I know what to do with.
Dusted one of the decks down, threw on an old DG Emperer Concerto and was mesmerised. I'd stopped listening to orchestral music on CD's apart from chamber music because massed fiddles just don't work. I'd even begun to worry about my Quad ESL 2805s because the sound was so bad but with a (probably very badly setup) Disco cartridge everything changed. The orchestra moved several paces BEHIND the speakers and the fiddlles - well they're made out of wood not baking foil.
It is a solid old beast and no arguing. I used to have a Linn LP12/SME 3009 S2 combo which I thought was crap and finished my analogue days. This thing is in a different league. OK the feet need to go in the dustbin but I've never heard such totally confident pitch from a turntable and I love the arm, the lickle light for the stylus, the nicely damped lowering thingy and everything about it.
Should I get an elliptical stylus for the V3 (seems to have some good write-ups) or an Ortofon Red?
You will gather I'm in love! Long may it last.