Timestep vs Mike New - opinions?

[chris@panteg]

I think Dave's (DSJR) comment was unnecessary ' the upgrades are well thought out and so far ' speaking for myself excellent value and very worthwhile , compared to what Linn charge , i would hardly call it a cash cow ?

[Tarzan]

I don't take outright rudeness from any forum.
l am going to be doing the upgrades Dave

[Dave Cawley]

Thanks guys!

Dave

[DSJR]

Apologies Dave. It just reminded me of the continuous £500 upgrade "thing" all over again and you know where that led with the old fruitbox.....

[MartinT]

A quick look at the price of a fully loaded LP-12 and a (so far) fully loaded SL-1200 should reveal which is the cash cow. As to which sounds better is a matter of opinion: mine is that the Techie doesn't lose out to the Linn in any parameter.

[DSJR]

I never said it (LP12) did, but a path I, and many of my age group HiFi contemporaries took in the 80's was the £500-each-upgrade path - you know, Rega/R100, LP12/Basik, LP12/Ittok, K9 to Karma/Troika, add a Lingo/Armageddon, next an ARO or Ekos. Go from Nait to Naim pre/power, add a power supply and then upgrade the power amp - most of these in clearly devised steps of approx £500

Apologies again. I just have this ingrained into my psyche after so many years following that path.

[anthonyTD]

hi all,
while reading briefly through the many threads relating to the upgrade path of the 1210, i dont think i have ever seen anything relating to the comparison of a fully modded 1210 and an SP10, anyone [without a vested interest] know how these two realy compare, reason being,,, from what i have read there dosent seem to be much of the original 1210 left after all the mods, so is the final cost worth it or is the SP10 still a better deck? also if its true that there is very little left after all the mods then why dont those who offer all the upgrades for this paticular deck just bring out a deck with all these upgrades implemented under their own name?
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[Tarzan]

I have to say that l think the Techie upgrades are pretty reasonable in the hi-fi scheme of things, in that they seem to work and good VFM, all imho of course

[DSJR]

Since it's unlikely that the SP10 will ever be resurrected, hows about designing a new SP10 style base and plinth (or all in one) which will allow any arm to be fitted, coupled with the decent bearing and power supply, but using the basic motor/drive and controls of the techie 1200. Made over here it may well cost the earth (perhaps why I kicked off so as UK labour charges are high and "we" are poor, relatively speaking), but it may be possible to out-source for a better price?

Well out of my league, but some of you could afford to do this if the performance was better.

[MartinT]

Since it's unlikely that the SP10 will ever be resurrected, hows about designing a new SP10 style base and plinth (or all in one) which will allow any arm to be fitted, coupled with the decent bearing and power supply

Ok. Let's call it the Technics SL-1200. Oh, err....