Show us your Turntables!!!

[Warren Jones]

The cartridge is a Technics EPC-U205mk3 with a Jico SAS stylus.

 

One small issue - I need to raise the platter 20mm as the Technics arm is slightly too close to the top of the plinth to insert the cable.

 

[Frank Prowse Hi-Fi]

Got to see this beauty up close and personal in Tokyo last Sunday. Not too many units coming into Australia.

 

 

 

Edited November 10, 2022 by Frank Prowse Hi-Fi

[metal beat]

@Frank Prowse Hi-Fi   wrong thread.   I don't believe you own this turntable.

 

post in tantalizing turntables please.

 

 

 

[Frank Prowse Hi-Fi]

10 minutes ago, metal beat said:

@Frank Prowse Hi-Fi   wrong thread.   I don't believe you own this turntable.

 

post in tantalizing turntables please.

 

 

 

 

Correct and apologies (on the wrong thread remark).

Mods - remove above post if required.

 

 

[Kristian Kristiansen]

I knew that upgrading my Thorens TD 150 with a chunky new walnut plinth and an SME 3009 s2 improved + Garrott P77 was going to be an improvement 

 

But i was so gobsmacked at how amazing it now sounds - it actually sent a shiver down my spine 

 

I am hearing things in my records i've never heard

 

before and after 

 

 

 

 

[aussievintage]

48 minutes ago, Kristian Kristiansen said:

I knew that upgrading my Thorens TD 150 with a chunky new walnut plinth and an SME 3009 s2 improved + Garrott P77 was going to be an improvement 

 

But i was so gobsmacked at how amazing it now sounds - it actually sent a shiver down my spine 

 

I am hearing things in my records i've never heard

 

before and after 

 

 

 

Those SME3009 tonearms still hold their own against newer stuff.  My main player uses one like yours.

 

Well done

[Bisguittin]

Good stuff Kristian! You've really got that sumptuous solid wood thing going haven't you? Looks great and likely sounds even better!

[proftournesol]

That was my first Hawkwind album. Thirty-four Hawkwind albums later...

[Laurie010]

this is my clear audio champion 2 with odyssey engineering rp1 - xg tonearm - currently have an audio techinca at0c9 cart which will be my next upgrade

[TravellingTT]

Just gave my 1981 Technics DD table with AR Cambridge C77 cartridge to my daughter. She already had my old Musical Fidelity MC2 speakers. Added to a cheapie Yamaha amp and she loves the sound and I have admit it’s not bad either!

[Dawso8]

On 11/11/2022 at 7:20 PM, Kristian Kristiansen said:

I knew that upgrading my Thorens TD 150 with a chunky new walnut plinth and an SME 3009 s2 improved + Garrott P77 was going to be an improvement 

 

But i was so gobsmacked at how amazing it now sounds - it actually sent a shiver down my spine 

 

I am hearing things in my records i've never heard

 

before and after 

 

 

 

 

 

Thorens x Marantz = match made in heaven 

[Kristian Kristiansen]

49 minutes ago, Dawso8 said:

 

Thorens x Marantz = match made in heaven 

and B&O MS150s to seal the deal  -

 

it's been quite a journey over the past year ... but i am very happy with the sound that this system puts out 

 

though I am torn between the little marantz 140 pocket rocket - which gives out such a stunning warm and full sound - but the low headroom means it hits the red peak meters pretty easily... vs my ESOTEC SM-7 150wpc beast - which has more headroom than i need but is a tad more clinical...

 

 

 

 

[Dawso8]

3 minutes ago, Kristian Kristiansen said:

and B&O MS150s to seal the deal  -

 

it's been quite a journey over the past year ... but i am very happy with the sound that this system puts out 

 

though I am torn between the little marantz 140 pocket rocket - which gives out such a stunning warm and full sound - but the low headroom means it hits the red peak meters pretty easily... vs my ESOTEC SM-7 150wpc beast - which has more headroom than i need but is a tad more clinical...

 

 

 

 

 

How loud are you listening!? 75 w p/c on those little fellas

 

Sounds like you need to get a 250M and then you'll never look back!

[Kristian Kristiansen]

9 minutes ago, Dawso8 said:

 

How loud are you listening!? 75 w p/c on those little fellas

 

Sounds like you need to get a 250M and then you'll never look back!

 

 

yeah depending on the recording - they start to peak at about noon on the preamp volume dial (with 140 turned up full)

 

that is plenty loud for normal listening and i usually have it at around 10 - 10:30 on the dial.... the SM-7 obviously has bucketloads of headroom by comparison

 

[Warren Jones]

On 11/11/2022 at 7:20 PM, Kristian Kristiansen said:

I knew that upgrading my Thorens TD 150 with a chunky new walnut plinth and an SME 3009 s2 improved + Garrott P77 was going to be an improvement 

 

But i was so gobsmacked at how amazing it now sounds - it actually sent a shiver down my spine 

 

I am hearing things in my records i've never heard

 

before and after 

 

 

 

 

 

I love the wood look and those old wood cased Marantz I always had a soft spot for them.

[mwhouston]

My inexpensive stylus brush crumbled a week back. Just remembered I have this new free soft tooth brush. Seems to work perfectly. And my cartridge will be cavity free.  

[Kristian Kristiansen]

1 hour ago, mwhouston said:

My inexpensive stylus brush crumbled a week back. Just remembered I have this new free soft tooth brush. Seems to work perfectly. And my cartridge will be cavity free.  

I use floss on my Garrott

 

 

(said the matron to the bishop)

[Jamesuk]

6 hours ago, mwhouston said:

My inexpensive stylus brush crumbled a week back. Just remembered I have this new free soft tooth brush. Seems to work perfectly. And my cartridge will be cavity free.  

And your cartridge will be cantilever free too !

[mwhouston]

2 hours ago, Jamesuk said:

And your cartridge will be cantilever free too !

Strangely the tooth brush is gentler than the stylus brush. I may just cut down the handle. 

[Tasebass]

TLC time on my main deck!!…clean polish and general check over I do every few months!..

[Warren Jones]

1 hour ago, Tasebass said:

TLC time on my main deck!!…clean polish and general check over I do every few months!..

 

Nice looking TT. What is it?

 

[Tasebass]

10 minutes ago, Warren Jones said:

 

Nice looking TT. What is it?

 

A Linn LP12 Klimax with my own plinth and top plate affair…

[Warren Jones]

It looks fabulous.

[Antipodean Brad]

There's no Jif and a scourer going near that beauty.  What do you use to maintain it looking like that?

[Tasebass]

48 minutes ago, Antipodean Brad said:

There's no Jif and a scourer going near that beauty.  What do you use to maintain it looking like that?