Lol - coolio... Both are magnesium headshells, so there's liable to be next to fook all difference, although for me, the AT had a slightly nicer smell.
Marco.
Lol - coolio... Both are magnesium headshells, so there's liable to be next to fook all difference, although for me, the AT had a slightly nicer smell.
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.
Just won this nice little ECL 82 push pull Pamphonic 3001 for the collection, i've just taken the sleeve off and looks like it's going to be a labour of love with all those original caps to replace.
At least all the valves are Mullards![]()
Jon
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Set up
Lafayette el84 power amp , Audio note M1 pre , Tannoy Sterlings, Garrard 301 , SME 3012 , puresound P10, Ortofon SPU, Cambridge CXN streamer
Micro mega Duo 3 cd transport ,
Location: Essex, UK
Posts: 131
I'm oscar.
I've got to many projects on the go at the moment , but this looks a bargain
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-PIONE...ht_6262wt_1009
www.oscarsaudio.co.uk Turntable Mats , Platforms , Headphone Stands , Cables , Cones
says it may need a new laser so probably does....would that beexpensive?
Jon
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Set up
Lafayette el84 power amp , Audio note M1 pre , Tannoy Sterlings, Garrard 301 , SME 3012 , puresound P10, Ortofon SPU, Cambridge CXN streamer
Micro mega Duo 3 cd transport ,
Could be a bargain?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audio-hifi...item27cbac2776
Oh ho ho, someone will latch onto that 'unknown' cart.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...E:L:OC:GB:3160
and
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...E:L:OC:GB:3160
and a postage discount
Quite happy about that
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TAD CD / DAC / Pre, Technics 1210, MCRU PSU, Mike New Bearing & Platter, Stillpoints LP1 weight, Speedy Steve Ebony armboard, Fidelity Research FR64FX arm, Ortofon SPU. Aurorasound VIDA Phono Pre Amp, TAD Power Amp, TAD E1 speakers. Coherent RTZ 3 Grounding box, Coherent grounding cables, Creaktiv racks. Coherent Mains Cables. SR Blue Fuse. Interconnects : Coherent and Yannis 223.5 Connect Litz. Coherent speaker cable. Audio Magic Transcendence Conditioner. Coherent mains socket. Mains Filters : , PS Audio Harvesters, Russ Andrews Purifiers, Tacima, Vertex. Black Ravioli and RDC supports. Electric Beach S1NX platforms for TAD CD and Technics. Ferrite chokes everywhere except the above. Ears, brain
Mike
Location: Torquay, Devon.
Posts: 5,683
I'm Shane.
Some pricey Royd speakers!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Royd-Sintr...#ht_500wt_1203