All Things Vinyl..

Cosimo · 23 Aug 2014 at 12:34

Rega RP6 which runs off a TT-PSU:

Si. · 23 Aug 2014 at 16:05

Nice.. what amp and speakers are you using..

Cosimo · 25 Aug 2014 at 10:53

Si. said:
Nice.. what amp and speakers are you using..

A Pro-Ject Phono Box RS phono pre-amp into a bi-amped Arcam A38 amp and P38 power amp driving PMC twenty.23 speakers.

Derek W · 25 Aug 2014 at 13:16

Spook187 said:
Having sold my Technics 1210's a few years ago i could be adding a set of these to my DJ collection.

Pioneers look decent though. I'll post up my Numarks later on.

Depending on your musical persuasion a couple of good places are :-

http://htfr.com

http://www.juno.co.uk/

Derek W · 26 Oct 2015 at 22:42

Better late than never with this one!

My setup is 2 x Numark TT100 Direct Drive turntables with a Behringer DJX700 mixer. Got it hooked up through my pc although got it through a cheap Aiwa hifi as well (its ancient!)

Cue the arty farty photos now

Taking delivery of more vinyl this week along with a pair of Ortofon Concorde Pro Cartridges.

Looking to get a vinyl cleaner as well as some of the records I've bought (second hand) have got mucky prints on them :mad:

Cosimo · 27 Oct 2015 at 13:55

Derek W said:
Better late than never with this one!

My setup is 2 x Numark TT100 Direct Drive turntables with a Behringer DJX700 mixer. Got it hooked up through my pc although got it through a cheap Aiwa hifi as well (its ancient!)

Cue the arty farty photos now

Taking delivery of more vinyl this week along with a pair of Ortofon Concorde Pro Cartridges.

Looking to get a vinyl cleaner as well as some of the records I've bought (second hand) have got mucky prints on them :mad:[/QUOTE]

Nice setup. :) Is that just a hobby or do you go out DJing?

Derek W · 27 Oct 2015 at 17:42

Cosimo said:
Nice setup. Is that just a hobby or do you go out DJing?

Just a hobby, Dj'd various after parties during my uni days but I've been buying up some vinyl again recently so thought I'd spin a few tunes and upgrade my stereo system over the next few months. With the next lot of records arriving I think I'll have about 460 singles and albums altogether. Need to get a vinyl cleaner as well cos some of the stuff I've bought has other peoples grubby thumb marks on them which I'd never do!

mid_gen · 29 Oct 2015 at 14:55

Picked up a Thorens TD180 a few weeks back. I know it's not a patch on the 160 and the like but it's in immaculate condition, still has the plastic film over the panels, can't bring myself to peel it off, it's been there 20 years or something!

Just have a cheapo pre-amp running into the Onkyo 616 and B&W MT-1 system. Sounds lovely

Hopefully get my hifi/electronics geek friend to make a build a nice clean pre-amp for me soon.

Mr_Sukebe · 29 Oct 2015 at 16:01

Some great shots guys, nice one!
Doesn't move me enough to want to change from my existing streaming solution (which sounds fabulous), but all the same, does ping the heart.

kitfit1 · 29 Oct 2015 at 16:45

Sold my Technics SL 150 a while back and picked up this nice little beauty................................havn't been able to stop playing vinyl since

bemaniac · 29 Oct 2015 at 17:44

Gyrodec yay. I have the puck but not the deck hehe. I'll buy one eventually but mostly working on buying a house first. Stick with my upgraded RP1 and acrylic platter for a bit.

sastusbulbas · 29 Oct 2015 at 20:12

I have a Gyro SE with QC PSU, SME IV, XLO reference tonearm cable, Ortofon Rohmann and MC10 Supreme carts, phono stage's are Sonic Frontiers SFP-1 valve and EAR 834P.

Used to have quite a lot of records, but with three kids I ended up getting rid of over half of them.

Derek W · 29 Oct 2015 at 20:15

sastusbulbas said:
Used to have quite a lot of records, but with three kids I ended up getting rid of over half of them.

So you've only got one child left? Cos you're not saying you got rid of vinyl! :eek:

marl · 30 Oct 2015 at 00:27

Gyrodec's are hypnotically pleasing to look at - I remember a dealer telling me that he had one spinning away in the window and a woman came in and bought it simply to look at!!!!

kitfit1 · 30 Oct 2015 at 07:15

marl said:
Gyrodec's are hypnotically pleasing to look at - I remember a dealer telling me that he had one spinning away in the window and a woman came in and bought it simply to look at!!!!

They sound pretty good as well lol

9designs2 · 30 Oct 2015 at 23:48

Mr_Sukebe said:
Some great shots guys, nice one!
Doesn't move me enough to want to change from my existing streaming solution (which sounds fabulous), but all the same, does ping the heart.

No change just add

.... My Streaming solution sounds pretty good too

(KDS)... But then the LP12 just sounds so compelling.....

Ok confession time, since I posted those pictures over a year ago it's been back to the dealers.... It's now maxed out, with new arm and cartridge.... :eek:

marl · 31 Oct 2015 at 11:06

9designs2 said:
No change just add .... My Streaming solution sounds pretty good too (KDS)... But then the LP12 just sounds so compelling.....

Ok confession time, since I posted those pictures over a year ago it's been back to the dealers.... It's now maxed out, with new arm and cartridge....

Lets see some photo's!!!

Derek W · 31 Oct 2015 at 11:43

Minor update, following on from the last post, concordes have arrived

9designs2 · 31 Oct 2015 at 23:19

marl said:
Lets see some photo's!!!

A few historical ones as well......

In the beginning it was with a Black plinth....

Then on my home made set up and servicing rig.....

For a while I used it with a spare plinth I got off eBay, was black but I stripped it back to natural colour.

Then I switched to the classic fluted afromosa deck after I had refurbished it.

Then around last Christmas time I heard of an exdem cartridge at one of the dealers I trust in my area.... Sound Cinergy... The Linn cart hadn't been on my plans due to crazy high cost, was going for another Lyra as mine was well worn and many years old..... But the exdem "discount" got me tempted so I jumped... :eek:

...Still a crazy cost...

Now that I had committed to the top cart.... to then not finish the job off with the latest version of my arm proved to tempting... :rolleyes:

Couple of weeks ago after chatting with Peter at Cymbiosis he had an exdem arm becoming available. So the deal was done..... and back the deck went for new arm and tune up.

As far as official upgrades go it's now maxed out...... I'll not go for some of the 3rd party items.... plinths and top plates etc..... I have a few of my own designs to develop for those

It's been a 25 year journey with my LP12... OK could be seen as "Triggers Broom" ... The top plate and the lid is original

marl · 1 Nov 2015 at 08:55

Nice - thanks for the pics

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