Yes, I guess you'll just have to 'slum it' with that until then!Originally Posted by hermit
Marco.
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Yes, I guess you'll just have to 'slum it' with that until then!
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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The Sony is a belt-drive but it's the right kind of belt drive. The motor is bigger than my fist... The belt is of a non-stretchy kind. They were used for broadcast duties in Norway!What?I´ve won a price with that old Sonylady? A belt drive, by the way.......
Crazy, can´t believe it.
Appreciate that, thank you very very much!
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SME any model is not a touch on the "proper" arms out there, the V was nearly £5.5k before they stopped selling it direct that's far too much when you have brands like REED available for less.Yup, right up my alleyway (as I love high quality, hand-built bespoke equipment), and it's a superb match for low-compliance MCs, specially SPUs!
The combo of the Schick arm on that drop-dead gorgeous Sony, made it a no-brainer winner, IMO. For me, both Sacha's and your T/T are equally lovely, in different ways, but I prefer his arm.
Not a big fan of modern SMEs, sorry. I prefer their older stuff, such as the 3012 or the modern equivalent M2-12R (or their 9-inch counterparts), which I think has sadly now been discontinued:
https://hifilounge.co.uk/product/sme...2-12r-tonearm/
I've also always preferred the look of classic 'J-shaped' Jap detachable headshell arms, in preference to the 'straight' design/look. Just a personal thing... *BUT* - aesthetically the SME suits the lines on your T/T perfectly, and so taken as a whole it looks superb!
You should give a Schick a go sometime, as I suspect you'd LOVE how it sounds, which is quite different from the SME.
Marco.
Then in the ultra high end you have Acoustical Systems who made a limited edition arm for 50,000 euros and sold all 21 of them within weeks.
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I'm Karl.
Absolutely love my Reed. Style and substance in one superbly engineered package . So simple to set up and use too .SME any model is not a touch on the "proper" arms out there, the V was nearly £5.5k before they stopped selling it direct that's far too much when you have brands like REED available for less.
Then in the ultra high end you have Acoustical Systems who made a limited edition arm for 50,000 euros and sold all 21 of them within weeks.
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I'm Andy.
The Reed does look like a well engineered arm
Main system:
Analogue.
Michell Orbe with arm decoupling kit & Pete's Pylons. SME V arm, Denon DL103M (FGS), Firebottle OPT MKII phono amp
Technic SP-10 in Obsidian plinth, AT1010 PMAC v8b arm, Goldring Elite MC Cart and BB3 Phono Amp
Leak Lenco GL75 with Ortofon OM10 cartridge
Technics RS-BX404 Cassette Deck
Network Player.
Raspberry PI plus R2-R DAC (also used as a CD player) plus Pi NAS Server
Digital.
Philips DCC 730 player
Marantz CD50SE
Amp.
Audiolab 8000A
Speakers.
Reiver Jenna floor standers
HeadPhones.
Sennheiser HD545 Ref, HD600, HD477
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I'm Andy.
Here's the Lenco GL75 with the 12 inch wooden arm in use and sounding supberb
Main system:
Analogue.
Michell Orbe with arm decoupling kit & Pete's Pylons. SME V arm, Denon DL103M (FGS), Firebottle OPT MKII phono amp
Technic SP-10 in Obsidian plinth, AT1010 PMAC v8b arm, Goldring Elite MC Cart and BB3 Phono Amp
Leak Lenco GL75 with Ortofon OM10 cartridge
Technics RS-BX404 Cassette Deck
Network Player.
Raspberry PI plus R2-R DAC (also used as a CD player) plus Pi NAS Server
Digital.
Philips DCC 730 player
Marantz CD50SE
Amp.
Audiolab 8000A
Speakers.
Reiver Jenna floor standers
HeadPhones.
Sennheiser HD545 Ref, HD600, HD477
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New paint job on my Techie!
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Darren
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CAIMAN SEG + DORADO PSU
CROFT MEGA MICRO
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Like this:
Barry
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Cheers Barry. I'll figure it out at some point ha. It's not like I haven't done it before.
Darren
KORUS CUSTOM SERVER
TECHNICS 1200 MKII_JELCO 750D_SHURE SC35C (with NOS and NEO SAS styli)
CAIMAN SEG + DORADO PSU
CROFT MEGA MICRO
PARADIGM REFERENCE ACTIVE/40'S
PARADIGM SERVO 15 SUBWOOFER X 2
''The theory of relativity is a mass of error and deceptive ideas violently opposed to the teachings of great men of science of the past and even to common sense''
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I'm Sandy.
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I know this is not going to win any photography awards. I just wanted to share the joy I am getting from my recent purchase. I even bought a new copy of AWB as the old (original) one was sounding a bit worn out. Still can't believe these guys were from Dundee...
Not started the upgrade journey just yet, although I guess I have as the headshell is a new genuine Techie one, and I've tried it with and without the rubber grommets on the armplate (currently back in). Guess a mat is next... Not in the photo, I have it sat on a thick acrylic board, board on spikes. Sounds fabulous. Really enjoying the sound...
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