Vinyl fever
I have been given some vinyl and a Garrard 86SB turntable with Shure M75-6 cartridge and I am enjoying listening to my small collection. I am toying with the idea of getting the M75ED stylus when this shows signs of wear. Does anyone know if it will fit onto the cartridge body I have?
Luckily my donor liked the same type of music as me. The collection varies from excellent condition to well worn but I am enjoying them all, unfortunately all the sleeves are in poor condition because my mate had a cat which used them as a scratching post. It is impossible to read the titles or even see what colour the sleeve was originally.
I was just listening to Pink Floyd, The Final Cut, a much underrated LP IMHO.
I had seen many pictures of vinyl playing with a "puck" on the centre so I thought I'd have a go at making one.
The results are pictured.
The first is made of solid steel with a felt bottom. It weighs 1.4 kg which is a bit much for the poor old Garrard's springs and possibly the bearings.
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I have always loved the look of the Transcriptors Hydraulic Reference turntable so the second puck is an homage to its iconic design. It weighs 260 grammes.
The first puck tightens up the bass considerably (even taking into account the rest of the system) but I have not given the Hydraulic puck a sufficient listen yet to see what the difference is.
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Anyway, it used up a day or so in my workshop during our enforced isolation.
I just love to play.
Let me know what you all think.
The rest of the system (at the moment) The turntable plays into a Technics SU-X840 amp which I have modified to be a pre-amp. This feeds an IMG Stageline STA520 PA amp into a pair of B&W DM2A speakers.
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Originally Posted by brian2957
