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Ralph
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Ralph
That's an Aladdins cave that is!
I bet Marco is scratching his head wondering how someone could enjoy fruitbox and heavyweight DD running side by side, it hints at an interesting perspective on your viewpoint of hifi v music.
What speakers are you running Kcc?
Nick.
You could say its a celebration of the turntable art ' isn't vinyl such a wonderful way to listen to music ' and to think at one time i nearly gave it up to my eternal shame.
Chris
We've gone on holiday by mistake !
Location: Somerset, UK
Posts: 717
I'm King.
I used to think those two decks were both called “The Legend” until one day I saw the back of the decks where it says AR “The Turntable”.
Despite I have had the two “Turntables” for years I still do not know the difference between the Legend and The Turntable. Can any one enlighten me, please!
My SL150 is fitted with an AT1010arm which plays a major role to its overall sound. As a combination, it provides a very good performance comparable to or even better than one of its siblings, the SL1210s, if not the SP10s or SP15s. I think it is best to put it on a solid foundation for the benefit of a better sound. And in my case, it is sitting on a piece of slate which is also on top of my Spider shelf.
My SL150 does not have a gentle or soft sound because I like to use the Denon 103 on this deck as the AT1010 is a medium to high mass arm with a 16 grams effective mass ( plus an additional 4 grams by using a heavier Audio Technica AT-LT13a headshell), which is perfectly ideal for the 103 cartridge. The sound is lush with romance in the mid and very powerful in the bass, not bad at all.
Location: Somerset, UK
Posts: 717
I'm King.
Location: Somerset, UK
Posts: 717
I'm King.
Here are some more pictures of my toys:-
Denon AU 305 transformer
Croft Super Micro preamp
Yaqin MS-12B phono preamp
Nakamichi 600 cassette deck
Denon DR-M44 cassette deck
Luxman L85V amplifier
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Some wonderful kit there i see you have CA640p 'how do you like it ' i use one of these ' seems to be great VFM , although i will at some look for something better 'buts its fine for now.
Chris
We've gone on holiday by mistake !
Cor! It just gets better. The Nakamichi 600 is beautiful![]()
Location: Lancaster(-ish), UK
Posts: 16,936
I'm ChrisB.
I had a "The AR Turntable" which I bought new in about 1986/7. Soon after, it was rebranded as "The Legend". A year or so after that, came the EB101 & both sold alongside each other till AR pulled out of the UK - I don't think there was any difference between "the AR TT" & "the Legend" though.
Awesome stuff! I'd happily use any of it, except perhaps for the LP12 (although yours seems like a nice 'classic' one)
It's just the kind of system I like to see, as it shows that you're not a slave to 'flavour of the month' equipment, are able to think outside of the box and get away from the usual run-of-the-mill mainstream nonsense!
Btw, what's your first name and where do you come from? We like to know a little about each other here
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.