Technics 1210 internal regulation mods

:offtopic: I'm not really interested in the SP10, I'd like to learn more about the internal regs thanks. ;)

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Originally Posted by MartinT

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Hi Martin,

Just to check something, matey... Is that green wire connected to the L/H post on the PCB the extra earth you fitted to kill hum after getting your ebony armboard? :)

Marco.

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Originally Posted by Marco

Is that green wire connected to the L/H post on the PCB the extra earth you fitted to kill hum after getting your ebony

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Yes, that's the one. It goes to the phono preamp earth post together with the arm's earth cable.

Cheers, dude. I might try it with mine, as when listening through headphones, there is a very faint hum that comes and goes when I move the arm from its rest onto a record, and back again. You don't notice it when listening externally.

I'll report back with the results :)

Marco.

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Originally Posted by Marco

Superb - once they've been properly set-up and fettled by an expert, much like an SP10, and again much like an SP10, you'd never know for sure whether it was performing optimally, as it did when new, the day it left the factory...

Marco

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The great thing about EMT's is that you can have a service done to bring them back to factory specs. :D

The mini-regulators have run in nicely now and the deck continues to sound quite wonderful.

In case anyone has lost their way in this thread, my recent listening was summed up here http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...712#post288712. I am more than ever convinced that the benefits in sound quality are due to the improved purity of the drive waveform to the motor, reducing noise/vibration/harshness and audibly lowering the noise floor.

I am still in discussion with both Mark Bartlett of Audiocom and Paul Hynes about clock upgrading possibilities. If anything emerges I will keep you informed.

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In case anyone has lost their way in this thread, my recent listening was summed up here http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...712#post288712. I am more than ever convinced that the benefits in sound quality are due to the improved purity of the drive waveform to the motor, reducing noise/vibration/harshness and audibly lowering the noise floor.

I am still in discussion with both Mark Bartlett of Audiocom and Paul Hynes about clock upgrading possibilities. If anything emerges I will keep you informed.

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Martin,

Thats excellent news. I want to say thanks to you and Paul for all your hard work pushing the 1210 to sonically better levels. :cool:

£10 says Paul says it makes no difference and that Mark says he has a £500 solution for you. ;-)

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Originally Posted by sq225917

£10 says Paul says it makes no difference and that Mark says he has a £500 solution for you. ;-)

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You've lost your £10 already :)