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[Alley_Cat]

@suzywong

@Alley_Cat

Months ago I was planning to get the old NAXO serviced too, just don’t want to be without the active SBL system currently.

…or you could put the cost of a NAXO service towards a SNAXO…

your SBLs would thank you

I’ve wondered about that several times actually - Richard D has mentioned in the past that the current model is a big step forwards.

When I got the SBLs I opted for a used chrome bumper NAXO over an Olive SNAXO as it sounded better to me, in the sense of analogue smoothness.

I often wonder if the current SNAXO would play well with my olive NAP 250s and HICAPs, but I’ve definitely been considering the current SNAXO.

[Alley_Cat]

@Mulberry

Nice and much better looking than my former black Anniversary.
Have you tried cleaning the bearing with a soft cotton cloth? Maybe just a little dirt and hardened oil. Otherwise the Funk Firm, the current company of Arthur Koubesserian, the PT founde, might be a good place to ask.

Thanks - looking at the photos here:

Sapphire Bearing replacement

My assessment of the bearing may be incorrect, for some reason I had assumed a convex sapphire on top of the ‘stainless steel finger’ and concave surface in the brass stem of the platter - quite possible I’m completely mistaken and the bearing is ok

Maybe just a bit of a clean and some fresh oil is needed.

I’ve just realised the PSU is not in the house. Probably in a storage unit in a box, but fixing PSU would be a good start, I assume caps may have gone bad.

Also, interestingly regarding Funk Firm, I spoke to Arthur about the bearing a couple of years ago and he was confident he could repair, though I wasn’t sure if this was going to entail some custom updates to the bearing or PSU using newer Funk designs, possibly resulting in a hybrid upgraded Anniversary.

[Alley_Cat]

@elverdiblanco

When I bought my Michell Syncro back in 1986 I auditioned it up against a PT. I much preferred the Syncro even though (if I recall correctly) the Syncro was a bit cheaper than the PT.

I’ve never heard any of the Michell turntables, they looked great and I’d have loved to have one simply for the design features.

It’s a shame these days very few dealers can afford to have a large range of turntables let alone other separates on permanent display and demo.

[Alley_Cat]

@Christopher_M

The contemporaneous LP12 was pre Cirkus (I think) with Lingo [1], Ekos and Troika. My recall of the PT Anniversary was that it sounded far more fluid, had the Linn’s bass but it was tighter.

One could easily argue that with the advent of a DC motor and controller, the one piece keel etc Linn have eventually caught up!

My recollection on pre-Anniversary PTs was as you describe, very fluid and tighter bass - I often thought ‘surely CDs should sound like this’ ?

[suzywong]

@Alley_Cat

I’ve wondered about that several times actually - Richard D has mentioned in the past that the current model is a big step forwards.

When I got the SBLs I opted for a used chrome bumper NAXO over an Olive SNAXO as it sounded better to me, in the sense of analogue smoothness.

I often wonder if the current SNAXO would play well with my olive NAP 250s and HICAPs, but I’ve definitely been considering the current SNAXO.

Well, I have an olive NAXO and an olive SNAXO. I ran the NAXO from an olive Hicap, and simply replaced it with the SNAXO - may have been an uplift in SQ,… or maybe not.

But then I replaced the Hicap with an olive Supercap and its Burndy.
That was well worth while