The Mike New ETP Platter

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Originally Posted by REXTON

Do you guys think I should play catch up and buy one of these. I'm still with the Cu/Al platter from yonks ago! You guys have been through ETP and then Funk platters, I'm still on my first! :lol:

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What's the harm in trying one? I may do so at the end of the month.
I hope Mr MCRU has a few?

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Originally Posted by CageyH

What's the harm in trying one? I may do so at the end of the month.
I hope Mr MCRU has a few?

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I put you one aside ages ago! :)

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Originally Posted by Marco

Depends what you're looking for, Andy. If you're happy with what you've got, then stick with it :)

Marco.

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I love the original. I've never seen a need to change. The thing I personally love is it's ability not to flatter a recording. You get to hear if the recording is crap or not. Now if the new platter can still do that and improve what I'm hearing then it might be a buy.

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Originally Posted by CageyH

What's the harm in trying one? I may do so at the end of the month.
I hope Mr MCRU has a few?

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Correct, might give Dave a call..


DAVE........

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Originally Posted by REXTON

I love the original. I've never seen a need to change. The thing I personally love is it's ability not to flatter a recording. You get to hear if the recording is crap or not. Now if the new platter can still do that and improve what I'm hearing then it might be a buy.

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Do you think I'd be using one if it didn't? ;)

Remember that I've used all three platters (MN aluminium, Funk and MN ETP), so I know intimately what they all do well.

Marco.

I've used Technics > MN Aluminium > Funk > MN ETP and the sound quality improved at every stage. Midrange neutrality, fine detail and lack of any harshness make the ETP a stand-out. Bass quality is extremely good, too.

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Originally Posted by Marco

Do you think I'd be using one if it didn't? ;)

Remember that I've used all three platters (MN aluminium, Funk and MN ETP), so I know intimately what they all do well.

Marco.

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Yep I dont doubt that at all. ;)

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Originally Posted by MartinT

I've used Technics > MN Aluminium > Funk > MN ETP and the sound quality improved at every stage. Midrange neutrality, fine detail and lack of any harshness make the ETP a stand-out. Bass quality is extremely good, too.

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That sounds promising. Whilst I appreciate Bass is not the be all and end all of hifi reproduction, it does remain quite important to me as I have a large (~50%) rock collection and bass heavy material. The lack of harshness is also a stand out, I fell out with AT cartridges on my techie and went the Ortonfon route and whilst this improved things no end I can still detect a shrill edge on some recordings. Perhaps this platter could removed this?

Looks like one might be heading my way. :eek:

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Originally Posted by REXTON

Yep I dont doubt that at all. ;)



That sounds promising. Whilst I appreciate Bass is not the be all and end all of hifi reproduction, it does remain quite important to me as I have a large (~50%) rock collection and bass heavy material. The lack of harshness is also a stand out, I fell out with AT cartridges on my techie and went the Ortonfon route and whilst this improved things no end I can still detect a shrill edge on some recordings. Perhaps this platter could removed this?

Looks like one might be heading my way. :eek:

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I'd say go for it, It's not like you wont get something for your current platter. BTW - You've spent some serious money on kit and ancileries by the look of things. I think some pics are overdue ;)

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Originally Posted by RobbieGong

I'd say go for it, It's not like you wont get something for your current platter. BTW - You've spent some serious money on kit and ancileries by the look of things. I think some pics are overdue ;)

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Well you can see my 301 and how it turned out here

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...ration-project

and my technics thread can be found here

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...ght=1210+gonna

My external x-o for the Tannoys can be seen in the RFC news thread forum

I'm a little shy of taking photo's as I'm crap at it.

Can any of you lucky ETP owners please make a Youtube video with the platter spinning and playing a record? It would be great to see a moving ETP and not just pictures:)

Just put the picture on your deck, and press start. :eyebrows: