I'm still just as happy with mine !
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Location: Surrey
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I'm Mike.
I'm still just as happy with mine !
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
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Ditto... Mine is (quite literally) going nowhere, as it's permanently fixed the base-plate!It stands, however, as one of the most fundamental upgrades available for the Technics.
I'm sure that a few sales will still trickle in, Mike!
Out of interest, how many do you reckon you've sold in total, worldwide, since day one of you supplying them?
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.
Trade: Wakefield Turntables
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 9,783
I'm Andrew.
Mine's done countless thousands of hours. I wonder how many revolutions that accounts for?
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CD Teac VRDS25X(Audiotuned) DECK 1210 Mat Crystal Audio Mods MN Base/Bearing/Platter+Ebony armboard Feet Isonoe PSU Paul Hynes SR7EHD-27XL/DCSXL Ag DC lead/3 Stage Regs/Recap PCB+No Pitch/Strobe/Light ARM SME V(Kondo Ag Rewire&Tags) MC Cadenza Black FGS CABLES Arm Yannis SPD-4 IC Yannis 222 Litz+Ag bullets Power WAR PRE ATC SCA2 SPEAKERS ATC 50ASL STANDS Atacama PHONO Sugden Masterclass PA4 SUT Ortofon ST80SE POWER PSAudio P10
VALVE / MONO
PRE Croft Epoch(Modded) AMP Sondex S100 (Modded) SPEAKERS Tannoy 15"MG+RFC Warwick cabs+ Ref XO + Batpure supertweeters DECK Garrard 301 Mat Teunto Bearings 401(Bastin) Plinth Bamboo Arms 3009/3012 PSU Eagle+Tachometer MC Ag Meister II/FGS + Ortofon SPU MONO CABLES Arm Yannis 420.5 Litz+ SpeakerPC Tripple C+WBT-0681 Ag IC Oyaide FTVS-510 AgWBT 0110Ag Phonostages Paradise(4 Box Mega-Modded) / Croft Musicmaker
I do not have an exact count as I did not keep all the records from the early days as I was not expecting it to take off the way it did. However I would say that about 300 have been sold world wide.Originally Posted by Marco
Ditto... Mine is (quite literally) going nowhere, as it's permanently fixed the base-plate!
I'm sure that a few sales will still trickle in, Mike!
Out of interest, how many do you reckon you've sold in total, worldwide, since day one of you supplying them?
Marco.
I have just got orders from the US and Portugal so I may be in the position to make 5 more which will leave about 10 remaining shafts before production will probably have to cease.
Hi Folks,
Following on from the above post. I received a surge of orders just before Christmas for 6 Bearings.
So I decided to machine up 10 Brass housings and to use the remaining 10 shafts that my toolmakers have in stock.
So I now have only 4 Bearings available for delivery.
And I sadly believe that these will be the last available.
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Location: KY - Scotland
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I'm Mike.
If anyone is doubting the difference one of Mike's bearings makes to the the 1210, I fitted one yesterday in under 15 minutes and the difference is amazing, tighter cleaner bass, mid range more defined and the treble sparkles.
It's like looking out the window on a rainy day and then suddenly the sun bursts through and everything glistens and looks crystal clear.
Last edited by mikeyb; 31-01-2016 at 16:01.
Hi folks,
I have just received an order for 2 complete sets of upgrades (bearing, Base Plate and ETP Platter)from a guy in Broadway NY and so this now leaves only one Bearing available.
There has been a sudden increase in interest so If I can obtain 15 deposits as I have done in the past then
maybe it might be economic to produce another batch of 25. If not then whoever gets the last one will be the last one!!.
Read more: http://theaudiostandard.net/thread/1...#ixzz3ystJ5oNS
Hi Folks
in the ongoing decision on bearings.
I have now received an additional 3 orders for Bearings and so I have decided that I may commit to making yet another batch of 25
Bearings if I can attract 15 people to commit to buying one on a 50% or 100% down payment.
The decision really is up to all of you out there who have spent much time thinking and talking about it, but have never done it!!
I now have confirmed orders for 5 Bearings so there seems to be an ongoing interest in them.
In fact there seems to be an increased interest in upgrades now that the magical and much hyped SL1200G has been assessed for what it is worth.
If I can attract another 5 customers I could be willing to take a gamble and make another batch.
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Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 251
I'm Dave.
Mike,
Do you know if your bearing fits the SP-25?
Current equipment: Cornscalas - Quicksilver Horn Monos - Technics 1210 M5G with Zu Denon 103R cartride and Haufe SUT.
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