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Hmm, I think I’ve seen those. A bit like a cheese dome, right? Apart from the WAF of those, I see an issue with space, not only do you need space to put your sleeve and inserts, you need to put that somewhere as well. A lid is quite practical IMO. Not familiar with the Rega lid.

Are there people not bothering with any kind of lid?

I do like the elegance of the Michel unicover posted above, although I guess it suffers from the same space issue.

The trad’l hinged dust lid on my RP8 is fine. I’ve seen in pics what they offer for the P10; that may well be “skimpy.”

My mean green music playing machine :green_heart:

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With the Purple People Eater ™ mat!

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Goldring Lenco GL75P.
It was my father’s - he purchased it new in July 1973. Turntable £38.95, cover £3.64, cartridge (Shure M75CJ?) £8.30 - I have the invoice in front of me. It had a period of being unreliable so dad got fed-up and bought a new Rega Planar 3/RP3? about 3 years ago. Since then I had it serviced/repaired and I am enjoying it.

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Yes, I have a custom made covers for both turntable and Audio Desk cleaner. I don’t see the big deal about dust. It’s easy enough to clean off and doesn’t bother the turntable.

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What I like with the rega P10 lid is that I will be easy to remove and hide. And quick to put again.

Thanks for the “likes”. I can say my journey has been over many years including 202/200, 282/250, 252/300, but three specific highlights stick in my mind:

  • upgrade from Gyrodec to Orbe, there is no comparison!
  • upgrade from stageline to superline (I still think the superline is one of Naim’s best products!)
  • upgrade from 300 to 300DR (I know it seems strange but this was the final piece of the jigsaw for me, and such a big difference!)

I have recently changed my speakers from Audiovector si3 Signature to Audiovector R3 Arrete and I guess this has moved the system to a completely different jigsaw, but the 3 upgrades, above, are the ones that really stick in my mind ,

Have you heard the Audionote TT3? Absolute rave review in HiFi Critic, from three different commentators.

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I have heard the big one, with Audionote M6 and Conquest silver amps. A delight!
This one looks promising. And more affordable ( 6k ?)

Yes, overall more affordable, but there are three different power supply options.

Ah ok, didn’t know.

Are the Rega’s days numbered?

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Please tell us , I’m afraid I don’t recognise what sort of turntable it is

It’s a Verdier Platine.

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awesome

Oooh. Nice Verdier. I’d love to hear one someday.

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I recall, a GL75 was my fathers first ‘HiFi’ turntable. At the time, (I was a kid) I preferred the more modern look of the Thorens TD’s, but the solid engineering of the Goldring was amazing. I remember it was set up on our side board at the time and would jump at the slightest movement near by, as I said I was a kid so perhaps it wasn’t quite that slight! mounting on a sturdy shelf on an external wall solved that.
The cost of stuff is an interesting point, silly cheap by todays standards, but at £200 for a complete record playing system, TT/Amp&Speakers, that was a fair wedge for an average bloke to part with in its day.

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