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New Townshend Rock 7 owner

The Townshend is in transit to it's new home. I purchased this one-owner table as a package, complete w/ Funk Firm FXR ll arm, dc motor upgrade, Discovery Balanced phono cable and Brinkman PI cartridge. It come with all original boxes, manuals.

If all goes well, I should be able to get it up and running with one exception, my phono stage is not balanced. Since the original owner bought this from a respected dealer as a package, I think my best route would be to get a pair of RCA to XLR adapters in order to hear the package as close as possible as was intended.

Any thoughts on that aspect? What brand adapters would be recommended? Also, any thing I might need to know from experienced users to help with set-up? Thanks.
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slaw OP
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@nsp ,

Great to hear! Look forward to your listening impressions.
nsp
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slaw
Will report back. Regarding the Merlin motor have you ever experimented with different power cords? Since the motor change the AC to DC and then back to AC again I would think a different power cord would that make a difference. What say you?
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@nsp,

I haven't. The cord connecting the motor to the power supply (by the way, mine says Merlin 3 on it) has a DIN type connector on the motor side. Does this have any significance when choosing another cord? I'm mainly talking about the type of wire being used.
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slaw
I will
Check my motor I don't think my unit says Merlin 3 on it.

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@nsp ,

My power supply says Merlin 3.
nsp
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slawMy power supply is about 14 inches long and 2 inches wide. on the front it has the MERLIN name in large letters and underneath in small letters it says electronic turntable supply.
I understood your question concerning the connection to the motor but I cannot offer an opinion as to which TYPE of wire might be better. 
nsp
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slaw I don't I don't really know if different wire types would make a difference with a DIN type connector. I'm just using the standard 15 amp power cord that comes stock with the power supply. For experimentation I think I'll try several different power cords I have  for Source components in place of the stock cord to see if there is a difference.


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@nsp,

It's interesting as to how many iterations there seem to be of the Rock 7/Merlin. I've seen pictures of the Merlin power supply with a remote.


nsp
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slaw
A remote that's interesting. It would seem Superfluous with a t t system. Yes I know Max changed Motors also. The Rock7 underwent changes as it developed. My dealer has commented he felt the rock 7 came to Market a little too soon. This coincides with comments on This Thread about lack of detail concerning tolerances of the turntable setup. Like the problem I just had did not have a solution until someone complained about the problem.
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@nsp,

A remote? I assume it was to change platter speed, still?????

I agree with the direction of your post.
nsp
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slaw  I guess if your turntable setup is far away from where you sit and you mistakenly select 33 RPM when it should be 45 r p.m. and you can easily use a remote to switch it it makes sense. Or vice versa if you selected 45 RPM and it's a 33 RPM record. Then you wouldn't have to get up. But I did this the other night chose 33rpm when it should have been 45 RPM but did not Discover it until I was several minutes into the record. So I had to get up anyway to put the tone on back to the beginning of the recording.I have tried switching power cables on the  Merlin power supply going from a basic 15 amp power cord to an inexpensive power cord. So far it hasn't made a difference but it was only one session.
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