The Mike New Technics Bearing

[colinB]

Yesh, but you need to go the 'special' record shops, where the lighting is dim, there's a faint whiff of patchouli oil in the air, and the bearded clientele are sporting cheeky wee grins along with their sling-backs and Kaneesha tops......

Marco.

Yep! Thats the ones. The only benefit i can think of these days of living in London.

[JazzBones]

MN bearings (I have one ) have been appearing on eBay at knock down prices with a donation to charity (?), guessing you have seen this?
Well on another forum one of my earlier posts was why a bearing, worthy of a £12,00.00 turntable has been withdrawn. I got an answer of sorts. Later on another post of mine (mysteriously airbrushed out) stated that I was undecided but would be sticking with the MN bearing as there are satisfied customers world wide that like it. I suggested that as the bearing was sealed (faulty???) it could be taken apart for inspection for any faults, if any, and the results made known to at least inform us of the probs? Furthermore a section cut out of the bearing housing could be shown? The old delete button must have been pushed on my questioning without reason given to me. I was very, very careful not to infringe forum rules and I do think that points raised were well within the bounds of reason? Needless to say, as someone who bought an MN bearing, I was right piddled orf so I'm persuing my questioning over here, if thats okay? I am well aware, now, that the two gentlemen involved with the bearing would not pull the other out of shark infested waters to safety but, please, don't have the shark bight the customer.

I also questioned the use of PTFE as a thrust pad for a bearing based on John Ruggles, Audio Innovations, observation whilst involved in precision engineering... guess what, nada?

My intention is not to be provocative but to be reliably informed and educated on the matter. Another requirement is best bang for the buck?

Finally, I hope I've stuck this winge in the right forum place?

Lets be hearing from you, satisfyed and dissatisfyed with the bearing in question?

Jazz

[John]

This has been discussed in some length on this thread
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=8099

[MartinT]

Hi Jazz

I presume you're talking about the Timestep forum? You're not alone, I had my perfectly legitimate postings removed and a threatening pm sent to me asking me to 'play nice'. Presumably playing nice involves not asking any controversial questions at all. On that basis, I'm already out of there as I don't believe in censorship of that kind.

I can only speak for my MN bearing and not those posted on eBay, but based on mine alone there is nothing wrong with them. It is very well constructed and has given me excellent service to date, with a large step-up in performance over the Technics original. I'm also using the MN platter and base plate so I'm high on the curve of Techie upgrades and I've had a very good experience so far. Having spoken with Mike on several occasions he is a gentleman and clearly a very skilled engineer which shows in his products.

On the balancing side I feel honour-bound to say that Dave C has sold me various upgrades in the past including a special arm board for my Dynavector and each time I received good service from him. A shame, then, that he has treated anyone participating in this forum as suspect. His loss.

There is a vast repository of knowledge here at AoS so ask away and we'll try to answer your questions.

[DSJR]

I'm sure a PTFE thrust pad is fine with the standard-weight platter, offering low friction and low noise, but the heavy platter obviously needs something more substantial..

Jazzbones (Ron), do I know you???????

[snapper]

Hi Ron

Unfortunately,some dealers and manufacturers have set up forums with the sole intention of fleecing you for as much money as possible,instead of giving impartial advice.

I'm sure if there was a problem with your bearing,Mike New would resolve this problem as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Have a read through Martins post and also the thread highlighted by John.

[JazzBones]

Hi Jazz

I presume you're talking about the Timestep forum? You're not alone, I had my perfectly legitimate postings removed and a threatening pm sent to me asking me to 'play nice'. Presumably playing nice involves not asking any controversial questions at all. On that basis, I'm already out of there as I don't believe in censorship of that kind.

I can only speak for my MN bearing and not those posted on eBay, but based on mine alone there is nothing wrong with them. It is very well constructed and has given me excellent service to date, with a large step-up in performance over the Technics original. I'm also using the MN platter and base plate so I'm high on the curve of Techie upgrades and I've had a very good experience so far. Having spoken with Mike on several occasions he is a gentleman and clearly a very skilled engineer which shows in his products.

On the balancing side I feel honour-bound to say that Dave C has sold me various upgrades in the past including a special arm board for my Dynavector and each time I received good service from him. A shame, then, that he has treated anyone participating in this forum as suspect. His loss.

There is a vast repository of knowledge here at AoS so ask away and we'll try to answer your questions.

Hi again Martin, yup it was Timestep. Noticed the daily posts have gone down? By the way I put my post in the wrong place on AoS, the one you replied to here, it was afterwards that I read the main threads on the MN bearing. I'm still finding my way around here.

Due to time commitments I have not installed my MN bearing yet but will do so confident that its a keeper... why go down the ladder of improvements?

Thanks for the re-assurance
Jazz

[JazzBones]

I'm sure a PTFE thrust pad is fine with the standard-weight platter, offering low friction and low noise, but the heavy platter obviously needs something more substantial..

Jazzbones (Ron), do I know you???????

Course you do...Saturdays at Studio **, Harpenden, general dogs body and large speaker lumper, plus sharer of excruitating high pitched vocals from the manager's party tapes, hot chilli pizzas and the aroma of garlic and morning josh sticks, etc!

Regards DaveO,

Jazz(Ron)

[Mike_New]

Attention
To those folks who have purchased my Bearing on Ebay, You should email me for a copy of the "Installation Instructions". This is important as there are certain precautions to be taken when fitting it to your SL1200. I would include a copy here, but it is probably not appropriate.

[DSJR]

Course you do...Saturdays at Studio **, Harpenden, general dogs body and large speaker lumper, plus sharer of excruitating high pitched vocals from the manager's party tapes, hot chilli pizzas and the aroma of garlic and morning josh sticks, etc!

Regards DaveO,

Jazz(Ron)

Ello mate, "I rember you-oooooooo" (still in touch with his son...)

So, the LP12's finally bitten the dust eh? I do remember your setup was the first I ever heard SBL's sound civilised, confirmed on later experiences in Northampton.. Gawd, that was over twenty years ago now - like yesterday although so much has happened in the meantime. Love to Bren...

Back to subject - reminiscing over for now