Showcase Your Turntable

[Bluu]

@gee_john: I hate you :lol:

I am sure there are others who would like to know how much that gorgeous table costs. Please share if possible. PM, if not

Cheers!

 

[sachu888]

Not as nice as gee_john's or Asit's TTs, but my first TT - a Dual 1229.
It has a M91ED, with a very good original stylus, and my pre is
a VSPS assembled on a general purpose board. The VSPS sounds
excellent, esp considering it cost just about Rs 200! I plan to build
Rod Elliott's Subsonic filter ESP-99 soon.

I just completed a DIY full service/restoration of the 1229,
fixing all the issues as noted in this excellent post below on
another forum by Bill of FixMyDual.
In addition, I also changed the old flickering neon
strobe with a DIY LED based replacement.
It was a serious learning experience.

Nice Dual and VSPS.I will soon build my DIY phonostage designed by AK member Hypnotoad

Regards,

Sachin

 

[entsurgeon]

@gee j if you are disclosing the price on pm only, one pm for me too.

 

[kuruvilajacob]

Hi all,

I am new to this Forum and I'm a turntable maniac!
If I see a good TT, I have a compulsion to buy it.

It seems I can't upload more 5 pictures at a time, hence I will be showcasing just a few favourites from my collection of more than 15 TTs.

My favourite TT is AR XA with RB 251 arm Cardas wire and Shure 91 E cart. Then I also like the Technics SL 1200(1972) with stock arm. The other players I have are the Thorens Jubilee model (Limited edition),Thorens TD 126 Electronic Mark 2 with Jelco Arm, Sony PS 6750 DD turntable, Thorens TD 150 made by EMT with original tonearm, Lenco L-236 Belt drive TT, Gemini PT 2000 and many many more. I use Prologue one amplifier with Yaqin MS 12 B phono preamp and KLH Model 5 speakers.

Looking forward to contribute to the forum

Regards

Kuruvilajacob

 

[sachu888]

Hi all,

I am new to this Forum and I'm a turntable maniac!
If I see a good TT, I have a compulsion to buy it.

It seems I can't upload more 5 pictures at a time, hence I will be showcasing just a few favourites from my collection of more than 15 TTs.

My favourite TT is AR XA with RB 251 arm Cardas wire and Shure 91 E cart. Then I also like the Technics SL 1200(1972) with stock arm. The other players I have are the Thorens Jubilee model (Limited edition),Thorens TD 126 Electronic Mark 2 with Jelco Arm, Sony PS 6750 DD turntable, Thorens TD 150 made by EMT with original tonearm, Lenco L-236 Belt drive TT, Gemini PT 2000 and many many more. I use Prologue one amplifier with Yaqin MS 12 B phono preamp and KLH Model 5 speakers.

Looking forward to contribute to the forum

Regards

Kuruvilajacob

Thanks Sir,for nice pics,please upload pics of your rest of the TTs.

Regards,

Sachin

 

[kuruvilajacob]

Dear Sachu,

I shall display them when my children come home as I am not too good at all these uploading stuff! I forgot to mention two of my good turntables in my earlier list. They are
1) Denon DP 60 L
2) Onkyo Integra

Regards

Kuruvilajacob

 

[santhosh]

Friends,
I have posted these pics elsewhere on HFV, but this is a more appropriate thread. So posting some pics of my TT (shot by my friend Sid who has excellent photography skills) here:

 

[santhosh]

Contd....

My Stereo Rig in my Listening Den:

Closeup view:

Sorry about the poor quality of pics.

 

[santhosh]

Contd...
Sometime around April this year, I accidentally broke the stylus while cleaning my TT. I received the cart after re-tipping at Sound-smith earlier this month. Would like to thank member Anilva for carrying my Cart safely back from the US and also Jochen Semler (The Listening Room, Bangalore) who very kindly offered to help me set up the cart during the Bangalore Hi-Fi Meet.

Some pics of Jochen Semler setting up the TT with great care and precision :

Jochen's Dr.Feickert Protractor:

Checking Azimuth:

 

[Bluu]

Wow! Stunning room you have there Santhosh! I'm definitely visiting soon.

 

[sachu888]

Hi,

Micro Seiki MB-14 with DIY CNC phonostage.

 

[anm]

great room santhosh

 

[Anil kumar]

Lovely looking TT santhosh meet you soon....


Regards,
Anil

 

[abhijitwadekar]

Hi santosh, Great room and good set-up.
Does your Project have a motor hum that is reported by some people?
Abhijit

 

[santhosh]

Hi santosh, Great room and good set-up.
Does your Project have a motor hum that is reported by some people?
Abhijit

Thanks Abhijit, my TT does not have this hum issue. Also, the motor is decoupled from the plinth using rubber band like mechanism (visible in 4th picture of last picture..the one with the protractor on the platter).

 

[murali_n]

Hi Santhosh,

Good set-up, will drop in when I stop at Bangalore(sorry Bengaluru).:clapping:

N.Murali

 

[spacemonkey]

Man!! What a thread!
Damm you all for having such expensive hobbies
Just make me wnat to rip out that cheque book and go shopping!!!

 

[avidyarthy]

Just make me wnat to rip out that cheque book and go shopping!!!

... anither awa tae 'is doom ......

 

[entsurgeon]

Contd...
Sometime around April this year, I accidentally broke the stylus while cleaning my TT. I received the cart after re-tipping at Sound-smith earlier this month. Would like to thank member Anilva for carrying my Cart safely back from the US and also Jochen Semler (The Listening Room, Bangalore) who very kindly offered to help me set up the cart during the Bangalore Hi-Fi Meet.

enlighten us on cost involved in retipping??
@gobble- does retipping means i have to tip same waiter twice???:lol:

 

[santhosh]

enlighten us on cost involved in retipping??

Doctorsaab,
I got my Cart retipped for $150 by Soundsmith. They do a fantastic job on re-tipping and were recommended to me by malvai, stevieboy and Rajiv. I am very happy with the retip especially because not many undertake a retip of an MC cartridge. Also at that time, a new Ortofon Rondo Red was retailing at $485 and I was not really in a position to buy one more. Since I did not have a backup TT or a backup cart, I went ahead with the $150 retip after reading about it. One thing we need to be aware is that Soundsmith has a lead time of 12 weeks. In my case, it was a little ~5 months without analogue sound. Now that my TT is back and spinning, am smiling ear to ear again:clapping:

They have 3 levels of retipping:
I opted for the $150 re-tip which comprises of a "Nude Elliptical" diamond tip with an aluminum alloy cantilever(as per original spec of my cart)

There are two other levels available like $250 and $350 re-tips. Details below:
Soundsmith: phono cartridge retipping and rebuilding

@gobble- does retipping means i have to tip same waiter twice???:lol:

Good one :lol::clapping: Waiting for Gobble's response