Magna Audio
12-08-2009, 11:57
I was at that last bake off with Mr Coco's SP-10, a good sounding LP-12 and the Garrard.
All performed well and I think any particular deck seeing off all others is a subjective personal opinion - the ad should state that of course.
RD's did sound very good with the SPU as did Mr Coco's with his £11K cart and SME 12" arm and 60kg of granite plinthing in two sections:) My least fav was the Garrard tbh - probably the 103 being shown up in present company?
For ref the 1 power & 1 speed switches are pretty easy to replace - mine used a Maplin available switch with exactly the same standard pattern as the original Matsushita ones.
These just bolted / soldered in on my deck. See pic
http://inlinethumb13.webshots.com/43468/2227798440071997495S600x600Q85.jpg (http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2227798440071997495OynERN)
A friend of mine recently bought a PL-71 (after hearing mine), and he had a bit more trouble installing the switches - his uses 3 switches and it took a while setting them up just right but he's done it. See pic
http://inlinethumb19.webshots.com/25426/2512816220071997495S600x600Q85.jpg (http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2512816220071997495jUQFzu)
The point to note is that I have been looking for PL-71's since Nov last year and I have seen 7 come up on Ebay inc mine. Prices are up a fair bit since Gromit bought his. I make the average price £162
Very good ones go for a shade over £200. I guess prices are rising.
Add ~£60 for shipping + you need to move one wire inside for 230-240V or get a Maplin 230 - 110v transfomer for £14.99.
One might also need to change the pitch pots and the electrolytic caps on the PSU (3) and even a further 8 on the motor board. These don't cost much at all.
There, I think that is everything that's relevant.
All performed well and I think any particular deck seeing off all others is a subjective personal opinion - the ad should state that of course.
RD's did sound very good with the SPU as did Mr Coco's with his £11K cart and SME 12" arm and 60kg of granite plinthing in two sections:) My least fav was the Garrard tbh - probably the 103 being shown up in present company?
For ref the 1 power & 1 speed switches are pretty easy to replace - mine used a Maplin available switch with exactly the same standard pattern as the original Matsushita ones.
These just bolted / soldered in on my deck. See pic
http://inlinethumb13.webshots.com/43468/2227798440071997495S600x600Q85.jpg (http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2227798440071997495OynERN)
A friend of mine recently bought a PL-71 (after hearing mine), and he had a bit more trouble installing the switches - his uses 3 switches and it took a while setting them up just right but he's done it. See pic
http://inlinethumb19.webshots.com/25426/2512816220071997495S600x600Q85.jpg (http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2512816220071997495jUQFzu)
The point to note is that I have been looking for PL-71's since Nov last year and I have seen 7 come up on Ebay inc mine. Prices are up a fair bit since Gromit bought his. I make the average price £162
Very good ones go for a shade over £200. I guess prices are rising.
Add ~£60 for shipping + you need to move one wire inside for 230-240V or get a Maplin 230 - 110v transfomer for £14.99.
One might also need to change the pitch pots and the electrolytic caps on the PSU (3) and even a further 8 on the motor board. These don't cost much at all.
There, I think that is everything that's relevant.