For the last couple of years I have been buying turntables of varying quality, fixing up and reselling to finance the hobby. I guess many people do much the same.
I was however, very impressed with the Onkyo 1015a sound quality, of which I found two, each with a pretty nice cartridge.
The controls of the 1015a are primitive and very”clunky” in operation.
I cannibalized one, and made an mdf platform to house the motor and circuit board, used the lightweight arm and wiring, powered the motor with an 18vdc wallwart, wired in the pitch control and used the stock rubber feet and springs.
This thing really sings and compares very favorably with my Ariston and Dual decks.
These Onkyo turntables can be found dirt cheap. I paid less than $10 each.
Just thought I would share. Great fun and very rewarding.
Peter
I was however, very impressed with the Onkyo 1015a sound quality, of which I found two, each with a pretty nice cartridge.
The controls of the 1015a are primitive and very”clunky” in operation.
I cannibalized one, and made an mdf platform to house the motor and circuit board, used the lightweight arm and wiring, powered the motor with an 18vdc wallwart, wired in the pitch control and used the stock rubber feet and springs.
This thing really sings and compares very favorably with my Ariston and Dual decks.
These Onkyo turntables can be found dirt cheap. I paid less than $10 each.
Just thought I would share. Great fun and very rewarding.
Peter
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Really nice work.
What paint did you use? Looks really good.
Guessing you used a router to shape the lower piece?
IMHO, this deserves better than the stock rubber feet from an onkyo tt.
Randy
What paint did you use? Looks really good.
Guessing you used a router to shape the lower piece?
IMHO, this deserves better than the stock rubber feet from an onkyo tt.
Randy
Thanks guys.
No to the router....just jigsaw, rasp and sandpaper.
Paint is Rustoleum rattle can gloss enamel.
Yes, the feet are there because I had them. I do have some adjustable brass pointy feet I could use. Maybe worth a try.
Bill......how are you? Any further developments? The Apogees I mean !
No to the router....just jigsaw, rasp and sandpaper.
Paint is Rustoleum rattle can gloss enamel.
Yes, the feet are there because I had them. I do have some adjustable brass pointy feet I could use. Maybe worth a try.
Bill......how are you? Any further developments? The Apogees I mean !
Hi Peter,
I'm well, just short on time, very short on time. I have however managed to almost complete a job that I started 20 years ago so I might just start to move things forwards. But for now the Apogees are still stock and still playing music 🙂
I'm well, just short on time, very short on time. I have however managed to almost complete a job that I started 20 years ago so I might just start to move things forwards. But for now the Apogees are still stock and still playing music 🙂
So just a jigsaw and then filed it down from there.
Very impressive you could do this with a jigsaw and some hand tools and a can of paint.
Makes it hard for the rest of us to say I don't have the right tools to make this 🙂
I also shouldn't really talk about feet, my tt (which is now sitting on a shelf in my garage) has threaded rods for feet. I was going to at least put them to a grinder and give them pointy ends, but never got around to it.
Very impressive you could do this with a jigsaw and some hand tools and a can of paint.
Makes it hard for the rest of us to say I don't have the right tools to make this 🙂
I also shouldn't really talk about feet, my tt (which is now sitting on a shelf in my garage) has threaded rods for feet. I was going to at least put them to a grinder and give them pointy ends, but never got around to it.
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