Technics SL1210mk2 - Where to start

[Gromit]

They do look interesting I have a set of these for playing around with but not really got round to it yet.

Yes the cork discs go under the feet.


Regards D S D L

Would be interesting to hear what the cork discs bring to the party. No doubt Richard (of VA) knows about them, would be keen to get his slant on the subject.

[Lee Henley]

They certainly are in my set-up Andy, which wasn't expected. Reading this thread made me briefly re-fit the Isonoes this afternoon, just to check, and yup the VA feet are definitely better - they just seem to give the deck more life, less musical intertia.

Gives me a lot of faith in what Richard at Vantage Audio knows about what makes the Tecchy tick.

Of course I've no doubt that others will prefer what the Iso's do in their respective rigs but it's nice to there is other really good (cheaper!) stuff out there...especially for poor underpaid muso's like me.

Hi Marco - this 1210's really singing nicely now, and unlike before where I was always impressed at the fireworks the Tecchy could set off, it's now joining the musical dots up in a way that my previous ones never quite managed. Compared to the 71? Hard to say in many ways - I'm not 100% sure the Jico'd Shure was a good match for the Pioneer arm. It was far happier with big, chunky cartridges like 103's and SPU's and of course my beloved Decca SG. The 71 is softer (unless you fit the Decca then it gets real teeth!) more lyrical perhaps and makes more challanging music, free jazz especially, make more sense, more easily.

My 1210 isn't doing too bad a job - the bearing has helped here without a doubt. It's a much tidier-sounding deck, sounding so much larger and more expansive than it did a fortnight ago and I'm more than happy to give it house room. It's making listening to records at least as enjoyable as the Pioneer and for me, that is a small but important milestone achieved.

I had a look on the VA website and could not see the feet, how much are they

[Gromit]

I had a look on the VA website and could not see the feet, how much are they

If you go to the 'Technics' bit then click on 'price info' it'll open up another window with the full price list of pretty much everything they do.

They're £25 btw.

[Gmanuk101]

hi all

For a budget of around £300 MAX, what amp would people recommend I check out?

thanks

Graeme

[The Grand Wazoo]

The one in this thread - it's a bleedin' bargain!

[MartinT]

Good grief, yes. Buy it quick!

[Gromit]

Ditto

If I could get down to Tom's place I'd bite his hand off for this!

[Tarzan]

If you go to the 'Technics' bit then click on 'price info' it'll open up another window with the full price list of pretty much everything they do.

They're £25 btw.


£25 and better AND more musical than the Isonoes you say Richard.....

[MartinT]

£25 and better AND more musical than the Isonoes you say Richard.....

That's a matter of discussion and I urge you to try both if you can. Certainly for me the Isonoes were a step up from Foculpods, another design of sorbothane foot for the Techie.

[Gromit]

£25 and better AND more musical than the Isonoes you say Richard.....

Indeed - and it wasn't what I expected either. Had a friend round with his DacMagic+ this afternoon (he's an Oboist though so clearly has no instrumental taste ) and whlst he was here we both sat down and did a quick A/B with the VA feet and the Isonoes as I was after a 2nd opinion. I hadn't mentioned a word about my views on either sets of feet but we both came to the exact same conclusions - that's to say the Iso's seemed to stem musical flow compared to the VA feet, making the sound smaller and somewhat congested. Almost as though the music had a pair of hands arounds its throat. Sonically neat and tidy - yes, but ultimately rather wayward in my rig.