Help/ Advice on a start up rig

[Gordon Steadman]

That is one minty-looking PL112D you got there. These were old decks back when I was getting into the game 25 years ago. Mind you I have a budget Sony direct drive from about '76 and that also looks like it has never been used. I'm hoping one of my nieces or nephews gets into vinyl when they grow up, will be a good present for them.

My problem, is keeping there little paws off it all now. When I go, Ronnie will have to fight to keep the 57s and the Stereo20 as my nephew has always assumed they are his. He's just waiting for me to go

[Macca]

Well at least he is interested

[istari_knight]

Yeh i saw mateys article on upgrading the A60, i'd like to keep it all in it's originally enclosure and without step-by-step photos i am uncomfortably out of my depth! Out of interest did you chance the PSU capacitors or volume pot? If so any recommendations?

I used Servisol "Super 10" on all of the controls & they came up like new so didn't need replacing [no low level balance issues either.] The 10000uf/50v variety from here: http://www.witchhataudio.co.uk/?page_id=483 are nice although half the size of the originals.

[Lace'd Taste]

That is a well looked after PL112 Gordan, cheers for posting it up, and thanks James for the heads up on the Servisol - that definitely come in handy! Right I think i'm fairly set now, appreciate all the advice & links - i'll post some before and after photos up around December time.

[Roy S]

Mine was 40 quid (works well with the cork mat)

[Lace'd Taste]

So i received the A&R A60 today - so much better in your hands than on the net (like a lot of things ) Anyways I'm wondering which input i should plug the PL-12D into. There's the Mag P.U. input then TUNER/AUX/TAPE. I'm not to sure what Mag P.U. means and googled it to find:

"NOTE: never plug any item (Tuner, Tape Deck, CD, MD, etc) into a MAG/PU input other than a MAG/PU output turntable in to an amplifier/mixer the sound will be distorted as it's over-loud and could blow a few capacitors or more!"

I dunno if the PL-12D is Mag P.U. compatible, also i open the A60 and the MAG P.U. section seems to have it's own discrete on board circuitry compared to the other inputs.

Any thoughts?

Jayson

[hifi_dave]

Mag PU is a moving magnet cartridge and it is this you plug your turntable into. Do NOT plug a CD player or tuner etc into this input, just the turntable.

[Oldpinkman]

Mag PU stands for "Magnetic Pickup" - it means the record player cartridge as Dave says. It has the extra circuitry to provide additional gain for a very low voltage signal and to apply RIAA equalisation. PL12D (assuming you stripped out any spurious integrated amplifier as discussed previously) goes in here.

Tuner aux tape should be fine for everything else, although you may find the CD player much louder than the record player.

Have fun!

[Lace'd Taste]

Ahhh gotcha! Cheers for clearing that one up, i took the pre-amp out don't you worry. Just finished making the shelf in the workshop, several coats of Danish Oil, a quick buff and then nearly there!

[walpurgis]

Hi Jayson, if you're interested Shane (southall-1998), has a good pair of Mission 780SE speakers to sell.

They are the (posh) Cyrus version, identical apart from the badges. Might be worth asking him. These are great little speakers and probably about the right size.