The Mike New Technics bearing

[sonddek]

I bought a Mike New bearing from Dave a while back. I had to return it as one of the bolt holes was in the wrong place. The debit card refund must have cost Dave a few bob. At that point he stopped selling them. Just one more data point.

[DSJR]

System: Superficial Engineering hell/p12 turntable, yosushi wasabi cartridge, STI Klinik mkV tonearm, wagamumma head amplifier, intelligence quotient 161 (mensa) preamplifier with 24 NOS Ssangyong ECC88s and GZ34s, barelyaudible research V.P.L. quad mono amplifiers with modified circuit boards (MDF), Sonic Fable Vermicelli MKIII Loudspeakers, liquidity in viscosity cable loom, hysterical research and Dr Mike Amera room treatments

That's brilliant Bigmoog


Regards D S D L

Sounds great playing marinaTe genDer, of which I'm an occasional contributer

May the Froese be with you all.....

[MartinT]

May the Froese be with you all.....

A Tangerine Froese?

[DSJR]

Oh yes indeedy

I felt so grumpy yesterday and didn't know why. A good dose of Ricochet restored my equilibrium

[bigmoog]

Oh yes indeedy

I felt so grumpy yesterday and didn't know why. A good dose of Ricochet restored my equilibrium

great lp





I am in the process of upgrading my hell/p12 with the new superficial bearing* (its from a set of skateboard wheels from 1977)....just gotta wait for the factory to nick a deck from a youff at the skatepark


*also have to clean my STI tonearm.....it seems to have developed a weird rash

[DSJR]

[drrd]

I also bought a MN from Dave a while back which had misplaced mounting holes. You definitely couldnt fit this correctly without doing some work on it. I got a replacement which has been fine. I emailed Mike who said Dave hadn't contacted him about it at all so basically it's still with Dave. Dave may well be being honest (if evasive), the used bearings he's selling may well have faults. If the one on Ebay is the one I returned it wouldnt be very useful without modification. Maybe Mike will help out if there is an issue with these Ebay bearings? It would be a shame to see them not put to good use, bit of a sorry situation really.

[Joe]

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[DSJR]

I also bought a MN from Dave a while back which had misplaced mounting holes. You definitely couldnt fit this correctly without doing some work on it. I got a replacement which has been fine. I emailed Mike who said Dave hadn't contacted him about it at all so basically it's still with Dave. Dave may well be being honest (if evasive), the used bearings he's selling may well have faults. If the one on Ebay is the one I returned it wouldnt be very useful without modification. Maybe Mike will help out if there is an issue with these Ebay bearings? It would be a shame to see them not put to good use, bit of a sorry situation really.

I'm sure that if there's a manufacturing defect, then Mike would replace the faulty part at least, if not the whole thing. I do appreciate Mike charging a fairly modest fee for re-authorising a used but otherwise "correct" bearing though.

[Mike_New]

To Dave R and all others:--
I have never received any returned bearings as being faulty, (either from my own customers which are now many) or from Mr. Cawley.
Obviously if that had occurred, then they would have been replaced free of charge and at my cost.
More importantly, I would have had an opportunity to determine what had gone wrong in the manufacturing process, if anything, and to have further improve the bearing. I cannot imagine why I would not want to retain my reputation for supplying a quality product.

Obviously, if these units have been returned and find their way onto Ebay, then that is the responsibility of those concerned not mine.

However, if anyone is unfortunate to score the ‘jackpot’ in this regard, then I will replace the unit for a new one, under the same conditions as my previous offer.