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Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 6
I'm Simon.
Richard
Thanks for the very useful advice. I'll probably go for the K drive. I had not considered a bearing upgrade - that can be something to look forward to in the future.
Best rgds
Simon
PS: Macca - just measured the speed on my LPT-GTi (same PSU and AC motor as the Export-GTi), it came out at 179.5 sec/100 revs = 33.4rpm.
Location: gone away
Posts: 4,870
I'm joe.
Location: Granes - Haut Vallee de l'aude - EU
Posts: 2,831
I'm Richard.
Because you like listening to music with a balaclava on - at EXACTLY the right (adjustable) speed presumably. The K-Drive motor is significantly better - quieter and smoother, it could mount on the sub-chassis like the Anni motor. And costs 3 times as much as the VX motor which is perfectly functional in a less exotic deck - if a wee bit less silent and smooth, (although VX is smoother and quieter than the old synchronous motor in the export). If you hold the K-Drive motor in your hand with your eyes shut, you don't know when its running.
Last edited by Oldpinkman; 31-07-2015 at 18:36.
Location: London
Posts: 1,499
I'm Sam.
Location: London
Posts: 1,499
I'm Sam.
?? The original does turn the platter at the correct speed, so does the VX and so does the K-Drive.
The only problem with the guys Export is that the capacitors have died, much like the common Valhalla problem.
1210s/1200 have problems with age too. Can't see that there is a difference.
Location: London
Posts: 1,499
I'm Sam.
The ones I've come across look good because people have looked after them. I've had old fruitbox LP12s which haven't and have fallen apart all over the place. The only thing I think goes wrong in fit and finish with a PT1/2, apart from the lid, is the top plate coming off. On the Linn it's bolted, on the PT it's deliberately decoupled. Any bonded decoupling is going to be a weak point over age because of the aging of glue, foam pads in this case. I've never experienced jagged aerolam subchassis myself so I do wonder if your memory is coloured from a particular experience or batch ?
Once a old deck begins to look shabby (this back in the day as people moved away from vinyl) e.g. from a broken and splitting lid, then that deck is treated with a certain amount of disregard, doesn't matter what deck it is.
Location: London
Posts: 1,499
I'm Sam.
I've always fancied an Anni. Also an Alphason Symphony and a Towshend Rock Reference. All decks with a strong vision in terms of technical design.
Hi Richard,
Whilst we appreciate and enjoy your contributions, it's getting to that stage again where I must ask you to scale back on the near-incessant PT/Funk promotion. Almost every thread or post of yours recently contains some reference to the former, and it's now almost getting to the shilling stage.
If you do wish to act as Funk's official PR man, then as I've said before, I'm happy to discuss trade terms with you, which will then allow to perform that role, 'unmolested', as it were. Otherwise, please find some alternative subjects to discuss - i.e. change the record.
Cheers!
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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