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I'm Trevor.
Sony PS 6750
Hi everyone.
So I have the chance to pick up a Sony PS 6750 for cheap, and was wondering if anyone has any experience with this deck? I'm currently using a stock SL1210MK5 that I intend to modify (either KAB or Timestep PSU mainly, then tonearm etc) but I'm thinking of getting the Sony as a "backup" if its decent enough (ie. comparable to the SL1200's) . Any thoughts?
cheers
Trevor
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A truly superb deck with a carbon fibre arm. Buy it, no; buy it now!
I ran one with a Dynavector Ruby Karat, lovely....
Regards
Dave
Last edited by Dave Cawley; 04-05-2009 at 21:16.
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It's a very long time ago now, but Sony made some good decks during this period, even if they didn't sound like an LP12......
The one to really look out for is the PS8750, although again, I doubt that many were sold in the UK sadly due to the incursion of the Scottish terror.....
I'd echo Dave's recommendation above. Grab it, site it carefully (we were ignorant of specialist supports back then) and enjoy it with feeling
P.S. Some of these decks sounded good due to fortuitous good luck with the engineering. Sadly, the UK market went all "springy belt drive" for a decade or two (LP12 and it's cousins, Oracle etc) and the decent Japanese decks which replaced the Sony's like this never came further west than Germany. The same thing happened with the top end CD players too - all we got were the budget ones later on...
Last edited by DSJR; 04-05-2009 at 10:01.
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One of the best decks I ever owned. I gave it to my brother last year since I had three turntables and he had none to play his records on. It goes for peanuts on eBay, which is just as well. If its true worth was known to the wider community I reckon it would go for at least £300.
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I'm Trevor.
Looks like I'll be getting it then. Thanks for the help everyone! I'll post again (with pics) after I've received it and set it up.
Trevor
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Noice
What happens if something irreplacable goes 'pop', though... Nice ornament, maybe?
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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How true, Stanley. I was being rather facetious
It's just that personally I'd *really* hate loving the presentation of a particular T/T and then suddenly find myself in the position of not having that pleasure anymore due to the above. That's why as far as D/D goes I own a 1210 and not something 'great but obsolete'.
Most things can be fixed though, so I'm probably being slightly too pessimistic! Does anyone know if there are still parts available for the PS 6750?
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.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!
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I whish I hadn't sold mine
Guys
This all time great DD turntable with a hi-tech carbon fibre arm is repairable and doesn't use any difficult to get parts. I whish I hadn't sold mine.
Regards
Dave
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