Calling all SL-1200/1210 owners!

[thrunobulaxx]

Been on the verge of loosing my rag with analogue a few times of late, but we know it's worth it dont we, for when you finally nail it, it's spellbinding.

Took delivery of this yesterday...



...'kin hell, what a little box of tricks it is too. Not only has it somehow stopped the dirty great mains spikes and resultant pops from the fridge putting me on edge, it's given my 103 a shot of adrenalin straight into the heart. The Auditorium23 step up transformer is a dedicated denon 103 device, Marco very kindly loaned me his a while back, but I was in the middle of a hum problem and cable mess at the time and got nowhere with it really. Anyway at £375 it's seems pricey, but taken in context with the low price of the 103/variants and it's permanence, it's a killer product. I wont go into detail about the performance as it's been done far more eloquently elsewhere, but it has been the final piece of my analogue rig puzzle, and I dont think I can take it much further, so live, liquid and organic is it's contribution.

Nice phono stage scoobs, thankfully i have no need of such outboard devices as my pre-amp has one of the best sounding MC inputs stages i have listened to built in.

As for the C/W, fair do`s it was marco`s idea for the original 1 piece type and a collective discussion with scoobs, marco and a couple of others that led to the 3 piece suite.

How could i patent 3 lumps of circular brass with screws in anyhow, its all been done before i seem to remember tho not in brass or if so plated.

I feel for Peter in France having to see the others posted on the same day already fitted and having to wait a week longer for his to land.

I have found that after making myself a new underslunky C/W for my RB250 and selling on the technoweight, brass equals more and tighter bass.

Was about to post a pic of it but not got the resizing issue sorted for this board as yet.

[scoobs]

Thanks John, well I wanted to go full out toobs with my new phono/linestage, so this little box is now the last piece of the jigsaw.
Yes, nice one Marco for coming up with the idea and finding a fella to produce them! In all honesty John heavier these new 2/3 piece c/w's are worth their weight in gold never mind brass in upgrade terms, it takes a matter of seconds to hear the difference whether your arm is modified or not, and although I dislike the term, they are quite simply no brainers, and even better in a 'go faster' silver finish

[Marco]

I have found that after making myself a new underslunky C/W for my RB250 and selling on the technoweight, brass equals more and tighter bass.

That's an interesting observation, John. I guess that brass must have different resonant properties, or whatever... I put the difference mainly down to the added mass the brass C/W gave over the stock Techinics weight, of particular advantage for those using DL-103s. Interestingly, I think I'm right in saying that those using 103s have noticed the greatest difference.

Adding extra mass and allowing metal to metal contact between C/W and arm stub (the standard Technics weight has a plastic shim in place), and allowing the C/W to be positioned as close as possible to the arm's pivot point, was what prompted the idea of the brass C/W. Initially I approached Johnnie from Audio Origami but he had too much on so he put me in touch with John and the rest as they say is history

Do you know roughly how many you've sold now, John? It must be about a dozen.

Somehow, though, despite my best efforts I can't get Johnnie to join AOS. I get the feeling it's to do with politics between TXN, Paul/Kenny, and the history between them and me. Shame, but such is life. I live in the hope that he will reconsider some day...

Marco.

[Peter Stockwell]

I feel for Peter in France having to see the others posted on the same day already fitted and having to wait a week longer for his to land.

Don't worry, I'll survive , In fact I'm off on two weeks vacation and I hope the weights arrive before I leave. But, if not, I'll have fun and games when I get back.

I've got two weeks of golf and mountain air, no to mention a few smelly cheeses to look forward to

[Mike]

I wonder if a one piece brass CW would work on a Haddock?

Don't see why not TBH!

Hmmm.. Just remembered my mate has a lath, and I know how to use it!

[thrunobulaxx]

Thanks John, well I wanted to go full out toobs with my new phono/linestage, so this little box is now the last piece of the jigsaw.
Yes, nice one Marco for coming up with the idea and finding a fella to produce them! In all honesty John heavier these new 2/3 piece c/w's are worth their weight in gold never mind brass in upgrade terms, it takes a matter of seconds to hear the difference whether your arm is modified or not, and although I dislike the term, they are quite simply no brainers, and even better in a 'go faster' silver finish

I could do them in stainless but the price would almost double, it takes much longer to machine, aluminium would not have enough mass, Silver Steel might be ok, its non magnetic and not so tough as stainless, will look into it.

How do i reduce the pixels in my pics without using photobucket ? my cybershot is set at "VGA" and this has always been ok for emails and other websites, my abilities with photoshop are limited, i know how to resize using the box thing pulled out but they are still too big, i tried with microsoft photo management and set the "webpage small" button but still to big

[Mike]

The brass ones could also be taken/sent to your nearest custom car/bike emporium to be chrome plated. Shouldn't cost too much for pieces that size?

[thrunobulaxx]

Ah Ha. bleedin donut i am, just set my camera to email and it now gives me two pic one at 15kb and another at around 140.
Bugger thats too small

[scoobs]

I just sprayed mine with Wilkinson own brand stainless steel finish, less than 3 squids and matches the rest of the arm nicely, as if it were stock.

[thrunobulaxx]

Try again.