Calling all SL-1200/1210 owners!

Now you're making it worse :( :(

My innocense was spent in that area on hols etc and it's the gateway to my ancestry. Last I travelled through I played "The Healing Place" by David Sylvian - seemed apt at the time..

Lol! Ah I see, it makes you homesick?

I can totally understand that, as it's a beautiful part of the country. I'm lucky that Llan and the surrounding area are so close, but then that's one of the reasons why I moved down here from Glasgow, and to go into semi-retired mode, well away from the rat race :)

Marco.

My God I'm homesick now....

I've recently discovered the reason why my last ear infection was so bad (and other indications) - too much blood-sugar, which ain't going to get better. I can't stand all this life evaluation/hassle and the feeing/regression into my childhhod memories that comes with it. C'est la vie...

Sorry to hear that, Dave. If it's any consolation Del and I would love to have you visit sometime, where trust me, you will be very well looked after, and you could go and see all of your old haunts, too! :cool:

Marco.

That's very kind Marco, thank you :respect:

I'll bring my "Techie Basher" with me, you'll be shocked to the core :D

A strange one this , but yesterday i refitted the plastic cover which sits under the stock platter on my 1210 and... i prefer it :) to my ears it sounds more controlled and better defined , been living with it off for quite a few months now , :scratch:

So i was wondering if anyone else has done the same and what they thought , better or worse it doesn't matter really as its what the end user likes best , but give it a try and see what you think , obviously Marco and Martin have the Mike New platter , so its not an option for them , but i'm leaving mine in place :)

I'm puzzled by that, Chris. :scratch: For me, removal of the cover made a very pronounced difference and Marco heard it on his too. Could there be something else at work, like air-borne vibrations, that the cover is preventing from getting to the circuit board or motor?

Hi Martin

Well it is strange as when i 1st tried it without , it seemed to sound more open and i just left off .

But however when Richard took a look at my 1210 , he commented on the plastic cover , stating he prefer's it in place and demonstrated why !

With the cover off , if you rap your knuckles on the platter there is a pronounced ringing , with the over off he explained , you now have a bell like chamber/cavity effect , with the cover on , it still rings on the outer edge of the platter but in the centre , its pretty dead , but and this is the important bit.

He said try it both on and off and see which you prefer , its your choice at the end of the day , and i most definitely prefer it in place , but its not set in stone and i'm not saying everyone else do it but i'm happier with it in place .:)

Ok, if it's damping the platter ringing then mats are going to make a difference to it too. If you're using the Achromat I suspect it does less of a damping job than a Herbies, despite being a better mat overall.

You might want to try the Vaseline trick between Achromat and platter. Works well for me ;)

I just might try that Martin :) , though i think wifey might be stupified and incredulous if she see's me doing it lol ;)

She found my record weight highly amusing and when i tried to explain the benefit , i got a :whistle::hmm: and a :pat: