Its powered up, it has an arm fitted, it has a cartridge on and its spinning nicely, slight ammount of noise which I can live with, sounds majestic, pictures to follow.
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Its powered up, it has an arm fitted, it has a cartridge on and its spinning nicely, slight ammount of noise which I can live with, sounds majestic, pictures to follow.
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Did you get the SME spacer from Sound Supports, then?
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Yes the 401 sounds nice It might be worth looking at the idlier
What plinth are you using
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Yes thanks Hugo, much appreciated good advice from a top bloke, thx again.Originally Posted by Shuggie
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I needed a quick solution (when I bought it I though I would get it up and running in days, it took 3 months in the end) so I bought an MDF 2 tier plinth which does the job.
The slate audio new design is £1300 BTW, if I was keeping the 401 and did not have my Techie I would be tempted but no.
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There's a lifetime of modification fun to be had with the 401. For starters if you had a lilac plinth like mine you'd find yourself redecorating your house...
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No shit mate. I have the exact same plinth myself...
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In-between the Mike Greenwood design and the full remortgage slate plinth are a number of attractive wooden options eg www.layers-of-beauty.co.uk It occurs to me that the thing to watch out for is the ones that, while looking a million dollars, are hollow boxes like 401's used to suffer from in the 70's.
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Russ has made me plinths in the past and is a master of his art, don't know what to do yet with the Garrard, may sell it.
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The funny thing is, I passed on the lilac plinths on ebay several times... then we ended up decorating the living room lilac anyway!
So, David - I'm guessing you're not enjoying the 401 as much as the Techie? Try it with the Nagaoka before you decide to part with it...
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