Wow - that's perfect, just perfect Mika!Originally Posted by Mika K
Just noticed..
..that have not posted here information considering the new member of the family at all. So few weeks ago I got me Technics SP-10mkII unit sold locally here. Or actually it is a broadcast model made for YLE (Finnish equivalent for BBC). The table has separate electronics board SH-10C with mono/stereo switch and headphone jack, separate internal phonostage board SH-10U, SP-10mkII unit itself and SME series III arm plus Clearaudio Aurum Alpha cartridge.
The first owner after YLE says that this unit has been used at the foyer for the artists waiting their turn to do live performances or heading for the recording studio. That is the reason for the small speaker at the SH-10C unit plus the headphone jack. I know that some years back these were cleared out from YLE with silly low prices and occasionally some unit can be seen at the open markets. One friend acquired one unit with the EPA-100 tonearm. Unfortunately the prices have gone up from those days..
The beast sounds marvelous after checking the mechanics and the tonearm and cartridge adjustments. And this despite of the SME series IIIs arm and Clearaudio Aurum Alpha mkII cartridge. The internal Technics SH-10 series power supply, control unit and phonostage seem to also work as they should. Some weird future plans for this beast are starting to pop to my mind involving something 12" and..
If you come across any more ex broadcast samples, let me know.
The only improvement I can think of would be to replace the SME III with an SME V, or fit a 12" arm and use an Ortofon SPU or an EMT XSD-15 cartridge.
Regards
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