New Technics SL-1210 owner

[chris@panteg]

Hi Jason

Yes a 309 or 310 would be superb on your SP10 , if i were you i would go for the 310 and run it with the LAD and whatever carts you fancy , that would be rather cool

[bubba45]

That combination of arms on a deck kinda has my mouth watering. Anyway it will be a while before I can afford an SME.
Canetoad have you tried either cartridge on your 1210 yet?

[Canetoad]

I'm still waiting for the additional weight for the tonearm to fit the Nagaoka cartridge but I currently have the Goldring fitted. I was listening to it the night before last and was surprised with how the Techie sounds.

The soundstage is bigger than my Rega. The music really filled the room and the speakers really did disappear! The Rega produces a bit more bass I thought. Overall, the Rega sounds better to me still. I find it hard to describe exactly why. It just sounds more right at the moment. Considering the Rega has been modified quite a bit I would probably expect it to be better.

The Techie is still standard so there's plenty of room for improvement.

An Achromat 1200, Isanoe feet and the Nagaoka cartridge will hopefully make a big difference once I'm able to fit them all.

Future mods will include a tonearm rewire and a separate PSU. Haven't decided which one yet.

[chris@panteg]

Bernie

Go for an external psu , different ball game ' it may really surprise you

[Alex_UK]

Wait until you hear the Techie with the Nagaoka and Sumiko headshell, and the feet and mat, Bernie - I'd be very surprised if it isn't a big improvement... over how things are now.

Don't forget though, that the Rega Planar 3 (not sure what mods you've done, or arm etc.) is a bloody good deck in it's own right, and I suspect this is one of those situations where one won't necessarily trounce the other - you will get differences, but I doubt it is going to be a whitewash - the law of diminishing returns kicks in pretty early with turntables, I feel.

[chris@panteg]

Agree with Alex ! and Bernie ' very interested to see how you get on with the Nagaoka MP150 in your Techie .

[Canetoad]

I find the Techie has a very clean sound at the moment but it lacks a bit of the dynamics the Rega has. The Rega is a Planar 3 with RB300 arm, Deepgroove subplatter, Acrylitel acrylic platter, Michell Technoweight and the Rega motor upgrade so it's hardly stock. I run it through a CA 640p phono stage.

I'm looking forward to hearing what the Nagaoka sounds like too. It seemed to give music more punch on the Rega than the 1012 did. I'm hoping for the same improvements on the Techie.

[DSJR]

To any Rega Planar/P owners out there -

Before condemning it and "upgrading," make sure that everything that bolts to the plinth is firmly tightened, as any looseness here affects sound badly, also that the belt is clean and not stretched. Also, their wall support isn't just there as an add-on, as it really works in this case, improving bass reproduction noticeably.

I only ask the above as we can talk all day about Techie mods, yet very little about possible improvements for other, simpler decks. proper isolation is first IMO and long before add-on platter assemblies and tonearm mods

[Marco]

I'd agree there with Dave. Bernie, I'll comment later on your current situation, but you seem to be doing pretty well so far

Talking of Regas, I compared my Techie to one of these chaps (a P3-24) at a friend's house last night:



...also fitted with off-board T/T PSU, and the results were very interesting to say the least!!

Right, I'm off to play with this Oyaide T/T mat and record weight, which I have to say are lovely looking bits of kit - we'll see how they stack up sonically to my current references....

Laters!

Marco.

[John]

I'd agree there with Dave. Bernie, I'll comment later on your current situation, but you seem to be doing pretty well so far

Talking of Regas, I compared my Techie to one of these chaps (a P3-24) at a friend's house last night:



...also fitted with off-board T/T PSU, and the results were very interesting to say the least!!

Right, I'm off to play with this Oyaide T/T mat and record weight, which I have to say are lovely looking bits of kit - we'll see how they stack up sonically to my current references....

Laters!

Marco.