Cheers @PSAN
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Must be me
Maybe the red one has special anti static powers. Itās odd that your deck had the issue and mine doesnāt. I remember when I had an LP12 and sometimes the mat would come off with the record and end up on the floor.
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Iāve resorted to double sided sticky tape on the LP12 to stop that from happening. Did the same on the P9.
someone has been to Ikea 
how many ball bearings do you have in the grooves by the way?
To add to the mystery, my P8 mat never stuck, but the one time I played a record out of the box after switching to the P10, the white mat flew off along with the record. Nearly stopped my heart with the Apheta stylus so close. Never been an issue with the P10 for me otherwise though, as I always RCM and use Nagaoka inner sleeves.
Very well done, love the attention to detail
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How the PE 110 sounds ? Very nice !
No ball bearings just 14 ceramic balls
Can you explain to me how that works? From looking at the Ikea website thereās a groove, but nothing rotates, right?
Itās the PE-1010 mk2. Itās an amazing TT, sub chassis, synchronous motor, carbon tonearm. Love the look, love the sound, but donāt love the QC and service from PE. None of my issues weāre with the basic function / sound quality BTW.
ATM I think the 1210GAE is better, but Iāve only had that one for a day, so need to make sure itās not just different. Also, both have different cartridges, JT-1210 vs 2M Bronze, so results might not be reflective of just the table/arm.
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Hopefully Iām going to borrow a SmarTractor to properly align my cartridge and get the VTA correct. The protractor Rega send out doesnāt even have the spindle hole punched out correctly and so itās never going to be exact and this is very important.
I know Roy Gandy who I respect very much says that VTA isnāt important but experience tells me different so for my own piece of mind Iād like to get it right.
My reason for buying the P8 and the Hegel is to try and get as neutral a response as possible leaving only the quality of my records as an issue when it comes to SQ so getting an as near as perfect tonearm/cartridge set up is important.
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Wish I had access to one. Currently using Schoen, which works nicely, but have been thinking of getting a dr. feickert of project align it. Any experience with those?
Lotās of people seem to be liking the MintLP ones as well.
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You do know a SmarTractor doesnāt do VTA I hope. There is the SmartStylus for that, reports on which are mixed so if youāre borrowing one of those too a post about its effectiveness would be good to see.
The SmarTractor itself works a treat.
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I have both, get the SmarTractor.
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Iām sure itās the best, but itās also three times the price of the dr.Feickert, four times the Project or Mint, so not sure I can justify it. That money could also buy me a whole bunch of records or could pretty much upgrade my 2M bronze to a black. (Same body, only stylus is different)
Can you explain what if any issue you have with the others?
At the moment Iāve got my grandfatherās old record player, an Aiwa AP-2000. Itās warming the seat for a Vertere MG-1.
I finally got to audition the MG-1 earlier this week, along with the DG-1 Iād already trialled and liked very much. Each was fitted with the same MM cartridge for a fair comparison. The DG-1 is a terrific record player. The MG-1 is just more of the same. Iām going to start with a Lyra Delos cartridge through a Stageline K.
I cannot tell you how excited I am to get it, in one week. @Bluesfan thanks for your recommendation.
Next on the list will be a step up in amplifier, hopefully a 282/200.
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May I ask what the unit is?
Both your setups look look lovely 