mido
18-03-2013, 11:18
I have enjoyed my little foray into the world of Technics, having owned two of these decks in the past year. However, I have decided to dedicate a bit more time and energy to my Lenco project, need some funds, so this one is up for sale. This deck has Isonoe feet fitted as well as a Soundsupports arm board cut for arms of Linn geometry. I used my straight armed Jelco SA-250 which was a great match sonically. I have to say that I was amazed at how much detail could be had from such a modestly priced turntable set up. Arm is not included in sale.
I asked my retired Hi-Fi engineer friend to do some basic internal mods. In short, he boosted some of the tracks inside using silver wire and added an additional 1000uf capacitor at the feed to the main regulator transistor bringing the total to 1470uf. He also increased the smoothing capacitor after the main regulator to 47uf from from 22uf.
All chips were additionally decoupled from supply to earth pins with 0.22uf capacitors and the main transformer has been additionally shielded with the same material used, G.O.S.S (Grain Orientated Silicon Steel) in order to further eliminate any stray field.
I haven’t heard a Technics with an offboard PSU, which can obviously still be added to this one if required, but I can confirm that with these mods, the deck appears to sound cleaner and sharper in the high frequencies and better controlled in the bass. It is definitely more open and lyrical than in stock form with the greatest improvement, for me, being that music just has a better sense of fluency about it. It is hard to put it in words, all I can say is it just flows better.
Outwardly, the deck is in excellent condition, it really was immaculate, like new, when I bought it and it had had little use by one careful owner. It is still in almost mint condition save for one tiny mark by the arm board. It is only really perceptible under direct light and on close inspection. Lid is also in excellent condition. The only other thing to mention is that the little stylus light at the front does not function. This wasn’t replaced as I never used it anyway.
Taking into account the excellent condition, the mods, Isonoe feet etc, I am asking £295 for this deck. I would prefer collection from London, but can courier if required.
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I asked my retired Hi-Fi engineer friend to do some basic internal mods. In short, he boosted some of the tracks inside using silver wire and added an additional 1000uf capacitor at the feed to the main regulator transistor bringing the total to 1470uf. He also increased the smoothing capacitor after the main regulator to 47uf from from 22uf.
All chips were additionally decoupled from supply to earth pins with 0.22uf capacitors and the main transformer has been additionally shielded with the same material used, G.O.S.S (Grain Orientated Silicon Steel) in order to further eliminate any stray field.
I haven’t heard a Technics with an offboard PSU, which can obviously still be added to this one if required, but I can confirm that with these mods, the deck appears to sound cleaner and sharper in the high frequencies and better controlled in the bass. It is definitely more open and lyrical than in stock form with the greatest improvement, for me, being that music just has a better sense of fluency about it. It is hard to put it in words, all I can say is it just flows better.
Outwardly, the deck is in excellent condition, it really was immaculate, like new, when I bought it and it had had little use by one careful owner. It is still in almost mint condition save for one tiny mark by the arm board. It is only really perceptible under direct light and on close inspection. Lid is also in excellent condition. The only other thing to mention is that the little stylus light at the front does not function. This wasn’t replaced as I never used it anyway.
Taking into account the excellent condition, the mods, Isonoe feet etc, I am asking £295 for this deck. I would prefer collection from London, but can courier if required.
8576
8577
8578
8579