Something like the SP10 mk3 ,This would be my preference
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I'm Chris.
Something like the SP10 mk3 ,This would be my preference
Chris
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I like it, Chris!!
Mike, could you replicate that arrangement?
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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The NAS Mentor had an 84lb main platter and had a crude bar type "handle" with solid Allen bolts for lifting and placing - a real problem when the thing was five feet off the ground. Thank heavens the wall it shelved to was made of engineering bricks and almost impossible to drill into at the time...
I can't go on and I can't go back, I don't feel so matter of fact,
I tried and tried to make good sense, What's the good to try it all again?
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I'm Chris.
Fortunately the Techie doesn't need such a high mass platter .
The excellent motor takes care of that
Chris
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I'm David.
The big holes in the current platter also alow access to adjust the break. I doubt that's intentional as the pcb dust cover is normally in the way, but once that's removed it is quite nice to be able to fine tune the break without having to remove the platter... I imagine with a massier platter that will be of use too... ... Just a passing thought
I asume the break will still stop the new platter? Does it have to be turned up quite high?
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I used to have the Mentor Reference (the original), it came with a solid steel base plate which Tom thankfully changed after a couple of years to a wooden base.Originally Posted by DSJR
The NAS Mentor had an 84lb main platter and had a crude bar type "handle" with solid Allen bolts for lifting and placing - a real problem when the thing was five feet off the ground. Thank heavens the wall it shelved to was made of engineering bricks and almost impossible to drill into at the time...
I returned it to Tom a few years ago when I could no longer straight arm lift it!
The Hyperspace is now beginning to seem the same.
So I got a Technics SP-10 for which I am building a heavy plinth - oh dear
Alan
Alan.
I have added an image of the platter as mounted onto my testbed SL1200.
I would seem from what you say that two threaded holes in th top would be the best approach.
I will do this and post another pic.
Mike
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I'm Ralph.
Looking good, what diameter for the platter did you finally decide on?
Cheers
The one you see is 300mm. I reasoned, as seems to be the case, that most people will want to use mats of some kind with the new platter so I decided leaving it at 300 would be the better approach. Also as with the label counter bore, I decided to not incorporate this, as a double clearance (on the platter and the mat) could cause problems if using a centre weight.
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Hi Mike,
Looks great!I have added an image of the platter as mounted onto my testbed SL1200.
I would seem from what you say that two threaded holes in th top would be the best approach.
I will do this and post another pic.
Mike
Threaded holes would be ideal... Some sort of lifting devices/hooks which screw into the holes (as shown in the picture on the SP10 Chris posted earlier) would also be good, or make the holes (un-threaded) big enough to get your fingers into....
Incidentally, how would you describe the improvement in sound compared to the old platter (just briefly)?
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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