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I haven't tried it without, so can't really comment (and the two decks now differ in too many other parts to make easy comparisons) but since the mat is slightly dished, it wouldn't be in proper...

Hi Mark,
I have an Achromat on one 1210 and the Oyaide BR-12 - a less costly fusion of the BR-ONE and MJ-12 - on the other, and I prefer the Oyaide - the stereo image is a little more coherent. Buy...

Excellent artists there. Have you been to Bangface? If not, you probably should! Ceephax and Producer both come around quite regularly.



Mika Vainio's solo stuff - both under his own name and...

Hi Chris! It's been my understanding from using other vbulletin-based forums over the years, that a number of straightforward avenues exist for forum admins to access members PMs (some links here)....

Yup, JRiver is excellent, and it partners really nicely with JRemote on Apple devices, or JRiver's own Gizmo on Android devices - very good remote control, so no need to have a screen and other...

Oh yes, that can happen. If you get the headshell where you want it, and then hold the connector firmly in place in the tube as you tighten up the screws, that should prevent it from shifting as the...

Great! Pleased it worked :)
Yeah those screws can be a pain to tighten - ideally you'd want a right-angled screw driver, but it is possible to do it with a small straight screw driver, if you're...

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I'm not sure if this counts a 'hi-fi' regret, but still, just one really: Not taking better care of the first few hundred or so records that I acquired during my 'early years' of vinyl playback - I...

Hi Ragnar, congrats on the cart - looks super!



From the picture, the headshell looks to be inclined anticlockwise towards the centre of the record. I suspect that this isn't an issue with the...

No worries - you have a PM.

Not to knock the Apple option, but my experience has been that a PC offers some nice options for tinkering with and improving sound quality, that would not (I think) be available for the Mac - such...

Here's a bunch of threads:

http://www.hifivision.com/phono-turntables/23902-success-technics-sl1200mkii-tonearm-rewire-damping.html

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=318840
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Take a look at some of the CAPS V3 builds - varying spec and prices. Some of the parts will have been discontinued by now, but you'll be able to find the latest iterations without too much trouble....

Interesting. I'm not sure I understand entirely what demanding/challenging amounts to in this context, but - in my case - I find that at least some music to which these adjectives could easily be...

In that situation, I would probably go for a new MK5 arm - it's not a bad arm per se, and it can be modified - rewired (as you know), but also people have experimented with stuffing/wrapping it to...

Do you mean just the arms or the complete tonearm assembly?

If the latter, the most obvious difference between the MK2 and MK5 is the increased range of antiskate options with the MK5, which runs...

Interesting post, Barry.

You seem to be connecting two things:

1) The practice - apparently rejected by some - of listening to music without giving it one's full attention.
2) The kind of...

The major change in my tastes occurred when I came to the conclusion that the distinction I'd been operating with between 'good' and 'bad' music was not in good standing.
Before then, some pretty ad...

I personally really enjoy both drone and noise ;)



Agreed; arriving at a system that can reproduce field recordings with some degree of realism has been a key desideratum for me in assembling...

Small thought re the PnP model: It seems to come pre aligned to Baerwald and, so far as I can tell by looking at an overhead shot, it doesn't seem to be possible to alter this. My experience with the...

IME, the 2M blue pairs very nicely with the stock 1210 arm. There's some interesting discussion of the optimal tracking force to use with the blue, here, for instance.

Another option - which I...

Why's this?

If you want a 1200/1210 and you're not interesting in modding it, then the MK5G is probably the best choice. However, if you think you might want to upgrade the arm - and of course...

The one that Marco linked to looked familiar and I've just realised why - it looks a lot like the brush that my Dad used to use to clean his SLR camera lenses (he was a keen photographer).
I just...

Now that does look very nice! Still, good that there's a budget alternative - not all enthusiasts have such deep pockets! I'd be interested to compare them someday, though.
Nice to read your review...