Hi, everyone. As seems to be the custom in these introductions, I guess I'll disclose that I've been reading threads here since 2020.
That would be sometime in the late spring of '20, to be more exact... not long after my downstairs neighbor finally came up to complain about the constant muffled drone of my not-so-apartment-friendly system, which by that point in the pandemic lockdown cycle must've been coming from his ceiling 10 hours a day (and night).
The exchange precipitated the arrival of a pair of Sennhieser HD-6XX's and a Bottlehead crack amplifier kit at my doorstep and, well, here we are.
These forums were ultra-helpful in the crash electronics course that I gave myself in those days, so thanks to all of you. Overall, I've been into hifi since I was a teenager. The DIY thing is relatively new for me, but I'm the sort who always needs a project...no matter the area of interest...and hifi is pretty attractive because my taste in electronics tends to far exceed my budget. Which brings me to the reason for this post:
Recently, I ran across the opportunity to build a turntable. I have a GREAT working motor, platter and other internals, but everything else.... plinth, arms, plans, fabrication will be from whole cloth. I'll start a thread with all the details and some images in the Analog Source forum once I'm cleared here. Hopefully some of you (and within 'some of you' I definitely include @6L6 ) will be interested in following and offering a bit of guidance. Thanks and cheers!
That would be sometime in the late spring of '20, to be more exact... not long after my downstairs neighbor finally came up to complain about the constant muffled drone of my not-so-apartment-friendly system, which by that point in the pandemic lockdown cycle must've been coming from his ceiling 10 hours a day (and night).
The exchange precipitated the arrival of a pair of Sennhieser HD-6XX's and a Bottlehead crack amplifier kit at my doorstep and, well, here we are.
These forums were ultra-helpful in the crash electronics course that I gave myself in those days, so thanks to all of you. Overall, I've been into hifi since I was a teenager. The DIY thing is relatively new for me, but I'm the sort who always needs a project...no matter the area of interest...and hifi is pretty attractive because my taste in electronics tends to far exceed my budget. Which brings me to the reason for this post:
Recently, I ran across the opportunity to build a turntable. I have a GREAT working motor, platter and other internals, but everything else.... plinth, arms, plans, fabrication will be from whole cloth. I'll start a thread with all the details and some images in the Analog Source forum once I'm cleared here. Hopefully some of you (and within 'some of you' I definitely include @6L6 ) will be interested in following and offering a bit of guidance. Thanks and cheers!
For anyone who might be get an alert from a post to this thread, I started a build thread for my turntable project here:
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/rescuing-reimagining-a-technics-sl-100c.413924/
Advice, encouragement, critiques, admonishments, et cetera are welcomed and appreciated!
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/rescuing-reimagining-a-technics-sl-100c.413924/
Advice, encouragement, critiques, admonishments, et cetera are welcomed and appreciated!
