Rexton's Rebooted SC35C project

[kininigin]

Hi Andy, glad it's hitting the spot. I too have a jico sas but with a saphire cantilever. It represents great value in my opinion and yes it is different from the nos styli but i think it has it's place with the right type of music (i find it fantastic with atmospheric ambient electronica).

Just be careful if having a session whilst drinking! It has one hell of a thin cantilever

[Wakefield Turntables]

Hi Andy, glad it's hitting the spot. I too have a jico sas but with a saphire cantilever. It represents great value in my opinion and yes it is different from the nos styli but i think it has it's place with the right type of music (i find it fantastic with atmospheric ambient electronica).

Just be careful if having a session whilst drinking! It has one hell of a thin cantilever

Hi Darren, yep the SC35C is a star performer and one i'd been mucking around with before Marco went on his voyage of discovery. My own SC35C project never really took off but I'm now very well stocked up. I have the JICO neoSAS/B stylus and a NOS Shure stylus. I've had a real bloody nightmare with a ground loop hum which I've now managed to eradicate but I really do need to work a little more on the Garrard 301 as I'm still getting quite an amount of Hum through the speakers and whilst I can't hear it whilst music is playing I'm sure it's having a negative effect on the music. I'm happy to report back that the SC35C needs a decent MM phonostage with plenty of gain and the correct capacitance loading, it's easily better than many carts costing north of £1K. Mines not properly setup yet and it still sounds pretty darn fine! I'll post some pictures later.

[kininigin]

Hi Darren, yep the SC35C is a star performer and one i'd been mucking around with before Marco went on his voyage of discovery. My own SC35C project never really took off but I'm now very well stocked up. I have the JICO neoSAS/B stylus and a NOS Shure stylus. I've had a real bloody nightmare with a ground loop hum which I've now managed to eradicate but I really do need to work a little more on the Garrard 301 as I'm still getting quite an amount of Hum through the speakers and whilst I can't hear it whilst music is playing I'm sure it's having a negative effect on the music. I'm happy to report back that the SC35C needs a decent MM phonostage with plenty of gain and the correct capacitance loading, it's easily better than many carts costing north of £1K. Mines not properly setup yet and it still sounds pretty darn fine! I'll post some pictures later.

It is indeed a star performer, which is why i've been using it the last 8 years with great pleasure and only very recently buying an SPU just to hear what an MC could do as i've never heard one before.

Ground loops are a pita but glad you have mostly got rid of it. I've recieved my loading plugs today (same as Marco mentions) and yes they do tidy things up nicely. I've never heard a £1K cart and probably never will

[Wakefield Turntables]

Stick with your SC35c and you won't need a £1k cart

[Wakefield Turntables]

This project has had more set backs than BREXIT. I now think that the tonearm has lost its intrinsic earthing, it hums like a bugger. So the sc35c has only been used once. Ahh ho-hum, this is what you get for running a vintage rig, so now I guess it's either the 401 or the 1210 to spin vinyl.