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MisterX

Thanks I will try that

 

Might be a Stylus treatment. I used to use Stylelast from the folks that made Last products on mine. Can't find my bottle, it's hiding somewhere on my workbench but did find some other things I used to use for maintenance. The TDK head demagnetizer was an interesting piece, somewhere I have an older school handheld demagnetizer/wand. The Alsop was handy when you needed to clean a car cassette deck.

I actually don't think I ever used that LAST kit, I own a Nitty Gritty record vac system though my fluid is long outdated, granted I suspect it was just deionized water that you applied to your record.

 

Yup, the Alsop kit got lots of use in a number of car cassette decks. Granted I am now going to drive myself crazy trying to figure out where I hid that bottle of LAST stylus preservative......

 

Ha! Found my Stylast! Now if I can only find my glasses that I lost in the basement a couple of months ago.....

 

update on turntables: Transrotor (J.A.Mitchell) Golden Shadow 1977



i don't like the feet, will have to replace them with something more efficient - neither are the filt-spots original (i think it's supposed to be cork),
well, only got it the day before yesterday - it'll improve over x-mas, i guess

 

thx mate - check here (from legendary movie "clockwork orange"):



to be honest: my thorens 124 are better, but not as stylish ;-)

 

Not sure how heavy the turntable is? But you can try Finite Element, i use the Cerabase Classic under my turntable.

 

yeah, i know those - they're very nice but for my opinion a bit to expensive (basic set of 4 roundabout € 700,- or do you know a cheaper - i mean much cheaper - source ?

 

Yes just a bit pricey, no i don't know if you can get them cheaper.
Like i was saying how heavy is your turntable, the Classics are for very heavy things but the Compact are better for different weight. Even the compacts are €600 for 4 but you only really need 3.

Have a look here for the weight they can and effective under, scroll down to Efficiency.

 

thanks mate, the weight isn't that high, "only" roundabout 5kg (my thorens are much more heavy).

right now i've sorta refurbished the original ones. they do their job but i want something better. i'm going to try some supensions for military two-way radios of kinda the same weight this weekend, if they work i'll hav'em chromed...

 

ha, just realized that the "finite elemente" is only 80 k's away from me - i'm going to got there !

 

if you mean the Transrotor: in fact it does !

i had it dismounted completely today, cleaning main-bearing (and areplacing lubrificant) - the whole thing is sorta home-made stuff, the bearing is a flimsy thing, compared to the Thorens 124, everything is so filigrane etc., but nevertheless: the soundexperiance is quite amazing, and i haven't adjusted the arm properly yet.
right now enjoying some nice beer and a (the first) Cinematic Orcestra. killer...

 

Mister X no fluids, they are threaded for adjustment. Read a review here from Positive Feedback.

Everything in audio is expensive, just because they can it would be nice if they were cheaper.
If you think you can make something similar that performs as well or better, you should make it as you would make loads of money out of it.

With regard to your comment “Luckily I'm more into the equipment side for various reasons and don't have to worry about great sonics”, I am the opposite it’s all the music and sound quality.