No third mounting point with a Karma.
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Thereâs a thread pun in here somewhere⌠
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Nait 01 for meâŚpure simplicity and function
Yeah! Now weâre talking! The high end back in the old days.
Still have mine in active service in second system, it was originally gold n black as yours is, but shipping mistake on CD player led to a change to silver buttons and knobs.
Still sounds as stunning today as it did, here with the B300 power amp.
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Agreed, had one with PSX power supply for many years, real regret was not hanging on to them and traded in.
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No offence Ian. I believe you if you say they sound great. I commented only the look.
I am used to receive negative comments when I post some mega bucks turntables pics.
So from time to time I allow myself to have too some sarcasm when I donât like a particular look. I hope you will forgive me.
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Look at post 408
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I saw both posts, they made me chuckle. I was desperately thinking of a pun on âthreadâ (but couldnât stitch one together)
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Of course, I have only once been annoyed by somebody on this forum and it certainly wasnât you.
I enjoy your contributions -
The JR149 became a cult, because it sounded good and looked good. I remember hearing a pair in a Hifi show in Reading and been really surprised.
Some of your Mega Bucks turntables amuse me , and wonder how or why people buy them .
I do understand the need for a turntable to look stylish as well as sounding good .
The turntable that I would really like , is a remake of a vintage
Iâd put a decent cartridge on itâŚ
My view is that an audio system should give joys of ownership besides how it sounds
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Your consolle table is lovely as well.
My first dealer where i bought my first Rega/Naim system was also the distributor for Italy of Creek, Heybrook, Myst and Rega.
Hear hear @frenchrooster - this is a cracking thread in particular!
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Back in the pre cassette days my first proper tape recorder was a Grundig TK20. It was single speed 3 3/4 ips but had the smaller 5"? reels. Itwas well built with no wow and did a good job for something built in the early 1960s.
The machine that I really coveted was the Ferrograph which took 7" reels with two speeds of 3 3/4" and 7". It was great at the higher speed but had WOW at the lower one. Couldnât believe it. Back it went.
So the next choice was the Tandberg Series 6 which even had 15/16 and no wow. Excellent machine.
Next came the Revox A77. I bought the lower speed 4 track in the interest of tape economy. Of couse it had 10 1/2 reels and very classy. It did suffer from drop outs especially on the LH track. You had to be really careful not to catch the tape edge. I still have it as well as the Tandberg.
Perhaps someone could post pictures of these vintage machines?
Thatâs obviously a Technics turntable, and I remember it vaguely, including that it was used by DJs and âscratchersâ,. Could someone say what model number it had, please?
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Itâs the new Technics SL-1200M7L to mark the 50th Anniversary of the SL-1200. There are 7 different colours from which to choose.
This is lighter and cheaper than the models which go up against the Rega 10 and Linn Mark, itâs about ÂŁ900 sans cartridge.
I would buy it at the drop of a hat , stick on a decent cartridge
Whilst this is a vintage thread, there are still models in production, such the Rega 3 , Linn LP12, Quad and Technics, LS3/5A that owe much to their vintage predecessors
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Thank you, Richard,
They look good and obviously have a bit of history behind them, but how do Members rate their sound?
The Technics deck that I always rather fancied was the SL10 (or at least I think that was the model number). I believe that Londonâs Capital Radio used them as transcription decks.
And didnât Technics go on to produce an SL15?
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Not really that vintage, but some of my old gear which are long gone:
100+ pound monster - VPI TNT
One of my favorite stand mounts - Celestion SL600si Aerolam
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You found one after all, darn it.
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