New Technics SL-1210 owner

[DSJR]

When I bought my LP of Eye In The Sky, I thought it sounded awful, stripped and, well, "digital" were my feelings at the time. I now realise it was the Asak, CB Naims and 'briks doing it, as when I last played the LP, it sounds fine now. the Wang Chung LP is still in the house from recent playings and that's a bit toppy in tone too. Love the music on both these though

"... and still the waves crash on the beach at night..."

[Canetoad]

Eye in the Sky is the only Alan Parsons album I have. After listening to it I think I might have to buy a few more. There's more information there than I originally thought there was.

Didn't he produce Dark Side of the Moon?

[Marco]

Hi Bernie,

Wow, does this turntable sound musical! I kept cranking up the volume (much to the annoyance of the missus) and had a real toe-tapping session! Foreplay/Long Time (Boston) and Psychobabble (APP) made the hair on the back of my neck stand up! They have never sounded so good to my ears before! Downhearted (Aussie Crawl), another favourite, sounded bloody good as well! The saxaphone solo sounded great.

To put my comments into perspective, I haven't had a good listen to these albums for over 10 years. They've been sat in storage because I've mostly been listening to CDs and, lately, Flacs on my Squeezebox Touch. They all needed a serious clean and new antistatic sleeves. From memory they NEVER sounded this good! A good indication I've moved my system in the right direction I guess.

The Nagaoka cartridge sounds much better than the Goldring 1012 I was using previously. It has much more musical impact than the Goldring it replaced. Sorry I can't describe it better.

Next mods in the coming months will be a tonearm rewire and a DIY PSU. I can't wait!

That's good enough! Nice one - glad the Techie worked out well... Yet another convert!

Oh, and more people (who like MMs) should be using Nagaoka cartridges, as they're far better than some of the pish from Goldring, Ortofon and AT!

Marco.

[DSJR]

Eye in the Sky is the only Alan Parsons album I have. After listening to it I think I might have to buy a few more. There's more information there than I originally thought there was.

Didn't he produce Dark Side of the Moon?

I believe he engineered some or all of it

The APP did some excellent thoughtful albums and I have most of them. The vinyls were ok, the early CD transfers weren't, except for the total re-mix of Tales Of Mystery And Imagination back in 1987, which can sound incredibly well done. The new CD remaster by Alan himself includes both mixes and it's one on my wish list.

[UV101]

Next mods in the coming months will be a tonearm rewire and a DIY PSU. I can't wait!

I'm looking at this too! any suggestions? I've seen cable on eBay that could be braided?? Silver plated copper, enamelled copper silk litz??? All pretty cheap but are they any good?

Also as I'm running a 103, I'm racking my brain trying to work out how I can add mass to the arm. I'm already running a custom couterweight but I'm sure the arm could be further stabilised with some creative thinking!