My Prodigal Technics SP-10 MkII all done!! FINALLY!!!

[Sound Dragon]

After many months (years?)......a lot of time, Money, sweat and tears. My Technics SP-10 MkII is done. Refurbished inside and out, recapped along with a LED strobe. Custom Name badge, not to mention the beautiful hand built Plinth from Larry at Vintage Analog Restoration. All standing on ISO Acoustic Gaia feet.

Featuring a Graham Phantom B-44 Tone arm redone by the man himself to almost Phantom III specs. Currently sporting a Lyra Lydian B. And my absolutely amazing Cyrus Phono Signature phono stage. All protected by an Acrylic Dust cover the covers the whole deck.

I am one happy Dragon!

 

[Sound Dragon]

Oh!! Forgot to mention the beautiful Artisan Fidelity copper mat! Love that thing.

 

[Nashou66]

Super nice!!!
Enjoy !!!

Athanasios

 

[ateal]

Oh!! Forgot to mention the beautiful Artisan Fidelity copper mat! Love that thing.

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wowza, wowza! That looks amazing and no doubt sounds even better. Fantastic job indeed.

 

[vinylkid58]

Congrats, that's a beautiful looking rig.

jeff

 

[AvFan]

That is absolutely stunning! Congratulations on assembling an incredible turntable. Enjoy!

 

[Ken Boyd]

A work of art, enjoy!

 

[cafe latte]

Oh!! Forgot to mention the beautiful Artisan Fidelity copper mat! Love that thing.

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Very sexy indeed, love my SP10mk2.
Off topic do you have a Cyrus cd player too? If so message me as when it starts to reject discs there is a cheap fix if you know what part to buy, I can give you the link you need, as they all fail.
Chris

 

[Sound Dragon]

Very sexy indeed, love my SP10mk2.
Off topic do you have a Cyrus cd player too? If so message me as when it starts to reject discs there is a cheap fix if you know what part to buy, I can give you the link you need, as they all fail.
Chris

no Cyrus CD player. But I do plan on springing for the external power supply. It is supposed to elevate the performance of the Phono pre!

 

[cafe latte]

no Cyrus CD player. But I do plan on springing for the external power supply. It is supposed to elevate the performance of the Phono pre!

You are lucky the cd8se is a flawed genius. Love mine but been of to service 6 times and the last time I fixed it myself.
Dont know how much difference the psu makes, but with the amp and even the cd player they are supposed to be a worthy addition.
Chris

 

[totem]

Very nice, that plinth with the curved corners just exudes class.

 

[Sound Dragon]

Very nice, that plinth with the curved corners just exudes class.

Thanks, and another thank you to all for the kind words! Agreed about the curved corners. Interestingly, my Plinius integrated also has them.

 

[Mark B]

Beautiful!

 

[dbxdx5]

I'd say that was well worth the wait.

 

[hoodie]

Bravo!

 

[twiiii]

I applaud your efforts.

 

[mkane]

nice unit

 

[twiiii]

I guess over the years the SP-10 MK II and the Beogram 8000 were the two turntables I regret not having owned. The Technics for its smooth stable noise free and accurate rotational capabilities, and the B&O for its ability to track warped records, though I didn't care to much for the MMC cartridges and is why I never owned one. I loved linear tracking arms at the time and installing one on a SP-10 would have been a real chore and thats why. I passed. Besides I had pretty much given up on records and was dealing with CD's. and HS analog tape.

 

[BassKulcha]

Sweet! Congrats—I’m officially jealous...

Do I remember an invitation to a listening session, lol...

 

[kray]

Beautiful!

enjoy that sucker!