Hi Andy
I really must touch up on my much older equipment, i always think of Revox first deck as the 'B790' from the late 70's.. That one went right over my head
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Hi Andy
I really must touch up on my much older equipment, i always think of Revox first deck as the 'B790' from the late 70's.. That one went right over my head
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I *love* the tonearm on that Schlumberger!
And especially that gorgeous 'fat and chunky' headshell... I dig high-mass headshells which enclose the top and sides of cartridges - I hate seeing ugly nuts and bolts and wires. And they suit the low-compliance, spherical-tipped cartridges I prefer down to the ground.
It's one of the reasons why I love the (classic) SPU
They used to make headshells like that all the time, where alignment was done via a sliding plate underneath the headshell, which the cartridge was fixed to. This was a much cleverer, neater, and more effective way of doing things. Observe in the case of this Microseiki:
Or this Sony:
Or this rather lovely Supex:
My all-time favourite detachable headshell, though, is the Rek-o-Kut:
Gorgeous!!Is that sheer retro cool or what??!!
One day, I'll treat myself to a Russco or Gates T/T with a Rek-o-Kut or Fairchild tonearm
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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get one while the prices are right
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Interesting - they look remarkably like London Acoustical Developments (L.A.D.) turntables. I've been a fan of these for years and have....er. four currently!Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Here's a screengrab of his home turntables that I've taken from the "John Peel's Record Box" documentary. Not a great picture unfortunately, but anyone know what they are?
(The documentary is well worth watching if you've never seen it.)
Engineers: fixing problems you didn't know you had in ways you don't understand.
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Interesting, Adam. Is their design based on a Technics D/D motor unit? It looks a bit like that to me. The tonearm also looks rather like a Jelco 750....
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 Jelco too - not sure if this will help?
(If you click it and watch it on the YouTube page it will be a bit bigger)
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They might be Koss headphones too, Marco?
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No, they are Beyerdynamic Headphones 'DT 100'..yes they are LAD TT's
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Cheers Andre! Never even heard of L.A.D.! Every day is a school day!
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Aye they were out in the 80's..funnily i don't recognice the decks cream colour! they will more than lilkley be Jelco '370' arms fitted..
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