Cheers chaps for the comments
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Location: West Yorkshire
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I'm Andy.
Cheers chaps for the comments
Main system:
Analogue.
Michell Orbe with arm decoupling kit & Pete's Pylons. SME V arm, Denon DL103M (FGS), Firebottle OPT MKII phono amp
Technic SP-10 in Obsidian plinth, AT1010 PMAC v8b arm, Goldring Elite MC Cart and BB3 Phono Amp
Technics RS-BX404 Cassette Deck
Network Player.
Raspberry PI plus R2-R DAC (also used as a CD player) plus Pi NAS Server
Digital.
Marantz CD50SE
Pre Amp.
Michell Argo HR - Tweaked by Tom Evans to Vibe 1.5 spec plus TEAD PSU
Power Amp.
Michell Alecto Stereo
Speakers.
ER Audio ESL III Electrostatic Speakers
HeadPhones.
Sennheiser HD545 Ref, HD600, HD477
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I'm Timothy.
I'm gobsmacked(always loved that term) just looking at it! The room looks great too, nice job! Enjoy!
Holbo TT-Nag 110-Croft phono/Innuos Zen MK2/LinnenberG Telemann DAC-Preamp/LinnenberG Allegro monoblocs/Duevel Venus/LinnenberG Maestro SE-Senn. 660S DH Labs cabling
Croft Series 7 amps, WLM La Scala, Naim Uniti1, Naim Nait XS3, Naim ND5XS2, Guru Junior
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I'm Andy.
Thanks Timothy.
I do love the looks but always had a soft spot for the Michell products.
First TT I bought was a Syncro, then on to a Gyro and finally finished with my dream TT (plus my dream arm) and so happy with the end results
Main system:
Analogue.
Michell Orbe with arm decoupling kit & Pete's Pylons. SME V arm, Denon DL103M (FGS), Firebottle OPT MKII phono amp
Technic SP-10 in Obsidian plinth, AT1010 PMAC v8b arm, Goldring Elite MC Cart and BB3 Phono Amp
Technics RS-BX404 Cassette Deck
Network Player.
Raspberry PI plus R2-R DAC (also used as a CD player) plus Pi NAS Server
Digital.
Marantz CD50SE
Pre Amp.
Michell Argo HR - Tweaked by Tom Evans to Vibe 1.5 spec plus TEAD PSU
Power Amp.
Michell Alecto Stereo
Speakers.
ER Audio ESL III Electrostatic Speakers
HeadPhones.
Sennheiser HD545 Ref, HD600, HD477
Senior Member
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 780
I'm Andy.
New acquisition
Main system:
Analogue.
Michell Orbe with arm decoupling kit & Pete's Pylons. SME V arm, Denon DL103M (FGS), Firebottle OPT MKII phono amp
Technic SP-10 in Obsidian plinth, AT1010 PMAC v8b arm, Goldring Elite MC Cart and BB3 Phono Amp
Technics RS-BX404 Cassette Deck
Network Player.
Raspberry PI plus R2-R DAC (also used as a CD player) plus Pi NAS Server
Digital.
Marantz CD50SE
Pre Amp.
Michell Argo HR - Tweaked by Tom Evans to Vibe 1.5 spec plus TEAD PSU
Power Amp.
Michell Alecto Stereo
Speakers.
ER Audio ESL III Electrostatic Speakers
HeadPhones.
Sennheiser HD545 Ref, HD600, HD477
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Do I spy an SP10 under the lid?
And your weapons of choice for arm and cartridge will be?
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 780
I'm Andy.
You do indeed.Originally Posted by Marco
Do I spy an SP10 under the lid?
And your weapons of choice for arm and cartridge will be?
Marco.
Using the SME V currently (arm board needs further tweaking but is close) and waiting on a new unipivot 12 inch arm, due this week and also my 12 inch wooden arm will get ago (just waiting on getting it rewired)
Sounding awesome so far
A few other pics (plinth needs a polish as showing hand prints):
Main system:
Analogue.
Michell Orbe with arm decoupling kit & Pete's Pylons. SME V arm, Denon DL103M (FGS), Firebottle OPT MKII phono amp
Technic SP-10 in Obsidian plinth, AT1010 PMAC v8b arm, Goldring Elite MC Cart and BB3 Phono Amp
Technics RS-BX404 Cassette Deck
Network Player.
Raspberry PI plus R2-R DAC (also used as a CD player) plus Pi NAS Server
Digital.
Marantz CD50SE
Pre Amp.
Michell Argo HR - Tweaked by Tom Evans to Vibe 1.5 spec plus TEAD PSU
Power Amp.
Michell Alecto Stereo
Speakers.
ER Audio ESL III Electrostatic Speakers
HeadPhones.
Sennheiser HD545 Ref, HD600, HD477
Senior Member
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 780
I'm Andy.
Trying a 12 inch tonearm (unipivot) on the SP-10.
Using a MM cartridge with a Firebottle OTP MkII it is sounding encouraging. Just a bit of hum I need to sort but I will reduce the length of the tails going to the sockets underneath the arm board to see if that helps.
Main system:
Analogue.
Michell Orbe with arm decoupling kit & Pete's Pylons. SME V arm, Denon DL103M (FGS), Firebottle OPT MKII phono amp
Technic SP-10 in Obsidian plinth, AT1010 PMAC v8b arm, Goldring Elite MC Cart and BB3 Phono Amp
Technics RS-BX404 Cassette Deck
Network Player.
Raspberry PI plus R2-R DAC (also used as a CD player) plus Pi NAS Server
Digital.
Marantz CD50SE
Pre Amp.
Michell Argo HR - Tweaked by Tom Evans to Vibe 1.5 spec plus TEAD PSU
Power Amp.
Michell Alecto Stereo
Speakers.
ER Audio ESL III Electrostatic Speakers
HeadPhones.
Sennheiser HD545 Ref, HD600, HD477
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I'm openingabottleofwine.
Beautiful, just beautiful.
A few other pics (plinth needs a polish as showing hand prints
Barry
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Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 780
I'm Andy.
Thanks Barry - sounds good too
Main system:
Analogue.
Michell Orbe with arm decoupling kit & Pete's Pylons. SME V arm, Denon DL103M (FGS), Firebottle OPT MKII phono amp
Technic SP-10 in Obsidian plinth, AT1010 PMAC v8b arm, Goldring Elite MC Cart and BB3 Phono Amp
Technics RS-BX404 Cassette Deck
Network Player.
Raspberry PI plus R2-R DAC (also used as a CD player) plus Pi NAS Server
Digital.
Marantz CD50SE
Pre Amp.
Michell Argo HR - Tweaked by Tom Evans to Vibe 1.5 spec plus TEAD PSU
Power Amp.
Michell Alecto Stereo
Speakers.
ER Audio ESL III Electrostatic Speakers
HeadPhones.
Sennheiser HD545 Ref, HD600, HD477
Senior Member
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 780
I'm Andy.
Reduced the tails but still hums (as I thought it would)
Seems like I have some terrible airborne interference in my house (the fridge and freezer are only about 5 feet away in the kitchen so I bet they are the culprits).
When I touched the arm tube the hum went so the wires are acting as an antenna - need to look at earthing the arm some how - or would a ferrite ring do the job on the end of the tails under the arm board?
Main system:
Analogue.
Michell Orbe with arm decoupling kit & Pete's Pylons. SME V arm, Denon DL103M (FGS), Firebottle OPT MKII phono amp
Technic SP-10 in Obsidian plinth, AT1010 PMAC v8b arm, Goldring Elite MC Cart and BB3 Phono Amp
Technics RS-BX404 Cassette Deck
Network Player.
Raspberry PI plus R2-R DAC (also used as a CD player) plus Pi NAS Server
Digital.
Marantz CD50SE
Pre Amp.
Michell Argo HR - Tweaked by Tom Evans to Vibe 1.5 spec plus TEAD PSU
Power Amp.
Michell Alecto Stereo
Speakers.
ER Audio ESL III Electrostatic Speakers
HeadPhones.
Sennheiser HD545 Ref, HD600, HD477
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