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| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III I did not bother with the film caps, as per the opinion of Bill Thalmann, who says they tend to last indefinitely unless they are subject to excessive voltage beyond their rating. Also, I refuse to believe that one could "hear" the difference betw... | |
| For Basis TT owners does the VPI SDS work? With the Walker, I noticed a surprising degree of improvement on my Notts Hyperspace. Musical instruments were much better separated in space. Vocals were cleaner. The position of the phase switch on the Walker made a huge difference. I was very s... | |
| Technics SP-10 Tonearm Pod instead of Plinth/Base Dsa, You wrote, "I'm talking about a small operator who buys 2nd hand (or new) SL1200s, pulls them apart and re-births them as a top flight deck with a different arm, plinth, power supply etc." By the time they did that, why bother with the SL1200... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III I just re-capped an entire MkII. You are correct. There is no 1pF cap anywhere, but then again I/we have found a few other errors in the Service Manual, most notably in the regulator circuit for the 5V supply in the PS module. One of the transisto... | |
| Technics SP-10 Tonearm Pod instead of Plinth/Base Macrojack, I don't know about you, but I have been able to determine that most of us are old farts. What happens when we go to the happy LP hunting grounds, as far as the value of these turntables? I wonder how many of us are under 50 years old, f... | |
| Favourite Vinyl female and male vocals Ella on anything, really. Sarah, of course. But my favorite vocal is a Johnny Hartman LP on BeeHive label. (I think it's a low-end offshoot of Bethlehem.) It was recorded not too long before Hartman's death in the early 80s. I don't recall the tit... | |
| Technics SP-10 Tonearm Pod instead of Plinth/Base Macrojack, Nothing "wrong" with your plinth. I did not get a plinth with my SP10, so had to improvise my own. The question is whether your plinth or my plinth could be "better", This is the hobby aspect. Pure music lovers need not pay any attentio... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Pryso, The TLZ was the top of their line for a while. The next one down was the MCZ, as I recall. That one was related to the 8MC (or something like that), which may be the one to which you refer. I heard both the MCZ and the TLZ, and there really... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Pryso, In my lifetime I have owned about 25 different old Porsches, pre-1965 bathtubs. As you may know, Porsche consulted with Chevrolet at least on the Corvair motor, if not also on other aspects of the Corvair. Maybe that's why I like my Grado T... | |
| Technics SP-10 Tonearm Pod instead of Plinth/Base Pryso, You got the same idea I had re Raul's non-plinth. When I described it here pretty much as you did, Raul posted that I was incorrect, that his tonearm IS on a discrete outboard mount of its own. While Raul is not alone in preferring that typ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dave, Thanks for the URL, but nowhere do they tell you how much AVM you get for $95. It looks to be a very small bottle. I have never heard of this product before and would have dismissed it as snake oil, were it not for your recommendation. | |
| Technics SP-10 Tonearm Pod instead of Plinth/Base Dsa,You can get an exact 1:1 template for the SP10 chassis cut-out from Soundfountain. It even shows exactly where to put the screw holes. It costs only a few bucks.What that person may have meant re the 12-inch tonearm is that the square shape of... | |
| Technics SP-10 Tonearm Pod instead of Plinth/Base Fehhhh on perspex. Bad idea, IMO. I know that Clearaudio uses perspex for everything, but they are making belt drive tables. That's a different kettle of fish. | |
| Technics SP-10 Tonearm Pod instead of Plinth/Base You mean Corian? The scuttlebutt on Corian is that it does not sound so good as a plinth. This is only word of mouth information. I think Jean Nantais is one person who tried Corian as did some others with Lenco tts. Don't give up on concrete, IMO... | |
| How to fix the brake on Technic sp10 mkII? The key is that you say you have the part. If it is undamaged (check out the felt liner), then it can be easily reinstalled provided that the two posts (one fixed and one variable for brake tension control) are still present in your unit. If those... |