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Hi Karl,
I think what you are concerned with has been covered many times and in many ways on this forum and others. The fact of the matter is that all those people who are using my Platters and the much heavier metal mats on top of the OEM platter, have had no concerns with weight.
However if you are interested in this challenge see my new thread on
Switch Loop-Gain Option
Thanks, Mike. That thread is here for those who want to read it:
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...op-Gain+Option
Hi Folks,
Well I posted the last of the Bearing orders this morning.
So I now only have seven Bearings avaiulable from this batch for immediate delivery.
So treat yourself to a sonically orgasmic Christmas by fitting one to your
SL1200 now.
Do it Folks!!!
The Mike New bearing is THE MOST IMPORTANT UPGRADE you could do with your Techy. If you want an immediate and massive improvement in SQ the change of the bearing is the way to go, everything else is worthwile but does not have the WOW-factor of the new bearing.
I can not wait to get the bearing,but i've just thought,will i have to pay a customs fee and if so how much will it likely be?
Spot on, although upgrading the stock PSU to something off-board of the quality of a Paul Hynes SR7, is equally as fundamental :)Quote:
Originally Posted by krugdoktor
Marco.
VAT + Customs clearance. Not certain about duty on a bearing, unless it's price sensitive - which it probably is.Quote:
Originally Posted by kininigin
Will probably come in on Parcel Force who will add £20.00 + for clearance / collecting the fee and delivering it to you.
There is a site on the net where you can work out the duty on an item somewhere..
Which I have just visited.
Bearings have a duty rate of 2% so fall outside of the value for charging.
With a declared value of AU$500.00 the VAT is £65.08 + the collection fee as I already mentioned.
I have to pay this twice :(
This information may not be 100% but make yourself ready if it is.
Total customs value: £325.38
- Duty: £0.00
- VAT: £65.08
Total import duty & taxes due: £65.08
Total landed cost: £390.46
at AUD/GBP exchange rate of 0.6508
Calculation notesNotes on duty & taxes rates
Bearing For Turntable has an import duty rate of 2% and VAT rate of 20% .
Duty result for item bearing for turntable is nil because the total amount of duty payable for this item is less than £9.00
Notes on import taxes due
Please note, to ensure accurate duty and VAT results, all shipping charges must be declared.
Please note, any insurance charges need to be declared to ensure accurate duty and VAT results.
Please note that your shipping provider may add an additional handling fee
The charges for Australia Post (which I pay) should include delivery to designated address, I mark all parcels as "Replacement Bearing for audio turn table."
The only real charge in the UK I believe is the VAT at 20% which I cannot do anything about.
Isn't it limited to £45 vat and everything else ? I think TonyC mentioned it somewhere ? But £45 is what I had to pay on my $500 cartridge , which worked out at £346 at the time .
Try it and see - loads of info out there, a lot depends on whats being imported. Tobacco and spirits get hammered! Bearings at 2% but below the minimum threshold in our case.
http://www.dutycalculator.com/new-im...x-calculation/
This is what it would cost you today :-
Importing from: United States
Importing to: United Kingdom
2The type of product, its value and where it was manufacturedEditProduct description: Turntable Cartridge
Product category: Phono Cartridge (8522100000)
Product value: US$500.00
Country of manufacture: United States
3The cost of shipping and insurance of importingEditShipping costs: US$15.00
Insurance costs: US$10.00
Calculation resultsEditTotal customs value: £330.62
- Duty: £13.22
- VAT: £68.77
Total import duty & taxes due: £81.99
Total landed cost: £412.62
at USD/GBP exchange rate of 0.6298
Calculation notesNotes on duty & taxes rates
Turntable Cartridge has an import duty rate of 4% and VAT rate of 20% .
Notes on import taxes due
Please note that your shipping provider may add an additional handling fee
£81.99 is a tad more than £45.00 I think? Then there is the handling / collection (robbery) fee from the service provider.. usually around £20 - £25.00
Postman has just been with two nice boxes for me and didn't ask for anything in charges, gone under the radar this time methinks :yay:
Bearing arrived today ......... And already installed. :eyebrows::eyebrows:
Gr. Johan
Another one just arrived in Stockholm:) I'll be fitting it as soon as my new Audiomods arm and rebuilt DL103R arrives from Dom at NWA...
Still waiting for my ETP platter to come !! As a side, I've just purchased a very nice record weight - Please note that Mikes bearing spindle is thicker / bigger than your usual stock spindle so you may find that your weight or the weight you have your eye on does not fit.
Yes - I have found that the Michell record clamp, for example, does not fit on the Mike New spindle. The Audio Technica AT618 record weight, on the other hand, does fit.
Still waiting here.I hope i get away with,not paying any fees as well :lol:
So come on then those that have recieved and installed,how's it all sounding?
I used to have a Michell clamp and it fitted the MN spindle perfectly fine.
I've been a narna ! - Got the weight home (It was delivered at work) and found it fits like a glove so very very pleased to say the least :D
Hi Folks,
On the subject of spindle diameter, I specify the diameter to be
7.18mm nominal. Also I make it 3mm longer to allow for thick mats
and records. Obviously there are tollerances on the hole diameter, set by the makers of center weights and this would explain why some fit and others don't.
Ouch! - Just got hit with a £60 customs charge (£52 duty + £8 handling)...
grrr...grumble...mumble....
Join the club Nick, Wondered why my Mike New ETP platter hadn't turned up at work and just received the Parcel Force Customs charge / non delivery advise :steam: So on top of paying what is serious money for me on my platter I now have had to pay a further £46.50 customs tax to have the platter redelivered. I know and understand we have to but still find it a right PITA !!!!! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by nickbaba
I paid £20 more than that for my platters' customs, etc. So how the feck do they work it out? Robbing b'tards. Worth every penny though. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by RobbieGong
lol - Thank God for the bit in bold :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by prestonchipfryer
Why was it redelivered ?Quote:
Originally Posted by RobbieGong
From experience shipping print to various countries Customs charge what they like.Quote:
Originally Posted by prestonchipfryer
'Customs' in St. Petersburg wanted so much for a few boxes of print that our client had it shipped back
UK customs are pretty good
I hear ya, Robbie... it's annoying - not only having to pay the extra in the first place, but knowing that some lucky people's slip through and they pay nothing!!
grrr...
still, luck of the draw I guess... I wouldn't be complaining if I'd been one of the lucky ones this time!
Including customs charges I have now paid more for this bearing than I paid for my 1210 in the first place... :mental: :scratch: :mental:
Have you seen the pair of 1210's going for £12k (yes £12,000.00) on the evilbay at present?Quote:
Originally Posted by nickbaba
Insanity at is very best..
Getting stuff through customs is always hit and miss - I just take it that I will get to pay tax and cost it in. Then (and this is actually the FIRST time) I allow myself a smile..
As for paying £6k for a techie in basic format????
Basically the Parcel Force note says you have to log on to their website and pay the amount it says on the note for customs tax and you also as part of that process ask for a new date for the item to be delivered to you. My guess is it arrives and then before you get it you have to do all this stuf. I probably should have said delivered and not re-delivered :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeMusic
Yeah, I cost it in too...but always have my fingers crossed that it will slip through the net... sometimes happens!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonority
Can't seem to find them (just out of curiosity, of course...) do you have a link?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonority
When buying from abroad I rememberQuote:
Originally Posted by RobbieGong
tracking the parcel
seeing it in customs
waiting days too long
eventually getting the *posted* card from Parcelfarce
paying with the date they tell me (I thought)
As we are usually so jeen to get our stuff we take any date
I've just got back from work to find the dreaded royal mail note.
£54.41 for me to pay.It's a little annoying,as i had forgot to factor in the customs charge,but give it a few weeks and that will be a distant memory :D
Hopefully i can get it delieverd for saturday!!!
While they ''WILL'' deliver on a Saturday - expect to pay an extra ''large'' wodge on top for that privellige. Next working day will most likely be Monday - Unless you can work real quick for tonights loading.
I won't be paying an "extra large wodge" for a sat delivery!!! If it turns up sat and they ask for any money,i'll just say deliver it monday.....you blood sucking leech :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonority
Can't you go and pick it up yourself?
:lol: love it !!Quote:
Originally Posted by kininigin
Nope!Quote:
Originally Posted by chelsea
Hey gang... been looking over the installation instructions this evening. Feeling a bit nervous about man-handling the circuit board etc... usually when I do a bit of DIY round the house I can hear the music from Laurel & Hardy playing in the back of my head, if you know what I mean...
Is this something a butterfingers like myself should be trying to attempt?
Anyone else (who considers themselves non-technical) done this already? If so, how did you find it?
Also, has anyone here ever posted a step-by-step with photos? Can't seem to find one...
Quote:
Originally Posted by nickbaba
Have a look at this thread
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...t=21608&page=2
One of the images shows what you have to un clip and un screw ;)
Nick, Honestly dont sweat it. I did mine and it wasnt difficult. I made sure kids and Mrs were out and just took it nice n slow. It really isnt hard, just follow the installation instructions that's all and make sure you have the right tools ie wire snippers. With regard to handling the pcb it's just a case of raising it carefully and not yanking it, once you've undone the screws that hold it down. Make sure you have sharp snippers to snip of the sharp solder strands (which hang under the pcb) as close to the pcb as you can, (the instructions I think refer to them as wires which threw me as they are sharp pointy solder strands :)Quote:
Originally Posted by nickbaba
Hi Folks,
In the spirit of co-operation and sympathy I would just say that from my calculations, the customs charges are actually the 20%VAT you poor sods have to pay in the UK.
In OZ we do not pay any charges on goods stated to be less than A$1,000.00 although this may change in the future.
The Installation Instructions for my Bearing were initially reviewed by a former AF pilot
now working in opperations command who put forward some ideas.
If any of you have further suggestions then I will happily incorporate them.
However I think that if you read them through carefully two or three times you will find that it is not hard at all.
Hi Mike - I wasn't being critical of the instructions, they are clear and well laid out. Its more my own cack-handedness I'm worried about!
Thanks for the tip about trimming the wires/solder points, Robbie. I'm sure that will help when I reach that step of the process.
It's not difficult, guys, if you observe the following:
- Use a nice large table not dedicated to any other activity
- Have lots of light
- Place all removed screws in a logical series of piles so that you can reverse engineer it
- Never pull the connectors off by holding the wires, grab the casing with tweezers and lever out gently
- Be extra careful to observe Mike's section on snipping the extended wires on the PCB so that they don't foul
- Reassemble carefully and check all connectors are replaced
- Check clearance from the big cap on the PCB to the underside of your chosen platter
Most important of all, don't rush!
Looks like I'm in for £83 !
Hi guys... a little advice here, please? I'm stuck at the first hurdle...
"Carefully remove the three plugs attached to the cable forms from the main circuit board."
How is this done?
Do the black clips come completely off the circuit board? (e.g. the entire black plastic part)
Or do the black bits with wires attached pull out of the plastic part that is attached to the PCB? If so, how do they disconnect? Pull upwards or horizontally backwards?
Mine are not giving at all, even with quite a lot of pressure... they feel like they are going to snap off the PCB before anything moves...
Help!
Don't want to cause any damage...
Thanks.
Go to around 6mins in and you will see how they come out.Hope this helps!!Quote:
Originally Posted by nickbaba
They seem to make it up as they go along.So between 3 people we have Stephen pay nothing,Mike paid £83 and i paid £54.Bit of a joke really methinks!!Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeMusic
Hi Nick,
They should slide out horizontally, some may have moulded-on clips that you need to depress before pulling outwards.
Joke's on me this time:(Quote:
Originally Posted by kininigin
Sounds much like customs the world over
Hi again guys - well, I had a go at it... all went well, got the bearing installed, replaced & levelled the platter etc
however, when I went to spin some vinyl I could instantly hear a serious pitch wobble, up and down like an old wonky tape...
any ideas what could be causing this?
could i have damaged the motor coils? and if so, would that result in a similar effect?
help! I've got a bad feeling about this... knew I shouldn't have gone anywhere near it...
Best of luck NickQuote:
Originally Posted by nickbaba
Hope someone can help
Keep us posted
Doubt I will try to fit mine after this unless there is better news