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Mike A
11-03-2015, 07:44
This was delivered to my place last friday:http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj622/Mike_A1/26e616594719ef3b2e38e587e8ab68e4_zpse31e68a9.jpgSo far I can't fault anything about it except it's size
Tarzan
11-03-2015, 07:45
:eek: Whatever it is it looks luverly!!!
Mike A
11-03-2015, 07:57
It's a EAT Forte S and it sounds even better than it looks :)
jandl100
11-03-2015, 08:17
:stalks: :drool:
jandl100
11-03-2015, 08:21
... and the cartridge is ...? :scratch:
Mike A
11-03-2015, 08:36
... and the cartridge is ...? :scratch:EMT with vdH pointy bit
Andrei
11-03-2015, 08:40
:stalks:

I take it the cats are not allowed to sit on that TT.
struth
11-03-2015, 08:41
NICE:eyebrows:
Mike A
11-03-2015, 08:48
:stalks:I take it the cats are not allowed to sit on that TT.aah...no
Audio Al
11-03-2015, 09:10
Better quality photos required please and a few close ups of the good / interesting bits :)
Mike A
11-03-2015, 09:32
Better quality photos required please and a few close ups of the good / interesting bits :)More interested in listening than taking piccies but I'll see what I can do....
Audio Al
11-03-2015, 09:34
More interested in listening than taking piccies but I'll see what I can do....

Thanks
Marco
11-03-2015, 11:13
Hi Mike,

As others have said, what a fabulous looking turntable, and a somewhat ‘left-field’ choice, which I applaud you for! It’s always nice seeing someone using a bit of kit that’s different from the norm :)

What made you choose it - have you always wanted one or was it part of a shortlist of other T/Ts you fancied?

I think your picture looks great. What I think Al means is (when you can drag yourself away from listening, lol), let’s see some MORE pics, of the T/T from different angles, especially a loving close-up of your cartridge (taken as it’s spinning a record).

Oh, and what a cartridge it is, too - LOVE EMTs! Enjoy :cool:

Marco.

P.S Have you started a thread in the Gallery section of the forum? If not, you should start a thread there with the picture you’ve taken of your turntable, or if you already have a Gallery thread started, include this picture in it.
Mike A
11-03-2015, 18:36
Hi Marco, I first heard one of these a couple of years ago and was astonished at the sound and the memory kept nagging until I gave in.

Here's another photo to keep Al happy until I can get myself into gear.

http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj622/Mike_A1/SG1L2215_zpst7hc0o8v.jpg
petrat
11-03-2015, 19:19
:clapclapclap:
Audio Al
11-03-2015, 19:31
Thats lovely
twotone
11-03-2015, 20:42
Fabulous looking TT Mike, hope you enjoy it.

Good review here below.

Not cheap new eh?:eek:


http://www.hi-fiworld.co.uk/vinyl-lp/30-turntables/165-eat-forte-turntable.html
Ali Tait
11-03-2015, 21:06
+1, lovely TT.
Marco
11-03-2015, 22:37
Yup, pity it’s too late now to win the belt-drive T/T photo competition!

Marco.
Mike A
11-03-2015, 22:57
Yup, pity it’s too late now to win the belt-drive T/T photo competition!

Marco.

and I'll probably be barred from entering the next one too :doh:
Marco
11-03-2015, 22:59
Lol - of course not. Unless yours was considered too nice, and so we were allowing all the others a chance! :eyebrows:

Marco.
Mike A
11-03-2015, 23:21
Won't change the arm until after the next competition then :D
Mika K
12-03-2015, 05:38
Lovely TT!

Now we can have fair competition when it is time for the one :rolleyes:
Mike A
12-03-2015, 06:47
One more for Marco:

http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj622/Mike_A1/cacfa42f3f5997591e3525f1b658ff0b_zps895a66ea.jpg

I will take some better piccies when I update my gallery thread.
archiesdad
12-03-2015, 22:13
Loving the turntable looks but not sure about the pointy bit in the last picky, looks rather naked and a bit Heath Robinson, sorry, still, if it sounds good who cares.
Mike A
12-03-2015, 22:53
Yeah it is a bit scruffy but I sit 3.5m from it so I don't have to look at it and the sound makes up for any lack of looks :)
Barry
13-03-2015, 01:02
One more for Marco:

http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj622/Mike_A1/cacfa42f3f5997591e3525f1b658ff0b_zps895a66ea.jpg

I will take some better piccies when I update my gallery thread.

:drool: :drool: :drool: (Have any capacitors been fitted across the output of each coil?)

Regards
Barry (an EMT enthusiast!)
Mike A
13-03-2015, 21:15
:drool: :drool: :drool: (Have any capacitors been fitted across the output of each coil?)

Regards
Barry (an EMT enthusiast!)

Not as far as I know. What would that actually do to the sound ?