Better investment...I think.order canceled. gave the $$ to my youngest for a down on a house.
Buy a old use SOTA and die with it
Better investment...I think.order canceled. gave the $$ to my youngest for a down on a house.
Air Bearing Tonearm turntable
How is it sounding? I saw a very impressive review of it recently. I may keep it on my shortlist as I'm looking at a Clearaudio turntable with a TT5 arm in the next couple of years.Starting to get more things in place with the Holbo air bearing table....
Well, This is what you do If you find two monster slabs of aluminum in a scrap yard. No bling required.This makes mine look like a mere toy in comparison, but then again, I doubt price wise, they aren’t even close! Nice looking table though, a bit bling for me....
So you made that very nice table?Well, This is what you do If you find two monster slabs of aluminum in a scrap yard. No bling required.
So you made that very nice table?
I'm not too happy with my current turntable (posted earlier), which is why long-term, I'm looking at upgrading to something with a better build quality. Can't say the sound is bad though--still the best I've ever heard in my own system. And I think I finally have a cartridge I can live with (the ART7).The table sounds very good to say the least, I really enjoyed the midrange and detail, what surprised me a bit was the bass end of things, very solid and quite deep. The arm and with my admitted, very entry level cartridge, seems to be able to get a lot out of the grooves. I am liking it a lot.
I'm thinking I want to try a linear tracker.
Outstanding work, you should start a thread on that one. Show us how you did it, what parts used and lots of photos.Yes, Started out with a 150lb slab of Aluminum, Cut it in half for the plinth. Took one year to make.
I have some Hashimoto step-ups on my radar, but won't get those until the phono stage comes up for sale. I wanted an all-in-one phono stage so I could avoid more clutter (shelves, interconnects, more "boxes" to hide, etc.) but yeah, I really don't think any MC-capable phono stage out there can get things as quiet as I'd like, especially since my two MCs are very low output (ART7, and XX2 Mk. II). At least the phono stage will match the rest of my system when I'm done. (And won't have an annoying blue LED in it either!)Even inexpensive transformers sound better than most MC head amps and will solve your noise problem.
My C-J preamp uses amber (orange?) LEDs, and they are nice and subtle while still being highly visible. Yet everything else? The phono stage, an HDMI switcher, the Epson printer/scanner, the computer monitor, and the power light on my computer (which flashes in sleep mode) all have a blue glow, and some of these are bright enough to cast shadows in the room at night when all the other lights are out.Annoying blue led’s, I hear you on that one. I am half tempted to change all mine out, I tend to just like green ones for on, maybe red for warmup or mute. Have to say though, the blue ones on my gear aren’t those freaking laser pointer blinding types, somewhat subdued, thank God!
Nice rig!Pleased at how it all turned out.