Nice turntables. Attached picture is an absolute requirement.

[phn]

Back to topic. Here's my yellow Rega Planar 3 I bought in 1995, currently with Rega Exact cartridge. Still going strong. I just completed a thorough DIY maintenance on it, tightened the various mechanisms, cleaned and changed the oil on ball bearing, etc.

(and no, I don't listen records like this, just wanted to take a picture of the record being played together with the player)

 

[sergeauckland]

Although broadcast turntables have a little ledge to prop up the LP cover, so the operator knows what's playing or cued up to play.

 

[JiiPee]

New introduction from Thorens: TD 404 DD. Some good TD 124 DD technology in a more modern looking, but still classic, package, and with a much lower price tag. I like it.

 

[DNA16S]

By the way, which additive do you use with the Humin, the one sold by them or any other? I use the one I had for the vacuum RCS, from Winyl (a Spanish company with very good products for vinyl care)

 

[DNA16S]

Pictures of my new configuration:

Main: Technics SL1300G (SKyanalogue P-1/AT33MONO)

Second: ProJect 6 Perpex SB (AT33PTGII)

 

[dr0ss]

a single carton of Alconox is easy enough to obtain, and ought to last a long time in this application. Safety-wise, I imagine it's as safe as, if not safer than common dish soap,

I use Liquinox, not Alconox, since then I don't have to worry about undiluted particles. (The products are deemed functionally equivalent by the manufacturer.) It has a huge advantage over dish soap, namely it rinses very cleanly, which is why it is the standard product labs use for cleaning glassware. It is also great for washing dishes!

By the way, we already have a thread (at least one!) devoted to record cleaning:
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/how-do-i-clean-the-vinyls.27706/

 

[Palmer]

Fixed a Beogram 5000 for somebody who managed to get it broken, in the process of moving. Have to say I don't like working on them, since everything is dainty.
Everything. Not to mention it is all brushed aluminium. But it plays nice, for being a 40 year old turntable. Now it does, that is ... Album is Adele 30 , clear version.

 

[DanielT]

All in one; turntable, tube pre amp section, 50 watt power amp. For $8500, could it appeal to potential McIntosh buyers? Maybe it will.

MTI100 Integrated Turntable: Sun Records Limited Edition

McIntosh is proud to collaborate with Sun Records on this one-of-a-kind musical marvel. Featuring a custom printed glass plinth and accompanying felt slipmat, only a very small quantity will be made, making each turntable a unique collectors item.

shop.mcintoshlabs.com

 

[AdrianusG]

All in one; turntable, tube pre amp section, 50 watt power amp. For $8500, could it appeal to potential McIntosh buyers? Maybe it will.
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MTI100 Integrated Turntable: Sun Records Limited Edition

McIntosh is proud to collaborate with Sun Records on this one-of-a-kind musical marvel. Featuring a custom printed glass plinth and accompanying felt slipmat, only a very small quantity will be made, making each turntable a unique collectors item.

shop.mcintoshlabs.com

I'm not in the market for a new record player at all, but why oh why do these ugly Tubes have to stick out? on a record player? and at that price

 

[Ropeburn]

I'm not in the market for a new record player at all, but why oh why do these ugly Tubes have to stick out? on a record player? and at that price

And placed right where you grab the tonearm. Genius!

 

[DanielT]

I'm not in the market for a new record player at all, but why oh why do these ugly Tubes have to stick out? on a record player? and at that price

If I had combined a turntable, a tube amp and Sun Records, I would have gone all in for $8500 instead. If I had the technical knowledge, I would have bought and renovated, fixed up a:

https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/harman-kardon/citation-ii.shtml

Or built one as good as Horias2000 DIY:
(if I had tube amps as a hobby that is)

Building a valve amplifier

I managed to perform a quick measurement with the feedback closed. Below you can see the frequency response (log frequency scale). I'm also inserting the openloop response with log frequency scale, just for reference. And I'm attaching the square wave response for 1kHz, 500Hz and 100Hz...

audiosciencereview.com

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Flight, hotel and tickets to:

Memphis Tour | Sun Studio | Memphis

Welcome to the official site for Sun Studio. The Birthplace of Rock 'N' Roll and home to the 'Million Dollar Quartet' - Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, B.B. King, Ike Turner all recorded in this studio

www.sunstudio.com

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Turntable, my old Thorens TD 166 MK II.

Any money left over spent on classic old rock and roll records.

 

[Frank Dernie]

I'm not a fan of currently prevalent steampunk inspired turntable designs. The way I like them is classic and simple:
View attachment 458323

STST Motus DQ II

This is what I would probably buy if I needed a turntable - from an engineering perspective. I've always been a fan.

 

[EJ3]

And placed right where you grab the tonearm. Genius!

That's what the tube cages are for: to leave grill marks on you!

 

[AdrianusG]

And placed right where you grab the tonearm. Genius!

Yes, that too, just unbelievable!

 

[AdrianusG]

If I had combined a turntable, a tube amp and Sun Records, I would have gone all in for $8500 instead. If I had the technical knowledge, I would have bought and renovated, fixed up a:
View attachment 459338View attachment 459339

https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/harman-kardon/citation-ii.shtml

Or built one as good as Horias2000 DIY:
(if I had tube amps as a hobby that is)
View attachment 459340

Building a valve amplifier

I managed to perform a quick measurement with the feedback closed. Below you can see the frequency response (log frequency scale). I'm also inserting the openloop response with log frequency scale, just for reference. And I'm attaching the square wave response for 1kHz, 500Hz and 100Hz...

audiosciencereview.com

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Flight, hotel and tickets to:
View attachment 459341

Memphis Tour | Sun Studio | Memphis

Welcome to the official site for Sun Studio. The Birthplace of Rock 'N' Roll and home to the 'Million Dollar Quartet' - Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, B.B. King, Ike Turner all recorded in this studio

www.sunstudio.com

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Turntable, my old Thorens TD 166 MK II.

Any money left over spent on classic old rock and roll records.

BTW, i didn't mean Tubes are ugly per-se, just this combination, and indeed as Ropeburn already mentioned, the "strategic location" so close to the tonearm

 

[AdrianusG]

If I had combined a turntable, a tube amp and Sun Records, I would have gone all in for $8500 instead. If I had the technical knowledge, I would have bought and renovated, fixed up a:
View attachment 459338View attachment 459339

https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/harman-kardon/citation-ii.shtml

Or built one as good as Horias2000 DIY:
(if I had tube amps as a hobby that is)
View attachment 459340

Building a valve amplifier

I managed to perform a quick measurement with the feedback closed. Below you can see the frequency response (log frequency scale). I'm also inserting the openloop response with log frequency scale, just for reference. And I'm attaching the square wave response for 1kHz, 500Hz and 100Hz...

audiosciencereview.com

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Flight, hotel and tickets to:
View attachment 459341

Memphis Tour | Sun Studio | Memphis

Welcome to the official site for Sun Studio. The Birthplace of Rock 'N' Roll and home to the 'Million Dollar Quartet' - Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, B.B. King, Ike Turner all recorded in this studio

www.sunstudio.com

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Turntable, my old Thorens TD 166 MK II.

Any money left over spent on classic old rock and roll records.

Nice Car in front

 

[EarlessOldMan]

If I were to buy that McIntosh turntable, I'd expect 'em to take me out for a nice dinner first and send me flowers the next day.

 

[rdenney]

Gordon Gow is rolling in his grave, not to mention Frank McIntosh.

They understood high finish quality, to be sure, but never compromised high functional quality within the context of their design philosophy. But that's not the market these days for an $8000 record player, I suppose.

But then as far as I recall McIntosh didn't even make a turntable while the founders were still alive, or within nearly 20 years of either one of them being alive. Their first was in, what, 2008? And it was even more expensive. But while it had knobs and a meter on the front and a plexiglas platter about half a mile thick it did not have tubes sticking out of it. I seem to recall the brand they recommended for their dealers to carry in the day was Micro-Seiki, but I have no idea whence came that memory.

BTW, my friend who is sending me his non-functioning Linn Axis (plus a Yamaha turntable from the 70's) decided he needed a new turntable after all. He bought a Linn Majik LP12. He's enjoyed his Linn Axis for 37 years, so his brand loyalty is at least well-earned.

Rick "shops waaaay downmarket" Denney

 

[DanielT]

This guitar amp manufacturer ..

History

Our story begins with Orange Amps . . . Orange Amplification has been a pioneering force in guitar and bass amplification since 1968. They have an exceptional reputation for delivering innovative technology, always built with uncompromising attention to detail and quality. Known as the leading...

orangessentials.com

..has now jumped on the retro, vintage, turntable craze and created their own turntable. Why not, but doesn't it look very similar to the Rega P1 turntable?

O Turntable – Orange Amps

orangeamps.com

 

[AaronJ]

Rega has a few collaborations like that. Exposure comes to mind.