That mat looks good. Gives the Technics less of a Dj look more of a classy look.
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That mat looks good. Gives the Technics less of a Dj look more of a classy look.
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Cheers, Colin - I think so, too!
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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I think i know where im going in the New year. A Paul Hynes PSU and a Oyaide mat. I just wonder if the Oyaide would be better with a thin compliant mat on it.
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The Oyaide mat and blue horizon work together on my Lenco Colin, when I join the SL1210 club next week I will be giving it a spin with the 2.
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Churz, dude!
Incidentally, David has kindly offered all AOS members 10% off the Blue Horizon mat if they use this code: MAINS10 when paying on his website!
http://www.mains-cables-r-us.co.uk/o...ecord-Mat.html
What better Christmas present for a vinyl-buying music lover?
Nice one, David
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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Look forward to hearing your conclusions.Originally Posted by Mains Cables R Us
I have the same overspill problem for both LPs and CDs, Marco. I've just built yet another Benno CD tower to help take the strain. My Xmas guests don't know it yet, but they'll be playing the game of CD-alphasort with me on Boxing Day the moment one of them says they're bored.
As for my Techie, the Vaseline-bonded Achromat is a keeper. I am in seventh heaven with the sound and I still have the PH PSU to come - now working its way down from Uist by Royal Mail. The explosive dynamics I am getting from the Sheffield Lab James Newton Howard clear take my breath away. This is what my system relishes
CD Overspill
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I don't know, people have different ideas as to what looks good and what doesn't
Marco's new mat reminds me of the sand paper you put at the bottom of a bird cage .
Hmm, I think the Achromat looks better (but then my deck has an overall industrial look):
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