Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles
snagged a little pair of Mission760i's ...sound pretty good , but the build quality is WORSE than Ch1na made..these are UK produced........cabs & grills are cheap & cheesy.
Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles
rode the Fuji way down to the GW as-is store yesterday and ran into an audio collector acquaintance of mine...he was telling me that a couple of days earlier they wheeled out a bin
of VHS VCR's ....but a guy closer to it than he noticed a black box that didnt have the large tape opening and snagged it....my friend had to go check and see what it was ....??
a Krell CD player ...for $5 ..... (but no remote )
Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles
Hoping the transport and pickup/laser assy are working...
No point in calling Dan about that these days. http://www.twice.com/article/391301-...To_Company.php
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and snagged up a Teknix M2....
(I tossed the DC ...too far gone)
Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles
started on it today..most everything was set wrong ...cueing a no-go.
downloaded the service manual and got it all back to optimal ...I had never
hear an old Grado XC+ before..but wow ..this sounds great.
when cleaning, I pulled the platter and it seemed really heavy...tossed it on the
scale and it comes in at just under 7 pounds ..
Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles
Wow - that's a looker and sounds great to boot! The platter, controls and arm have the professional SP15/SP25ish look to them. I wonder how much it might share with them under the hood?
"Zobel is as zobel does"
Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles
Took some pix of my SP-25 for comparison. The platter is much lighter then your M2, but my SP-15's platter is about the same weight. The SP-25 and 1200 series share many of the same parts, and I suspect the M2 does as well.
Note the similar styling queues
Motor appears very similar, though the bushing is slightly different
SP-25 platter
Heavier SP-15 platter for comparison
"Zobel is as zobel does"
thanx for the pix, Paul ...it does seem that the SP-15 and M2 share a lot ...tho the border around the platter mat on the 15 looks wider ?
about a year ago there was a CL ad ....."Stereo & record player ...$125" ...no models listed.
looked at the photo and it was an SP-15 mounted in an oak plinth/table with an EPA 250 arm, Kenwood 96xx receiver and large Infinity towers ....I called and left a message ...she called back during dinner to let me know that it was sold, but "would I be interested in the record collection ??"
everything belonged to her brother who was a Portland DJ , he died of AIDS in 1981 and all the stuff had been sitting since then...I was pissed at missing the gear (same TT turned up on CL about a month later for $600) .....but went over to Tigard to check the vinyl ....wow, looked mint.
She was in a hurry, so I was only able to take out 60 ( at 3/$1) , but went back next week and snagged 25 more.
Whenever I see a SP-15 that old story is dredged back to active memory ...
Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles
Platter is 13 3/8" at the widest point, the mat is 11 5/16".
Sorry you missed out on that great deal - what a shame. My SP-15 is a fixer-upper with speed control issues. I've done some homework and have found that this particular problem is cured 99% of the time by resoldering the PCB's. If that doesn't fix it, then its most likely the failure of the speed control chip, which is NLA. In that case its nice cosmetically, so will be used to salvage a working but fugly table. Hope to get to this one this winter - plinth, tonearm, cart, etc.. I plan to AB the 15 and 25 since they are dimensionally the same.
"Zobel is as zobel does"
measured the M2 platter at 12 15/16 , mat is the same as yours.
didn't know you were into vinyl .... seems like you have some worthy projects there ...
I discovered record shows this last year , and absolutely love trips to CrossRoads Music (co-op) down on 31st & Hawthorne...have found some great deals in the dollar boxes,
pics here:
http://dkpresents.wordpress.com/2007...record-stores/
CROSSROADS MUSIC is a unique music store located in Portland, Oregon. Our store consists of over 35 music dealers who each maintain their own inventory in our store on a consignment basis. Consequently, we have the largest selection of hard to find records, posters and CDs in Oregon, and reasonable prices, too!
STORE HOURS: Monday thru Thursday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday Noon to 6 p.m.
Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles
saw something I wanted in a thrift yesterday , but today is 50% day ...so hid it and went back at opening this AM ....got it. Then went looking around , found this pair of Rock Solids - British, but made in Japan ...unique metal support with rubber feet that will support the speaker in all 4 orientations and even mount to the wall .... darned little things sound fantastic ...wont displace any of my JBL's, but fun anyway
Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles
Seawolf, those things look like Robocop's feet.
Integra DHC80.1,3x 4636LF, 2360-2446J 2404H,12 x 8340 Surrounds, 2 x4645B, BGW 250D's,250E's,& 750B's 16 amps...7600 watts
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