Owen Y Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 I'm keen to buy/swap for one of these older tonearms, for a TT restoration project. Or something similar.
Owen Y Posted November 16, 2005 Author Posted November 16, 2005 ps. Condition may not be too important. Parts may be OK. Regards, Owen
TT2 Posted November 17, 2005 Posted November 17, 2005 Is that an Acos lustre you're after Owen? I hear they go nicely on an Ariston RD11 Supereiur. Sorry I haven't got an Acos lustre, pretty rare in these parts I'd say.
Michael Jones Posted November 17, 2005 Posted November 17, 2005 Wasn't it a Lustre tonearm on the rega 3, before the RB300 was developed?
Magoo1553552686 Posted November 17, 2005 Posted November 17, 2005 Originally posted by TT2 I hear they go nicely on an Ariston RD11 Supereiur. I originally had a Lustre arm on my RD11S but thought it was a bit too heavy for it. The suspension was maxed out with the weight of the arm and steel subchassis. I ended up "downgrading" to a Sumiko Premier MMT, which seemed a little better suited to the turntable. Chris
Owen Y Posted November 17, 2005 Author Posted November 17, 2005 I'm not too familiar with these Lustre products, but I think, yes, the orig S-shaped Rega arm was made by Lustre. The GST-801 was a very heavy armbase construction, not exceptional sonically I'm told. Some the Japanese arms of that period (80s) were impressive pcs of engineering, as were some of the TTs. The arm on the Kenwood LO-7D TT comes to mind. Regards, Owen
TT2 Posted November 19, 2005 Posted November 19, 2005 Sorry to go O/T Owen. Magoo/Chris, are you still using the RD11s, & using the old power supply/pack? The T/T itself is a masterpiece of Scottish engineering. Cheers Dave.
Magoo1553552686 Posted November 20, 2005 Posted November 20, 2005 Hi Dave, I've been using a Well Tempered turntable for just over ten years but have kept the RD11s. Earlier this year I had my HFA amp in for service so I dusted off my "little British sitting room" system. Ariston RD11s/Sumiko MMT arm + Shure V15 mkIV cartridge/Mission Cyrus One amp/Roksan Hotcakes bookshelf speakers. My mum, doing what mums do best, managed to find a spare stylus for this late 70's cartridge hidden away in her office when she shifted house at the beginning of the year! This combination had all my records sounding quite nice ... warm, comfortable, not too much emphasis on imaging or soundstage ... very vinyl sounding I guess?! The Ariston was a good deck at the time and one can only imagine what could have been if the company had Ivor Tiefenbrun's marketing genius behind it. Would it've been able to produce the necessary design innovations that have kept the Linn LP12 at or near the top for so long? Who knows? Did you see the review from 1998 on vinylengine.com? The motor developed a hum not long after I bought the turntable. I am sure the replacement that I got was actually a Linn motor. I also replaced the suspension springs and grommets with Linn replacement parts. Every now and then, I've been having a peek on E-bay to see what price secondhand Valhalla boards are going for. Owen, I can't remember which model Lustre arm was originally on my turntable, but it was S-shaped, shiny, heavy and felt very well made. cheers, Chris
Owen Y Posted November 20, 2005 Author Posted November 20, 2005 I wasn't too familiar with the RD11 but I see that there is a HiFi World article on it here... http://www.hi-fiworld.co.uk/hfw/oldeworldehtml/aristonturntable.html It talks about the Grace 707 & the Acos/Rega arm being common on these TTs back then; both S-shaped arms I think. Regards, Owen
rushnmike Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 hello, just to let you know i will be listing a ACOS LUSTRE GST-801 TONEARM sometime later tonight with a buy it now. i dont know yet how much i will be asking. i am still looking into this. recently on ebay one of these sold for $310 my tonearm is in excellent condition and is very clean. however, i do not have the wire cable for this so i will not be asking for more than $250-$275 (maybe less) if your interested please let me know and i will get back with you. sincerely Mike
rushnmike Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 I have just listed this tonearm on ebay for $250 This may not last long so i hope you see this in time if you are seriously interested. the link to the auction page is below. http://cgi.ebay.com/ACOS-LUSTRE-GST-801-TurnTable-TONEARM_W0QQitemZ200046182782QQihZ010QQcategoryZ48648QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Owen Y Posted November 10, 2006 Author Posted November 10, 2006 Thanks for the heads up! I have recently been offered another tonearm, which may or may not eventuate, ....so I will still give the Lustre some thought. Many thanks, Owen
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