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A "poor" man's MT10 turntable :-)

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forzaroma

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Darn Audiogon, when I saw a VPI Aries 2 selling 2 miles from my home I could not resist - especially since I envisioned using some blue leds to light the acrylic plate to match the big blue meters.

I must say that the combination of black lacquer plinth and blue-lit platter (courtesy of $10 in Radio Shack parts) makes it look great with my Mc rack.

Link to 5 photo slideshow


What do you guys think?

Alberto

P.S. I have no comments on the sound yet since I am getting over last week's flu and I don't trust my ears much yet.
 

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That looks great Alberto :yes:

I used to have a TNT Jr table. I highly recommend getting the periphery ring clamp, it made a big improvement with my VPI table. It did a great job improving the bass.

Victor
 
Very nice!! :thmbsp:
Could you post some pics of your entire system with the "new" turntable?
 
j3brow said:
Looks great Alberto!! :yes:

How'd you do it?

I have got to get my scoutmaster glowing!
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Hi. You need to have some basic skills with a soldering iron and some, very basic, electrical knowledge.

All I did was to buy 2 high-output blue LEDs from Radio Shack (~$5/each - not cheap compared to other colors) and a RadioShack 4-AA battery case ($1.99) which comes with an on/off switch and two leads red/black.

The LEDs can take a max of 4.5V, so 3 AAs is all you need, but there was no 3 battery case, so I just soldered a wire in place of one of the batteries.

After bypassing the unnecessary 4th battery, I simply soldered the LEDs to the battery box leads (which I extended for each led so I could separate them about 8") and then positioned the LEDs behind the platter. Voila'.

I wired the LEDs in parallel to the battery, like this:

LED1 (+) ------------ (+) Battery lead (+)------------ + LED2 (+)
LED1 (-) ------------ (-) Battery lead (-) ------------ - LED2 (-)

Sorry about the crappy diagram, but if you go to Radio Shack and tell them to show you how to light up 2 blue LEDs with some batteries, they should be able to help you better in person.

Alberto
 
forzaroma said:
Hi. You need to have some basic skills with a soldering iron and some, very basic, electrical knowledge.

All I did was to buy 2 high-output blue LEDs from Radio Shack (~$5/each - not cheap compared to other colors) and a RadioShack 4-AA battery case ($1.99) which comes with an on/off switch and two leads red/black.

The LEDs can take a max of 4.5V, so 3 AAs is all you need, but there was no 3 battery case, so I just soldered a wire in place of one of the batteries.

After bypassing the unnecessary 4th battery, I simply soldered the LEDs to the battery box leads (which I extended for each led so I could separate them about 8") and then positioned the LEDs behind the platter. Voila'.

I wired the LEDs in parallel to the battery, like this:

LED1 (+) ------------ (+) Battery lead (+)------------ + LED2 (+)
LED1 (-) ------------ (-) Battery lead (-) ------------ - LED2 (-)

Sorry about the crappy diagram, but if you go to Radio Shack and tell them to show you how to light up 2 blue LEDs with some batteries, they should be able to help you better in person.

Alberto
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Thanks for the explanation. The platter looks stunning. Oh yes, i will be headed to the Shack. :thmbsp:
 
forzaroma said:
Darn Audiogon, when I saw a VPI Aries 2 selling 2 miles from my home I could not resist - especially since I envisioned using some blue leds to light the acrylic plate to match the big blue meters.

I must say that the combination of black lacquer plinth and blue-lit platter (courtesy of $10 in Radio Shack parts) makes it look great with my Mc rack.

Link to 5 photo slideshow


What do you guys think?

Alberto

P.S. I have no comments on the sound yet since I am getting over last week's flu and I don't trust my ears much yet.
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Who was it that said, "What goes around comes around." [Pun intended :banana:]

What you did is truly beautiful, and my compliments! :tresbon:

Now, the truly hard question: How are you going to replicate the glass front plate and the meter? :)

[Just kidding of course] :cool:
 
congrats, it looks amazing!

maybe it's time to get a new tt :D

Keep them spinning,
Bert.
 
Very nice indeed.:thmbsp: Hope your feeling better soon so we can get a detailed sonic appraisal.
Regards,
Jim
 
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