Bakoon 13r Denon DP80 Stax UA-70 Shure Ultra 500 in a Martin Bastin body with jico stylus, project ds2 digital Rullit aero 8 field coils in tqwt speakers
Office system, DIY CSS fullrange speakers with aurum cantus G2 ribbons yulong dac Sony STR6055 receiver Jvc QL-A51 direct drive turntable, Leema sub. JVC Z4S cart is in the house
Garage system another Sony receiver, cassette deck
System components are subject to change without warning and at the discretion of the owner.
And even if an old DD deck works, it doesn't mean it's working correctly.
I bought an SP10 mk2 which was advertised as fully working - well it was not, the electronic brake circuit was broken. I was able to find and fix the fault myself thanks to Phonomac's advice, but it took me several months. It also needed full recap and adjustment of the PLL circuit for good measure. Now at least I can be sure that it works as intended (and that it will likely outlast me, given our family history of male longevity).
Location: South Yorkshire
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I'm Andre.
One of my fav decks was the Monitor Audio 'ET-500' DD But the Platter was quite poor and very slightly waved at 45rpm..
The ET-500 was nice but was limited by its motor, whch was the standard Matsushita OEM item that found is way into dozens of 1970s designs, including the ADC Accutrac 4000, the JBE models, Garrard DD-75 and Toshiba SR-370.
It was a 'good' performer, but much better is out there!
Engineers: fixing problems you didn't know you had in ways you don't understand.
Exactly! Again and to re-iterate. One has to factor in the servicing and having the vintage looked over properly by a competent tech otherwise you've no guarantee you are hearing the thing at it's right performance level / optimum, also you cant give any proper evaluation.
Cant be said enough, to get the point across, which is to save others unnecessary pain. There's a lot of romance connected with the vintage which can get in the way and block/hinder the all important common sense approach.
My System:
Amplification - Sansui AU-alpha 707 DR
Turntable - Technics SP10 MK2-Technics EPA-250 Tonearm-Yannis Tome 423.5Plus tonearm cable-Eichmann KLEI Absolute Harmony plugs.
Ortofon Cadenza Black moving coil cartridge-Fritz Gyger S re-tip. Panzerholz plinth.
CDP - Pioneer PD-91
Speakers - Spendor D7 on Soundcare SuperSpikes
QED Silver Spiral speaker cable-airloc banana plugs
Mains - Ultra Pure silver plated un-switched socket-Missing link EPS 500 silver plated plugs-Hi-Fi Tuning gold plated silver ceramic 13 amp fuses
Save yourself some money and get an ATLP5X for under £400, it’s got everything you need, a decent cartridge a VM95E, a built in MM and MC phono stage and it even plays 78s. I have the original ATLP5 and find it to punch well above it’s weight, mine only has a MM stage on it but it sounds great with my Goldring E3.
https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/audio-technica-at-lp5x
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Location: South Yorkshire
Posts: 2,683
I'm Andre.
Great cartridge that 'E3' steve. I was gonna sell the one i just bought but was surprised how nice it sounds, Looks great too. Audio Bargain if you ask me. Replacement Styli can be had for about £50. which i must buy one in for future swap.. Much prefer the 'E3' to the '1042'