Hi Jason
The QL1 is going very nicely , and yes its giving my 1210/SME a scare but perhaps when i have the LPgearAT95HE it may be a very different story , will see
i have to say never in my wildest dreams did i think it would end up sounding as good as it does , as standard it sounds good , respectable would be the best way to describe it perhaps , but a very different beast now , the stylus replacement for the supplied P22 cartridge is critical though as the cheap conical CS version's you can buy on ebay are not much cop and can give a false impression to the deck's performance ! Also the AT3482 i have been running is quite a harsh and crude sounding thing ' though LPgear can supply an upgraded stylus for it .
If anything the QL1 is sounding better now , the Jico has run in and the bits that Richard fitted have bedded down , i feel it desperately needs better feet though and Richard was telling me about a special sub-base for the deck which could be very interesting.
One must remember though that back in 1983 the DL1 was about £200 and the QL1 was about £270-80 ish , the 1200mk2 was around £220-30 , these deck's must not be confused with the cheap plastic afairs ' that technics started selling a couple of years later ! They seemed to have given up from 1986 onwards , the QL1/DL1/SL7/SL10 and the rare SL15 were all very solid and well built decks .
The Dino with PSU+ sounds like a good deal , and yes the 640p is still a cracking good budget/starter phono stage .
The 301 is a cart that i don't know much about to be honest but the 103R does have some magical qualities , it may well work superbly in your Jelco/LAD arm on the SP10 , again you can ask Richard as he knows the 103 and its variants very well .
Last edited by chris@panteg; 12-03-2011 at 21:02.
Chris
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