The Mike New Technics Bearing

I sent numerous emails to Applied Fidelity last year to try and order one of their Technics bearings but never even got a response from them never mind details on how to order one :steam:

Steve

Feck that for a game of soldiers, then. No matter how good a product is, I have zero tolerance for a company who displays unprofessionalism and ineptitude! :nono:

Marco.

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Originally Posted by jimkjr

Yes,I have heard both bearings,and as I said,the applied Fidelity bearing will knock your socks off!I also don't know how the brass housing can be an improvement over the cast aluminum,as the brass bearing has a more significant tendency to ring.

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You what ? :scratch: - Have you ever had or held one of the Mike New bearings ?? There really is nothing about it that can ring is there ? I have one, very heavy, solid brass - Very hard indeed and very solid indeed ie: You could do a lot of damage with it. I dont think I'd even dare flick it to see if it rings for valid fear of breaking my finger :lol: - trust me !!

You can go overboard (pardon the pun)with anchors as for weight.But you need to put the weight and the correct material at the right places.The composition of materials in selected postions will always be a highly debated issue

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Originally Posted by jimkjr

You can go overboard (pardon the pun)with anchors as for weight.But you need to put the weight and the correct material at the right places.The composition of materials in selected postions will always be a highly debated issue

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Hi Jim, Wont dispute as I'm no expert and always willing to learn ;) Hence I'll leave it to someone like Mike New who knows the science behind this stuf a lot better than I do - :)

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Originally Posted by jimkjr

You can go overboard (pardon the pun)with anchors as for weight.But you need to put the weight and the correct material at the right places.The composition of materials in selected postions will always be a highly debated issue

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Unfortunately I do not think our Jim knows exactly what he is talking about.

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Originally Posted by jimkjr

You can go overboard (pardon the pun)with anchors as for weight.But you need to put the weight and the correct material at the right places.The composition of materials in selected postions will always be a highly debated issue

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OK, simple, validate your statement with proven evidence. I'm sure we'd all like to hear how you designed the perfect bearing. :popcorn:

Mike, one only has to look at your avatar to see how much better your bearing is! ;)

The Applied Fidelity bearing looks simply like another tarted-up Technics one (much like the Timestep effort), and complete with its established limitations.

Marco.

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Originally Posted by jimkjr

Yes,I have heard both bearings,and as I said,the applied Fidelity bearing will knock your socks off!I also don't know how the brass housing can be an improvement over the cast aluminum,as the brass bearing has a more significant tendency to ring.

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Originally Posted by jimkjr

You can go overboard (pardon the pun)with anchors as for weight.But you need to put the weight and the correct material at the right places.The composition of materials in selected postions will always be a highly debated issue

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:scratch:

I can easily accept that the Applied Fidelity Gen 2 bearing sounds great compared to the stock bearing and as such is a good upgrade option. But...

As an owner/user of a Mike New bearing, I flat out disagree with the assertions made. If I've learned anything, it's that the 1200, in general, was not manufactured with tolerances as tight as the Mike New bearing. This MN bearing is more like what Technics would have produced if they had cost no object in mind rather than mass production. Lets keep in mind that Technics had already made, for instance, better tonearms, heftier balanced platters, beefier external power supplies, etc. The stock 1200MK2 is not the best they had to offer despite being very good value for the money (especially when it was still in production). One feels like he can build a turntable around the MN bearing... ...and I just might. ;)

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Originally Posted by jimkjr

Yes,I have heard both bearings,and as I said,the applied Fidelity bearing will knock your socks off!I also don't know how the brass housing can be an improvement over the cast aluminum,as the brass bearing has a more significant tendency to ring.

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Applied Fidelity are using the original Technics bearing housing, a made-to-cost structure. I would be suspicious of it sounding better than the MN bearing simply because of the superb engineering of the MN bearing. As for the MN bearing 'ringing' - RUBBISH. IMOOF

John