Hi JG,i never heard Rega P3,but i have heard Rega RB300+Scheu analog,it's good in this prices range,and i also think the Rega RB300 can do the great job.on the other hand,if your friend can afford more,i will suggest Well Tempered,it's good TT from beginning to now.
Yes, the Well Tempered can do things that others don´t so it is a great table, even in the absolute sense.
I went to a bake off a year ago with various Lencos, garrad, Lp12 (high spec), Voyd 3 motor, SME10/v, and various other decks, all pricey. It was the Amadeus that surprised everyone with its sense of poise, balance, even tone and great speed stability. A truly amazing deck made from spare parts of crap- ingenious....
I have build the other channel of the Starless. in the lab i got both channels working. In my system only the second channel works correctly. The other channel is too soft and distorted. It sounds like a contact problem and in fact when i moved around the stage a bit i could influence the signal. I will look at it tomorrow.
I have a modded Ariston RD80, with a 3,5kg platter that outsings some much heavier platter TT´s I have heard. I do not know if it is the modded suspension, or the special PSU I made for it, but it simply disappears leaving only a spacious beautifull sound.
The Rega P3 with the RB300 is a good tracker but lacks bass weight.
The Rega P3 with the RB300 is a good tracker but lacks bass weight.
Joachim
Cute 🙂
Audiofanatic 😉
P.S. I mean the Tonearm not the guy that holds the tonearm in his hand 😀
Cute 🙂
Audiofanatic 😉
P.S. I mean the Tonearm not the guy that holds the tonearm in his hand 😀
SQ, yes, i think it was that way. I made the head shell by compressing the arm tube so this is a one piece tonearm. The finger lift is made by rolling the compressed arm around a nail. I also build a turntable at that time. It is still working in a friends home. It is a rather heavy direct drive from terrazzo and acryllic. It is quite amasing that we had that kind of ideas over 30 years ago. And there was no internet so a lot of stuff came right out of our mind.
Jose`, sorry, i look terrible on that picture.
Jose`, sorry, i look terrible on that picture.
Hair
Hi Joachim,
No worries, you look fine, your hair looks like (a blond) Kenny-G (to me the best sax player ever).
The only difference between you and Kenny is that his bank account sows a few more digits than yours, just a few more 😉
Perhaps now you understand why I don't put my picture on the net, I look awful myself 😀
Cheers,
Audiofanatic 🙂
Hi Joachim,
No worries, you look fine, your hair looks like (a blond) Kenny-G (to me the best sax player ever).
The only difference between you and Kenny is that his bank account sows a few more digits than yours, just a few more 😉
Perhaps now you understand why I don't put my picture on the net, I look awful myself 😀
Cheers,
Audiofanatic 🙂
I am using an SME3009 Series II Imp with fixed head shell.
I bought a heavier counterweight from SME (very good service) and added some weight to the headshell to be able to handle the Benz ACE M.
The TT has new springs and damping, the motor is powered by a reducing TX so voltage is around 80VAC bringing out microdetail.
It works very well indeed.
PS:
Your case looks very good 🙂
I bought a heavier counterweight from SME (very good service) and added some weight to the headshell to be able to handle the Benz ACE M.
The TT has new springs and damping, the motor is powered by a reducing TX so voltage is around 80VAC bringing out microdetail.
It works very well indeed.
PS:
Your case looks very good 🙂
I made the second channel of the Starless work. Actually that was not easy. Back in the lab the channel worked again so i was stuck.Then i found that the faulty channel had some considerable DC offset at the input. It was something like 3mV. Nothing to be worried about in a buffer but for an MC phono input this is way too much. First i tried with swapping the Fets but after 1 hour back and forth between plus and minus 10mV i gave up.
The Fets have to be exactly matched right away or you are in trouble. In in end i solved the problem by inserting an offset trimmer.
The Fets have to be exactly matched right away or you are in trouble. In in end i solved the problem by inserting an offset trimmer.
I inserted a 100 Ohm trimmer between drain of the input transistor and the source of the upper cascode. i do not know if that is the optimum final solution but it worked.