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Just finished building my custom plinth for my SP-25

DrummerGeek

DrummerGeek

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A few months ago I posted about me finding a couple SP-25's in an old radio station that my father had purchased. I traded one of them to hoodie for a Rega RB-330 that I equipped with an Ortofon 2M Red.
For months I had it mounted in the section of particle board countertop I found it in. With me having a few days off for the holidays, I decided to go ahead and build a new plinth for it out of MDF and Poplar. I ordered some billet aluminum Hi-Fi feet on Amazon and combined them with machine screws and threaded wood inserts so I could have adjustable feet.
I just finished wrapping the MDF box in poplar to give it a finished look. I chose poplar because I had used it on another woodworking project a couple of years ago and I liked the natural look of it.
I've attached a few pictures of it and can provide more details if anyone is interested. I just need to order a custom acrylic dust cover for it.

Here is the finished product
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Here is the MDF box that is the actual plinth, you can see the feet beneath it.
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Here is picture of the box after I painted the top and attached the bottom, but without any equipment.
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Great job!! the carpet takes me back to my childhood too, :)
Only thing now is get rid of the 2m red and fit a cart it needs and deserves. Sorry hate that cart :)
Anyway lovely job welcome to the Technics club!!
Chris
 
cafe latte said:
Great job!! the carpet takes me back to my childhood too, :)
Only thing now is get rid of the 2m red and fit a cart it needs and deserves. Sorry hate that cart :)
Anyway lovely job welcome to the Technics club!!
Chris
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Thanks! What cart would you suggest? At this point, I am pretty sure that the cart is not the weakest link in my signal chain. I am using the following signal chain:
ART DJ-Pre Phono preamp -> Yamaha R-S202 Receiver -> Polk Audio RT25i Speakers

Improving the quality of the receiver is my next step right now.
 
DrummerGeek said:
Thanks! What cart would you suggest? At this point, I am pretty sure that the cart is not the weakest link in my signal chain. I am using the following signal chain:
ART DJ-Pre Phono preamp -> Yamaha R-S202 Receiver -> Polk Audio RT25i Speakers

Improving the quality of the receiver is my next step right now.
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It depends on budget, I have a lot of carts ranging from budget MM some MI and some MC over 1.5k.
The new Grado gold 2 is a huge step up from the old version and it give a very sweet yet detailed MC like sound. Still with MI carts the wood bodied Grado get better and better, I have the Statement reference which is an amazing cart probably my second best cart yes better than my MC's. My best cart is a Decca super gold again a MI but a bit different to this is really stunning. MM the AT95 is nice, I also bought the new AT95 vm both in conical and in micro linear and both are very nice, that said I think the ml on the earlier AT95e was wider. Whatever IMO the AT95vm will be similar to your red but cleaner highs and nicer mids. That said I just could not live without my Grado gold 2 either just more MC in sound IMO you wont go wrong with either.
I have not discussed my MC's but if you want advice on them happy to help.
Chris
 
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