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Hi, I am newbie to vinyl world. Can someone suggest me what upgrade shall i look on my TT. I know there are many tweaks which can transform Technics tt to different level, but money will play a part as well. I am taking simultaneous steps to build it slowly. thanks
Take the dust cover off when you play a record.
Hi there. Check out KAB ( www.kabusa.com ). The owner, Kevin is extremely friendly & helpful. The majority of the site is about upgrading & modding Technics 1200's. I personally started with new tonearm wire & a new Cardas phono interconnect hardwired to the deck, so now I have pure litz wire going from the cartridge to the phono pre. The sound difference is extremely noticeable. It becomes much clearer with an overall soundstage upgrade. Better bass response, clearer mids, & beautiful high end. I didn't expect that much of a difference, but was pleasantly surprised. = )
Hope that helps you out a bit.
- Nick
KAB is a USA based site and to order from there I have to pay rhe custom duty as well. what tonearm are you using on TT. thanksQuote:
Originally Posted by hiwattnick
I unfortunately didn't even think about the custom duty. Too bad there's no way around that, that I know of.
Right now I'm just using the stock arm. With the litz wire going from the cartridge to the phono pre, I'm really pretty satisfied with it for now. Of course I'd love to try some other arms, but as you said, money becomes an issue, & I do what I can when I can. It's a fun journey, but can be an expensive one too.
And the next mod I'm going to do is the KAB fluid damper, which is specifically designed for the stock tonearm.
What type of headshell & cartridge are you using right now?
And you don't necessarily have to buy the new tonearm wire from KAB as long as its Cardas.Quote:
Originally Posted by kambo_z
The stock wire in the 1200's arm is not good.
There is a whole section dedicated to the Technichs decks where there is loads on information on upgrades
http://theartofsound.net/forum/forum...he-Techiepedia
Alan
@hiwattnick
So it means, there is no point to spend money on rewire the tonearm. its better to buy jelco arm. I just surfing on this forum and one of a member offer a discount on Jelco 750d some time ago. I am not sure if he is still offering it with free sleeves. If someone can confirm here. Also some comments confusing me that its worth to upgrade or buy a new turntable. :scratch: :scratch: :scratch: :scratch: :scratch:
Thanks. I will go through these forums.Quote:
Originally Posted by 337alant
I think the first upgrade is to buy a record cleaning machine and some Art D'son fluid.
No point in doing any upgrades and then playing uncleaned records...
Then Cartridge, even a 30 quid At95e will sound FAR better than the DJ cart it probably came with.
Next up, rewire the tone arm, warning - this job isnt for the faint hearted :)
The stock arm is fine btw.
Most people who say to get another arm maybe havn't heard a rewired stock arm, especially with a Kab tone arm damper fitted.
Stock arms often sound crap because the wire Technics used is rubbish, and on a 20 year old arm its gonna be oxidised badly.
Next mod, get an Ian Mac bearing, massive improvement !
Then, get a decent phono stage, I recommend a secondhand LFD Audio MMO, sounds lovely !
Then after that, the mods only make more subtle differences, Mat, Feet, power supply...