mike1210

What have you done to yours?

Mine has a Timestep PSU, Mike New bearing. Jelco 750 arm. Denon DL103r Cart (well that's on the way). Acromat, Isonoe Feet.

Mike

subaruturbo_18

Well i find this thread very interesting. It's almost like the completely over the top discussions they have on Gearslutz where everyone thinks they know better than everyone else.

All this talk of audiophiles and real hi-fi sound etc is such a funny subject. and it gets even better when people talk of music being reproduced the way the artist has intended. Frankly, you are never going to get the music to sound exactly the way the artist intended.

And also, when using hi-fi systems, you will never actually get that high fidelity sound you are after unless your room has been properly treated acoustically.

Hearing music and sounds through whatever system and speaker set up is completely subjective. Of course you get cheap and nasty systems which literally produce bad sounding music, but even when you pay for decent quality they all have their pros and cons. Some set ups will produce a warmer sound, some will sound richer, some with more bass than others. At your budget there is no way you can go wrong with a 1210 as it is a good quality turntable that will last. The differences in sound, unless you have sound engineer trained ears, will be very minimal. And the major differences (if they can be called major) between equipment will only really become apparent when being compared directly against each other.

My advice to the OP would be to buy the most reliable/best built TT you can for your money. A 1210 is certainly up there in that subject.

The Pink Ninja

iTrader: (23)

What do looks have to do with audio quality

Your previous post was
The fact is the Rega Planar 3 with an RB300 arm and Elys cartridge will sound better than a 1210, When you say well sorted does that mean it will cost more than £200

The OP has asked for a recommendation and given his budget all i`m doing is giving my opinion on audio quality, Not looks

stormyuklondon1

At around 200-250 it's hard to look past the rega rp1. Good quality turntable, reasonably cheap with a warranty and sounds good. And your buying British which is a bonus. That'd be my choice.

Dingdongler

Hey Mike, similar to yours

1) Vantage Audio PSU

2) Vantage Audio uprated bearing (on trial)

3) Iso feet

4) FF Acromat

5) AT 440 cart

Still got a few more things to add on when time/funds allow ie arm and perhaps platter. It's sounding really nice at the moment

ditchmyster

iTrader: (7)

lol, i really started something here.

I have an old hitachi A class mossfet amp thats 460w and bridgable, if i can prise it out of the grasp of one of my pals i'll use that, i was planning on getting some decent speakers to go with it at a later date, but for the time being i shall just hook the tt up to my sony surround sound system because thats what i have available, i would like to get something that has the potential to create a half decent sound, the tt is just the beginning of something i've been meaning to do for a while and just not had time.

So are we any closer to a decision as to what i should go for.

warrenm2

sent you a pm

TelBoy

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rega-Plana...item1c2858a9bd


Next.

Jamz3k

I'm wondering where I can buy a well serviced modified 1200/1210 with a good cartridge for 200quid.

hodgy0_2

planet scoobyland

f1_fan

iTrader: (9)

I'm wondering why you'd want to

chocolate_o_brian

iTrader: (22)

'Cos he wants a frickur-frickur fresh reeeewind!!



You'll get a decent SL1210 for £200 used but the factory standard is good enough so it requires no modification (say like a hatchback engine) to work brilliantly

...seamus...

buy the most expensive rega planar you can afford with your budget would be my advice but personally for £200 i'd want to hear what i'm buying first

if you can get to the cornflake shop in windmill street, marylebone they have sound rooms where'll they'll set up anything for you to listen to - I have heard of customers taking their own speakers into the sound booths to listen to a deck or amp lol

ditchmyster

iTrader: (7)

Today i went for a curry at the local pakistani centre and got chatting with a mate and he gave me a tt, it's not fancy but it was free.

Dual CS 514 belt drive, semi automatic, he bought it in 1983 so it's a classic i'll give it a whirl for a while and see how i get on.

The Pink Ninja

iTrader: (23)

See post 3