Last Vintage turntable i owned

Oct 28, 2019 12:08:02 GMT @engine said:

Live that sexy Alphason Tosh combo.
I love S arms.
I have a xenon in need of a rewire .....anyone ?

The Toshiba is a seriously underated TT. If you can isolate it well enough, it is superb. Can suffer Boom if you don't.

With the Mission 774, it was the best budget combo I have ever heard. 100%

With the Alphason, it just didn't work. The Alphason sounded mushy and smeared and I regretted letting my 774 go. It was the last time I listened to anyone's HiFi wisdom.

I later put the Phonomac modded AT1010 on it and it sounded divine. Only bettered when I replace the Toshy with the SP10MK2.

The Inspire quest with Goldring 2100 was a stunningly good listen at the time. I didn't fully appreciate how good it was until later on. I am going to get me another Goldring Cart just to see how it does on the SP10. See if my memory is tricking me. "Eric Clapton's - Hello Old Friend" was my go to track on that combo. It had a really nice pace about it and I loved the tone.

The Sony was a let down. At the time, they were selling at £300-500, with no automatic functions working. I nabbed mine for £250 from an estate sale. They said it was fully working, sent a video showing it working and I paid up. when it arrived, the arm didn't lift and it didn't return to base at the end of a record. I was still new to vinyl and manually cuing made me nervous.

I sold it for what I paid. It did sound superb though. I put an AT95e on it. I remember listening to Rod Steward - Angel, The drums were so descriptive and powerful that I was totally addicted. I would take a fully working one right now, but don't need it!

Oct 28, 2019 16:10:27 GMT @engine said:

I use a Goldy 1042 cart on the Technics and I think it sounds great . And I've tried most mid price carts readily s available in the UK.This is my 4th 1042 which is a record for me
Although it's not for the beginner to set up due to the finely detailed stylus. I now plenty who claim it suffers from distortion when all it suffers from is ham handed setting up !
My advice is go for the good old Baerwald set up.
If your not happy with the inner grooves see if a Stevenson protector can be DV downloaded anywhere. This puts the emphasis on the inner grooves whereas the
Baerwald is a good all rounder .
Get it right . Put a drum solo on ... and smile.

My current setup has a precision set up, from the tonearm, Technics and Sansui Guru that is Phonomac (Angus on AoS). Custom protractor included.

I just realised I haven't put a pic of my TT on lol.

Oct 28, 2019 17:16:47 GMT @engine said:

Is that a 2M Blue or a Blue Cadenza on the Technics , BM ?
Or something else entirely and I don't know my arse from my elbow ?

Its an Ortofon Kontrapunkt b.

Second only to the Ortofon Vienna (in my limited cartridges auditions)

Oct 28, 2019 17:45:36 GMT karma67 said:

Oct 28, 2019 17:34:07 GMT @bigman80 said:

Its an Ortofon Kontrapunkt b.

Second only to the Ortofon Vienna (in my limited cartridges auditions)

ah but between the 2 is the kb vienna upgraded version

I don't 'know' that yet lol

Angus has a Vienna'd Kb and it's coming up to mine for a listen. I dare say i'll be saving my pennies shortly after.

Oct 28, 2019 17:44:24 GMT karma67 said:

it all started with this humble sansui sr212

revolver.

ar the turntable

lp12

heybrook.

pioneer plc-1700 japan only model.

rock 2

pioneer plc-590 with ultra rare pa-5000 arm.

and currently a sony tts-8000,hopefully the progression is clear.

What a journey!

Some really nice TT's there J, the Sony is obviously the jewel in the crown.

Oct 28, 2019 18:24:22 GMT karma67 said:

cheers oli,whats next i wonder?

Who knows but it will have to be really rare and mega money to make it worth the purchase.

The TTs-8000 is one good looking beast!