Don McCorleone
Location: Galashiels
Posts: 14,031
I'm inthescottishmafia.
Dave, I put the mat back on your table at Owston. Can you make sure you have it?Originally Posted by Mains Cables R Us
He has a fancy plinth and a decent arm, cartridge and I suspect a mat as I lent him one
at least I think I did, oooooooo and one of the very best phono stages ever made
Vinyl heaven in Tait Towers I think.
“Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of fuel. Sentimental people call it inspiration, but what they really mean is fuel. I have always needed fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio”
Hunter S Thompson
Site Owner/Administrator
Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
Posts: 110,506
I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Yeah, undoubtedly Dom's a top man
However, don't be under any illusions: the Garrard will (if you want it to) expose you to a whole world of tweakery!! Such things are not the sole domain of the Techy...
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.
Don McCorleone
Location: Galashiels
Posts: 14,031
I'm inthescottishmafia.
And yes, have a loan of one of Nick's phono stages. Just got it all up and running last night. Sounding fabulous!
I'll stick up some pics later.
“Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of fuel. Sentimental people call it inspiration, but what they really mean is fuel. I have always needed fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio”
Hunter S Thompson
Don McCorleone
Location: Galashiels
Posts: 14,031
I'm inthescottishmafia.
Quick question- I'm getting a lot of static, to the point where the mat comes away with the record. At the moment there is no mains earth on the mains cable to the TT. Is there any mileage in connecting a mains earth and running a wire to one of the spindle bolts to help this?
“Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of fuel. Sentimental people call it inspiration, but what they really mean is fuel. I have always needed fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio”
Hunter S Thompson
Site Owner/Administrator
Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
Posts: 110,506
I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Yo - did you see the question I asked you in post #467? An answer would be nice
Churz!
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.
Banned
Location: Granes - Haut Vallee de l'aude - EU
Posts: 2,830
I'm Richard.
You big tease! I couldn't do that - as you may have noticed from other threads. I have patience and attention span measured in nanoseconds, and am playing with the toys before they are even properly out of the packaging. I see you are brandishing a Shelter 5000 there. If you could have it in the boot in February when the next TW audio fair is on, I'll make sure we have plenty of tea.
I am due to be force fed one of those Technics doodahs on the 29th, with the 2 funk platters, cos Arthur wanted my opinion, and I hadn't the time, and didn't like his factory system for doing the job properly (and forgot to take my copy of Little Jimmy Osmond Tweedlede dee 45rpm), and although he tried to pack me off with the deck we were listening to, the arm was the one without a cueing device, and I know just how far to push my luck
Astonishes me how everybody can bravely buck the old '70's 80's 90's trend and recognise Technics made some great HiFi products (U205C Mk3 or 4, EPS 310), and pick the wrong bloody ones. Before you get the pitchforks out, I was of course referring to the amps and speakers Arthur has at the factory...
Drunken Administrator
Location: Staffordshire, England
Posts: 43,348
I'm Martin.
I think this has to do with the humidity in the room, type of mat and possibly the material of clothes and carpet rather than stray electricity that needs grounding. Are you using a felt mat?
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > Troels Gravesen Faital 3WC-15.
Banned
Location: Huddersfield
Posts: 3,358
I'm David.
yes its on the way chief but un-trackable as that keeps costs down.....Indeed - when's the ETP one coming my way for assessment (as discussed), daftee? It would be good to know if Mike's shipped it to you yet, or what?
Marco.
let's hope someone from UK customs is not an audiophile and sees it
Banned
Location: Huddersfield
Posts: 3,358
I'm David.
is it a felt mate? rubber would be better
Don McCorleone
Location: Galashiels
Posts: 14,031
I'm inthescottishmafia.
I have wood flooring, and the mat is a cork/rubber composite I believe.
“Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of fuel. Sentimental people call it inspiration, but what they really mean is fuel. I have always needed fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio”
Hunter S Thompson
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