Gromit's music centre...

[Marco]

What wand are you puttin' on her, then Richard?

Marco.

[Tarzan]

Latest addition, for the sake of completeness...although it is obviously incomplete at the moment:

Welcome home Richard Blog required for upgrades etc.

[Gromit]

What wand are you puttin' on her, then Richard?

Marco.

Sadly, the OEM arm on the deck had pooped bearings (Lee, who I bought the deck from, very kindly chipped in to get things fixed) so it's off to J7 this week to be restored to good-as-new. Then it'll be loaded up with Jamie's modded/heat-shrinked Technics arm for now. I'll be keeping the original, unmodded arm to re-fit in case I decide to move the deck on.

Just had a constructive afternoon stripping the deck down, removing the arm and cleaning/re-lubing the main bearing, giving the whole deck a good spring clean whilst doing so. Gave the platter rim a good going over with AutoGlym Resin Polish; works a treat on bringing up the dots/shiny bits without being abrasive. Nice thing is that the lid is in very clean condition - very few marks on it - so the turntable's looking very smart.

Will do Andy.

Just some very simple (cheap!) bits for the moment - certainly the VA feet and I've got an Achromat to go on it (one which was made SL1210-friendly by an RAF aircraft engineer mate of mine) but that'll be enough for the time being. Doing those 2 things I've found lift the Technics to an perfectly listenable level.

Any mods which the deck receives beyond that will be secondhand - power supply included, if the desire to do that materialises. Big choice these days too, although I've no plans to spend megabucks. Although I didn't exactly break even on my last 1210, I didn't lose an awful lot and learnt a hell of a lot in the process, especially with regards to the mechanical parts of the turntable.

The 1210 brings out the tinkerer in me - always has.

[Tarzan]

Yes it certainly looks clean Richard! Looking forward to your thoughts( and pictures) as we have enjoyed them in the past

[Gromit]

Lorks! Can't believe I actually bought something brand new for a change. Brought these little puppies home yesterday...

[julesd68]

Nice - clean, crisp design.

"Highly reviewed" as they say, so how do you rate them?

[Gromit]

Nice - clean, crisp design.

"Highly reviewed" as they say, so how do you rate them?

Still running them in at the moment Jules, although they've had a good few hours' beasting this afternoon with a varied assortment of music from the likes of Depeche Mode to Vaughan Williams.

Somewhat musically dim-witted and with a very sluggish bottom end at the moment. Not especially crisp nor articulate rhythmically Very impressive sense of scale though for such a tiny speaker. Their build quality is superb - notably the finish on them which is flawless.

[julesd68]

Dim-witted speakers! I like it ...

Had you demo'd them?

[Gromit]

Dim-witted speakers! I like it ...

Had you demo'd them?

No.

Actually my dad may end up having them - bit of a long story this:

I sold him my old ProAc Super Tablettes several years ago (for a daft knock-down price, seeing as he's my old man) but regretted doing so ever since. He hardly uses his rig now and bless him his hearing's not so good these days, so he's offered to give me the ProAcs back. I really can't accept them off him for nothing (they're in beautiful condition and have the proper Target heavy stands to match) as they're worth quite a lot of money now.

I said I'd get him a pair of good, small speakers in exchange and he's more than happy with that. He's popping up here this Weds with them so will have a good listen and decide whether they work well in our room. I'm hoping they do - they kept me happy for something like 12 years.

[julesd68]

hmm ... yes I think I know which I'd prefer!

Good luck with it - hope you both end up happy campers ...