OK - so here is a photie - (not very good) of the lifting hooks and a copy of the instructions supplied with the platter upgrade.
Steve
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OK - so here is a photie - (not very good) of the lifting hooks and a copy of the instructions supplied with the platter upgrade.
Steve
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OMG!Originally Posted by chris@panteg
It has all suddenly come together with the platter upgrade! Just been blown away listening to some vinyl favourites (Jethro Tull, Dire Straits) - this system has never sounded so together - total system synergy
No more upgrades, no more A/B dems - I have arrived
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Pleased for you Steve ! Looking at your system I'm not surprised , Like Doug Dunlop , Glen Croft is a decca man ! Get the synergy right and there's nothing quite like it .OMG!
No more upgrades, no more A/B dems - I have arrived
It something I'm thinking about ? How would a decca perform in a 309 ?
Chris
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Love it - pleased for ya, dude!OMG!
No more upgrades, no more A/B dems - I have arrived
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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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Any further thoughts on the VA Bearing and platter upgrade Steve?
System; Michell Gyrodec SE/ Orbe Clamp/ Gert Pedersen armboard mod/ HR PSU/ SME V / J7 Tonearm cable/Ortofon Cadenza Black// Jez Arkless Turbo nutter B------ /Trichord Dino+
Amplification and loudspeaker set up is at the moment being split into two groups, comprising the following;
1. Same sources as above; SONY TAF-770ES/SONY CDP761E/Cable Talk 3.1 loudspeakercable/ Harbeth Compact7ES2/ Stands
2. Virtue Audio Sensation M451battery PSU, ClarityCaps upgrade/ Sensation M901/Russian PIO caps with Teflon bypass caps upgrade/ JT Dynamic PSU with various tweaks/ Connex Audio 5N Litz loudspeaker cable, Impulse H6 Loudspeakers.
Me so horny- Impulse H6 Horny
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Hi Andy - nothing more to add really - I think my last post said it allAny further thoughts on the VA Bearing and platter upgrade Steve?
I can wholeheartedly recommend this upgrade route - I suspect there is a synergism with the bearing and platter mods so I guess knowing what I know now I would have both done at the same time.
Steve
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Hi Steve,
Richard does great work, doesn't he?
Cheers...
Shian7
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Ok cheers Steve, will look into the bearing/platter upgrade, seems good VFM, and l like good VFM
System; Michell Gyrodec SE/ Orbe Clamp/ Gert Pedersen armboard mod/ HR PSU/ SME V / J7 Tonearm cable/Ortofon Cadenza Black// Jez Arkless Turbo nutter B------ /Trichord Dino+
Amplification and loudspeaker set up is at the moment being split into two groups, comprising the following;
1. Same sources as above; SONY TAF-770ES/SONY CDP761E/Cable Talk 3.1 loudspeakercable/ Harbeth Compact7ES2/ Stands
2. Virtue Audio Sensation M451battery PSU, ClarityCaps upgrade/ Sensation M901/Russian PIO caps with Teflon bypass caps upgrade/ JT Dynamic PSU with various tweaks/ Connex Audio 5N Litz loudspeaker cable, Impulse H6 Loudspeakers.
Me so horny- Impulse H6 Horny
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My new Vantage Audio platter , i rather like it
Sorry about the dustwifey keeps telling me off .
Chris
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Looks good.
How does it sound ?
Chris
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