Hi Ben,
Has your SRM-Tech 'The Revolution' record clamp arrived yet? :)
Marco.
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Hi Ben,
Has your SRM-Tech 'The Revolution' record clamp arrived yet? :)
Marco.
Yes it arrived in the week thanks Marco, I've not really had a chance to try it out much as yet though. Will get a few pics up as soon as I can.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Nice one, mate. Be curious to know what you think and whether or not you can hear an improvement :)
Marco.
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Picked this up from geoff101 this morning, After the almost 5 hour round trip it's now happily spinning in my living room. Too early to really say much yet other than I love the functionality and heft of it. I've stuck a new stylus on the stanton 505 it came with but having read up on the stanton that will be replaced with something more "hi fi" fairly soon ( in all liklihood an at150 mlx).
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Nice one Ben. That was a pretty nice looking Techy .... It'll certainly give you a different slant to the srm
Hey Grant,Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
It's an itch I've wanted to scratch for a while and Geoffs one seems in great nick so I'm v happy. Unfortunately I can't directly compare my SRM and this without a bit of a faff in changing carts and moving TT's on and off my rack so any direct a to b listening is unlikely to happen.
I will say that after only an hour or two with it I'm loving the instantaneous start up and speed change!
You can throw tons of money down the drain now & hot rod it :D
It might get a few sensible money mods but I doubt il go too mad........He says looking at jelco tonearm eBay listings...Quote:
Originally Posted by Virtual-Symmetry
The deck is now sitting on a set of 50mm sorbothane isolation pods, I've swapped out the original headshell and Stanton cart and fitted a ADC headshell and At150 MLX. The felt matt that the deck came with has now been binned and I have an reso-matt sitting on a cork matt.
Some photos to follow tonight hopefully.
I must applaud your setup Ben :) Just kept looking better and better as progressed trough the thread ;) I see that you recently aquired a 1210 too, thats pretty cool! I "converted" too the Technics side of decks just recently and I am pretty stunned of how good these decks actually perform out of the box! It's definitely a keeper for my sake, and it will receive a number of upgrades along the line. Currently I have swapped the stock headshell with a LPGear Supreme headshell and using 2xVibro-stopp "mats". I just fitted the Isonoe feet w. techniboots on mine, looks really heavy duty and cleaned up the sound from the midst and down! Found good use of the stock feet too (pics in my thread) :D
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A new jelco sa-750d arrived in the post for me today. I'm just waiting for an armboard to arrive and will then be fitting it to the sl121 0 with some luck!
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Originally Posted by Zoidburg
Sorry for the terrible photo, just thought I'd post a quick one to show that the sa-750 is now in place on the technics. Fitting it proved to be a simple job made easier by the ammonite collar. The arm came from member "tidywires" over on the Wam who took my wand in exchange, he also supplied me with a Vinyl Adventure Rebel tonearm cable which suited my modest budget ☺
I've only ran a couple of albums on it so far so it's a bit too early say what it's really like although sitting here listening to The Doors live at the Aquarius Theatre (which I think is a great live recording) it's bopping along nicely.
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Nicely done! I've ordered the same arm for my 1210 too :)
Hi Kjell, thanks for yourcomments!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mala
It's a really nice bit of kit mate, it has a lovely solid engineered feel when using it and sounds decent too. Visually it looks good on the deck too.
Looks like it was made for the deck Ben. Nice one. How does it sound compared to your previous arm?
It certainly looks the part dont it James! I'm a bit loath to say too much about the jelco's "sound" yet as it's still early days (and im not great at putting what i hear into word's at the best of time) but so far it seems pretty good. Il deffinately report more once iv spent a bit more time with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
Il have to get a few photos up soon as I've just agreed to buy a new amp that's to be collected at the weekend.
I have no complaints with my current set up but sometimes you just get "itchy ears" and fancy trying something new......so anyway by the weekend I should be the owner of the Jungson amp that's been in the classified recently. I'm not sure exactly what to expect from it, ive heard its quite "valve like" in its presentation. I've lived with my valve amp for about 2.5 years now so it will be interesting to see what I make of a big solid state lump of an amp if nothing else :eyebrows:
I've also just fitted one of "Ianmac's" bearings into my sl1210 and that's just bedding in now as well.
Never heard that Doors LP before... will have to check it out
Its a real decent performance and recording, why not treat yourself to an early xmas present :DQuote:
Originally Posted by The Black Adder
lol. sounds good. I think I will :)
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I've been meaning to stick a few photos up for ages so here goes. My system has evolved over the last few months with the addition of the jungson amp bought from another member on here.
It was initially very impressive but soon developed a fault and subsequently needed its output relays replaced. Now completed its sounding better than ever, its got real weight and authority but also does detail well too.
I've also been very kindly loaned a set of Snell J 2s and matching stands which have proved a nice change from my transmission line speakers. I'm very taken with their sound so far and its got me thinking about looking for a set of AN speakers when the time is right.....maybe.....[emoji2]
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Looking good Ben. Bright tho
You mean the amp ? Its switchable for those times you don't want to feel like your in a disco!Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
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Ah, thats good then. Ok during day but might be a bit annoying in evening. They get a good name, as do the speakersQuote:
Originally Posted by Zoidburg
Yes Grant, ive been lucky to get to be temporary custodian of the Snell's. My only issue with my own speakers is they can be a bit wallowy low down. I've had the Snell's plumbed in a few weeks now so really should try my IPLs again to see what I think of them now.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
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Really great looking system, I love the clean, uncluttered look and that amp is very sexy.
Cheers IanQuote:
Originally Posted by Ian7633
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+1 :thumbsup:
.... and you have bigger meters than McIntosh, so it must be good :D
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Picked the L40s up from Manny (Vinyl) yesterday and had a few hours with them yesterday. Very different presentation from the snells I've been using of late, but like anything il give it a few weeks to get used to them.
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Those are one of JBL's best compact speakers. I've heard them many times and found them very good. Should be a decent match to the Jungson.
Thanks Geoff I'm slowly getting accustomed to them, they are growing on me in terms of looks and what they sound like.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
I think the L40 are the little brother to the JBL L110 I used to own.
Those were superb speakers, neutral and dynamic, and showed the door to many a far more costly 'high end' contender.
I'd expect the 40 to be (a lot) more accurate than the Snells, but those Snell colourations can be very addictive!
Not an update on my system as such but our living room has undergone a bit of a makeover during the last few weeks. Where previously we had magnolia on textured wallpaper, tired ceiling coving and yellowing skirtings (courtesy of the old couple who owned the place before us) we now have stark white walls and colour feature panels which is way more our taste.
As part of this the TV now finds itself on the new fireplace wall with all cabling routed inside (where they exit at the skirting line they will soon disappear into white trunking leading to my kit stand).
So my speakers now fire across the room rather than down the longer length but in reality it feels much better and the room has really opened up. Tbh the wife initially suggested the new arrangement ages ago but i kept fighting the idea of it. However much as it pains me to admit it [emoji23] its far better now.
Got a few finishing touches to complete (fireplace to tile, gas fire to go back in, blind to fix and pictures to hang etc) but overall the room feels so much bigger now and by the looks of things my listening seat is pretty much perfect[emoji1] https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e9c83ce442.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...3cb3fbfb94.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...585eae5ebe.jpg
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Cant believe we lasted so long with the old layout ! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a90531a6e4.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Zoidburg
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That looks really nice Ben.
Cheers dude, I'm so slow at finishing stuff but its just the little stuff now so won't be long.Quote:
Originally Posted by oldius
I bought some new speaker stands for the jbls which seem to have worked out well. They are about 550mm high which initially I thought were too high but sitting in front of them now they look good, and more by luck than planning the bottom of the TV lines through with the top of the speakers so looks "right" to my eyes anyway.
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I like the stands. My lounge stands are 30cm which suits the Yams but they're probably a little low for the JBL which have the tweeter and midrange side by side.
Looks good Ben..Always wanted to fire my speakers longways from the window as you had. Alas you would need a mile of cable, Sure when fire or whatever is in it will be smashing:D
not sure I didnt like the old stands better tho.
Il give you a shout soon, if your free sat / sun after next for a demo at mine?
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Thanks Grant, I know what your saying about the stands mate but unfortunately the old ones were loaners only and I've gotta give them back soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
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I'll check. Nice one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zoidburg
Slowly coming along. Got the rack & cabling tidied up a lot and some trunking installed to hide some of it. Still awaiting some more pictures for the wall but almost there.
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Looking nice :)
Very nice Ben :)
Mini update -
New phono stage in the form of Alan's "breathed on" Tron Convergence. In my set up its taken things to a new level & the system sounds better than ever to me. Happy Days.
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Looking good! The Tron is a lovely bit it of kit. Good purchase!
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Looking good Ben! Good to see the Jungson still with you! I forgot how big it was until I saw it in your rack, it's a whopper isn't it.
It's a big old lump of an amp lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by nuff
Very happy with it though cheers Nathan