kuruvilajacob
Well-Known Member
I got a Micro Seikie DDX 1000 about a month back in the most dead condition any player can be. It was just a lump of dirt and rust and in most pathetic condition. Someone had pulled out a Micro Siekie arm and SME arm from it's arm pods leaving only the stumps. I should say, someone had priced it out so badly, nothing could have been done to those precious arms ever. What a pity! Anyway, I knew I must get it to work no matter what it cost. Just to open up the player and control unit was an exercise. After more than a month's efforts, it's singing with a beautiful early SME 3012 model tonearm and Shure 97 XE cart. The effort it took to revive this TT makes me confident of taming most such TTs provided there are no critical parts unavailable. It sounds as good as any of my top players and may start giving competition to the leading ones after it runs for some time. It keeps perfect speed and has very very high torque. My brother just came and is stunned by the wide sound stage and I am listening to a record from Frank Sinatra's songbook volume 2. The orchestra sounds like a live performance with Frank singing right from the center.A good feeling specially after knowing that none of those who saw it's condition ever thought it's possible that it can come alive as it has. Now for some pictures. I am yet to paint it give it a face lift which will be done after it runs for a couple of months
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