A classic case of ‘life’s what happens when you’re busy making plans’; enjoy your PS upgrade!
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Thanks!
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Amnesiac’s turn next. Won’t fit on the spindle. Flip it, won’t fit that way either. This has become an all too frequent problem lately. I never had this issue before the last couple of years TBH. Being a bit frustrated at this point on a brand new $50 record I decided to push Amnesiac all the way down. Played ok, but certainly not the quietest. No where near a flat pressing as the Tonearm bobbed up and down like a ship tossed about in a storm. Tried to get if off. Wouldn’t budge. Had to pull the whole platter off to pry the vinyl’s grip from the spindle. Good decision! The recoil force was so strong the Rega’s subplatter popped out and separated off from the two belts. A bit of oil lost in the process! F#&*!
Think there’s another thread for you here 
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I think it’s perfectly reasonable for there to be some unsold units available for dealers still to sell. Some customers will be more cautious and wait until they can hear one before deciding to buy
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Has a photo of the Clearaudio LP drill that’s included in the SSE been posted in this gargantuan thread? That bad boy will come in handy…… now I want to clean & drill my records 
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As someone else pointed out (although I can’t find the post), a drill bit is not the ideal shape for creating a circular hole by hand. A reamer would be much better.
A drill bit turned by hand into an existing hole, especially one that is only just a little smaller in diameter than the bit, will tend to catch on one side and create a hole that is not circular and not centred.
A reamer is much better suited to this job as it’s more like a file and teases out the hole diameter.
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Nah…I’ve been using the Clearaudio drill for years and have never had that problem. Not one time. It works perfectly well. With a reamer you take the chance of making the hole too big, and then it will be harder to center the record.
Edit: just to add. The Clearaudio drill bit is very high quality and really quite sharp, and it has kept the sharp edge over all these years.
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Another superb review of Solstice, from the Netherlands.
The conclusion reads:
“I’ve heard many good top-end record players that are also coherent and compelling like the Naim Solstice System, but can’t remember any as downright musical”
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The picture of the Naim/ Solstice/ Kudos is very nice in that review.
Picture from Hifi.Nl, review of the Solstice
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Is it an original Naim picture, with the stones?
People back in the day thought Julian V was crazy to pay so much to get those stones set up like that for a photo shoot.
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Nearly spat my tea over my monitor there
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And Stonehenge is at 13km from Salisbury. It inspired perhaps the Statement.
Yes, Stonehenge was one of several design inspirations for Statement. And, of course, for the Solstice name. The site gets a dedicated mention in the book that comes with Solstice Special Edition.
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Ah ok, i wasn’t sure it was a reality. And didn’t knew, until today, that Salisbury is so close .
That picture of stone henge looks like early mans attempt to make a turntable support until they learned that low mass was the way to go? 
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The best turntables are high mass…
You’ll need to explain that to Rega!
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Rega are like Cateram cars. Very fun and agile. Then you have Porsche 911 turbo, and so on….Mc Laren Sena…and still some better.
