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Rega RP 10 with Ortofon Cadenza Black. Wonderful combination. 2,5 mm Spacers.

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My new project

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Systemdek :thinking:

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Yep, iix
Decided so far,
Origin Live Onyx arm with upgraded cable
(I like the dangling ball),
Origin live motor upgrade and psu,
Need advise on sub platters,
This one is made of wood or some form of composite,
Wanna find a metal one?
Or not?

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Nice, what is the difference in sound compared to the regular arm?

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Morning Bjorn
I honestly can’t remember the differences I heard when I first changed the arm. It was a bit of an impulse buy when a dealer found some new old stock and was selling them off around about 50% of RRP, so took a punt. It was favourable over the RB808, but I’m unable to provide much more detail. Sorry.

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It looks like Bedrock to me :wink:

Great picture.

Should I be surprised that I’m the only one (so far) that has a Bang & Olufsen turntable? I bought my B&O Beogram 4004 new in the late 70s. It caused me some considerable anguish to pay so much for it but I fell in love with the appearance and the tangential tracking design and in the end I just couldn’t resist buying it. It is on display in the MOMA’s industrial design area, so I’m told, because of its innovative design. I used it for about 40 years, and then set it aside and bought a Rega RP40 Anniversary Edition and an Audio Note valve phono stage because over the years I kept getting subtle and not so subtle hints from the high end folks that I could do better.

From the beginning I hated the loss of the automatic operation! In 2023 I heard that B&O scoured the country for old B4004s. They then brought out of retirement as many of the old staff that had worked on those tables to tear them down and completely restore them, also adding some modern features. They sold out almost overnight for $11,000.

I decided to have my 4004 completely restored by Beolover and I’m beyond pleased to have my beauty back in perfect operation. I so much prefer using it and I think it sounds as good or better than the Rega.

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I think you’ll find another 2 or 3 if you search the thread. I recently halped a friend source spares for the Beogram he’d had since childhood I think.

Lovely, I don’t have many audio regrets as usually the system ( at the time) is built around my requirements, but I remember seeing one at Uxbridge Audio and not having the funds .

Not buying that model may have been a very expensive mistake considering the cumulative amount I went on to spend

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I got almost 40 years of sterling service from that turntable but just a couple of weeks ago I finally upgraded to a Gyro SE. I felt that the Syncro owed me nothing after all that time and the Gyro sound is a big step up. It is also mesmerising to look at especially when it is spinning.

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I have always thought this turntable to be the most fantastic looking - when they came out, it was like a glimpse of the future….
Great to hear that these are being preserved
I can report that there is an LP12 in the museum of Scotland in Edinburgh- looks like the very earliest of models

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Did you buy the gyro SE locally/ new or pre- owned?

Geoff at Soundcraft in Ashford did me a great deal on a brand new one :grin:

Good. I knew they were selling Michell for a while.

Back in the 80s I was looking to upgrade my turntable and was very tempted by the Syncho. I was somewhat less tempted by the Rega Planar 3 as it looked much plainer and was a bit of a cult item.

However when demoed with the same cartridge the Rega was clearly better and cheaper so the Michell sadly stayed on the shelf.

When I bought my Syncro the Rega P3 was auditioned but the Syncro was better IMHO. That was in 1986 though so maybe a different vintage?