Location: Nottingham
Posts: 372
I'm Paul.
Thanks for fulfilling my request Paul, proper nice that is and love that unusual plinth,
that Tron phonostage is some size, whats that thin box with Blue LED?.
Frank...made me do it.
I'm very biased, but a 401 is one of the most beautiful turntables ever and yours is a superb example.
Alex
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Location: Huddersfield
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I'm David.
Location: glasgow
Posts: 1,508
I'm scott.
very nice 401 looks superb -
pic of another lovely 401
Indeed, David, although purely in terms of appearance, I prefer these. It'll be what I'm buying and popping into a suitable plinth, when I embark on my next T/T project:and one of the best sounding when set up correctly
It's the strobe markings around the platter I don't like on the 401 (much as I also dislike them on the stock Techy platter). I think that they cheapen the look of the turntable. Personally, I prefer the Garrard platters without strobe markings.
Anyway, regardless of that, Paul, you've got a very nice and superb turntable there. I like what you've done with the plinth - well done and enjoy!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Location: east yorkshire
Posts: 527
I'm steve.
That's really nice Paul .... My next upgrade is the phono, knowing you have used the EAR, the Tron must be an improvement on it ?
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Location: Finland
Posts: 1,185
I'm Mika.
Is it specifically the grey hammerite you'll be going for Marco?
Another Garrard / PU7 partnership, I approve It's beautiful.
I used to use the Music Maker with a Hadcock and a 401, lovely combination. Do you ever find you get Grado Wobble issues with it though?
Currently Listening On:
Turntable: Garrard 301 (solid chassis rebuild), SMD reference plinth
Arm: Audio Origami PU7 (12")
Cartridge: Van den Hul Black Beauty
Phono: Whest PS30RDT
Preamp: Scratch built AMB a24/LCDuino/d1/d2, fully balanced
Power amp: Transcendent 15W "Son Of Beast" OTL with upgraded Takman/Mills/ClarityCap MR/Jensen components in signal path
Loudspeakers: Steve Cresswell's old Metronomes
Yup, Dave, the grey hammerite is the one, as it's suitably 'sombre' looking, in the BBC tradition (I detest bling), and the cream ones look a bit too 'girly'. Here's a similar one in a nice wooden plinth:
Although, plinth-wise, I prefer something like this:
Whatever wooden plinth I choose, however, will feature a layer of slate sandwiched into the middle of it, as I reckon that will be 'the ultimate'.
My intention then is to fit an EMT 'banana' 12" tonearm, like this (which will also take my SPU Royal GM MKII):
I've always loved those - visually beautiful, IMO, and most likely also sonically!
...and fit an EMT JSD5 cartridge:
That's the plan, anyway. It's a project for sometime next year. Anyway, this is Paul's gallery thread, so let's not hog it any further
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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