Do you know of anyone who could do it?Originally Posted by Andre
Get that platter anodised to match to arm
Do you know of anyone who could do it?Get that platter anodised to match to arm
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Might affect how it sounds, so be careful!
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.
Agreed, Marco. It's either that or I'll give it a really good polish with Brasso, having first removed the o-ring.
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It'll be a lot of work, but you can get an extremely good shiny finish on aluminium with Autosol... I did the foot peg hangers on my motorbike to an almost mirror finish, but they were pretty smooth to start with.... Don't sue me if you get RSI though!
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Excellent idea, Alex. Brasso first and then Autosol, I think. Thanks.
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Good plan, Martin. That's what I done with mine. T-Cut can also be useful. Some pics of the finished results would be good
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 used Acorn Plating in Sandhurst village for the Jelco arm collars, and they are definitely to be recommended. You can go in without a clue what sort of process you need and they'll happily advise. Contact details are at http://www.acornplating.co.uk/80405/contact.php
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Martin, glad you found the mk2 Dynavector 20 series similar (and possibly better) than the also darker toned mk1's - IMO..
One thing I'd like to ask is - Are the cartridge bolts non-magnetic? Most of the "black" bolts available to us were magnetic steel ones and these had a negative sonic effect on the moving coil cartridges they were used to fix. Switching to non magnetic stainless steel ones almost always brought about a profound improvement.
I can't go on and I can't go back, I don't feel so matter of fact,
I tried and tried to make good sense, What's the good to try it all again?
Hi Dave
Yes, the bolts that DV provided were non-magnetic but seemed very hard, and were grey in colour. Not like the usual useless aluminium bolts provided with a lot of cartridges.
I loved the DV's dark nature but occasionally felt a little short-changed in the midrange, especially on female voice. Conversely, the Shelter 501-II was magnificent in the midrange but didn't have a clean treble, unlike the DV. I hope to get the best of both when my new Shelter 5000 arrives
Thanks, Hugo. I'm torn between this and doing my own polishing. I'll have another think about it.
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