SONY PS-8750 on eBay

[ByrdWyngs]

Glenn,

Last time I told you I'd let you have the next one and I did (or at least let you have it for less than it would have cost you otherwise). I really hope it gets to you in good shape. Fair warning for the rest of you though, the gloves are coming off now and the next one is mine.

George

 

[axel]

Glenn,

The hinges are screwed to the cover and can be slid off the base where they are fastened with another (removable as well) screw.

 

[Yamaha B-2]

Thank you, Axel.

And, Thank you, George. Let's just pray to the AudioKarma Gods that it arrives in one piece. I'll be rooting for you on the next one. Go get 'em!!

 

[ingvarth]

"This listing (#5805582625) has been removed or is no longer available. Please make sure you entered the right item number."

this is what apperas on the ebay site when i follow the link..you might wanan check up on that..

 

[Charivari]

ingvarth, the link you followed is for an old listing. This is the one everyone is so excited about.

Yamaha B-2, way to go winning this table! I'm very glad to see it go to an AKer. Be sure to post lots of pics when you get it. Now, as to shipping fears, there are a few AKers in Arizona, maybe you can rope one of them into picking up the table and packing it properly for you? Surely this should work as a variation on the AK Pony Express.

- JP

 

[Yamaha B-2]

JP - Thanks for the idea. Is actually just outside of Birmingham, AL, rather than AZ. Any AKers out there in Birmingham area willing to help out?

 

[Yamaha B-2]

Just spoke with the seller and he seems like a decent person. Is going to allow me to send him good boxes and packing instructions for the TT. Will have him remove the platter, dustcover and counter-weight and wrap separately in a thick layer of bubble wrap and put in a separate box from the TT. Will have him tie-down the arm and then wrap the TT with several inches of bubblewrap. The place inside a double-weight box with 2" of styrofoam on all six sides. The place additional bubblewrap in to insure that it is wedged in tightly enough that bouncing around by the carrier won't make any difference.

Axel, do you know if there are tie-down screws under the platter like on a PS-X7? If so, do you know what size these shipping screws are and how many?

BTW, if I haven't said so, I'm am really, really thrilled to actually own one of these and can't thank Axel enough for putting me onto one in the first place. If can only get it here in good shape.

 

[axel]

Glenn,

There are normally two red screws to tie-down the motor, not the platter. At least on my TTS-8000 it is like that... Sice TTS-8000 and PS-8750 are close cousins...

I suggest you tell the seller to ship your 8750 the way hifi-do does: platter away from the body of the turntable, ie. in another box.
I received my 8000 in two boxes: one for the lid/platter/accessories and one for the "mainframe". The lid was filled with styrofoam with custom cutouts for the platter and the rest ; it was then fully wrapped in 2/3cm thick styrofoam + bubblewrap and double-boxed. Same for the TTS-8000/TB-2000.

And DO ask the seller to be REALLY CAREFUL with the brown magnetic strip at the bottom of the platter!

 

[axel]

The 8750 motor tie-down screws are where the arrows point to in the image below.

 

[Yamaha B-2]

Thanks, Axel. That is very similar to the location the PS-X7 shipping screws. Works in a similar fashion. Thankfully, I have an AKer in the area who will be helping out on this. :thmbsp: Ak to the rescue, again.

 

[Unda Maris]

PUA-1600S Tonearm has an extra locking device !

Glenn,

hello AK !

did you notice, that the PUA-1600S has an extra feature, to secure the very very very fragile saphire pivot elements ?

Please take a look on the picture, it shows you how to activate that feature.
You have to screw a ring some turns up in order to lift the pivot a little bit.
After that the complete vertical action of the tonearm will be blocked and the saphire elements will lose contact to the spikes. After that one should secure the ring with a piece of sticky tape.

If you don´t do that prior transport there is a 95% probability that the tonearm will be damaged or destroyed !!!

Mirko

 

[Yamaha B-2]

Mirko - Thank you very much!! Appreciate the info.

 

[Yamaha B-2]

Mirko - In my excitement over actually being the owner of a PS-8750 I forgot to welcome you to AK!! The info and help you've provided is just what this forum is all about.

 

[Unda Maris]

Mirko - In my excitement over actually being the owner of a PS-8750 I forgot to welcome you to AK!! The info and help you've provided is just what this forum is all about.

As you can see I am an AK member for some time, but I never had to post anything important ...

As you can imagine I am also one of those lucky PS-8750 owners.

I never liked vinyl very much, because I heard my records with a DUAL CS 628 for a long time and associated its bad performance with the medium ... what a fool I was ... :thumbsdn:

Since I am mainly a vintage SONY collector I nevertheless looked for a PS-8750 because I wanted to own the complete 8X5X Series.

A few months ago a PS-X7 (with XL-15 pickup) came in (frustration buy, no PS-8750 or `alternatively` a PS-X9 was in sight for over three years) and I was very surprised how much better it performed than my DUAL and I really started to musically enjoy my old records.

A few weeks later I stepped over a PS-8750 and got it after a bid war.
It had some technical problems with reject/auto return and Xtal lock, but I was able to fix it completely .

The first audition after the repair/maintenance was with an Empire pickup which came with it, and that was like a culture shock for me, because it clearly blew away the PS-X7 . Even an exchange of the pickups didn´t bring the PS-X7 back in front again, no chance ...

I am now very happy with my PS-8750 using it with the great Denon DL304 , which is the better choice for Classics.

The only problem is that I don´t own many records ... thanks to the DUAL TT ... :tears:

 

[Yamaha B-2]

As a former owner of a PS-X7 (until I wore it out through max use) and think it is a most excellent TT, am even more excited about the PS-8750.

Was able to pick up the service manual and supplement here: http://www.servicemanuals.net/(dmahznv3cxn12455hmakpk55)/privacy.aspx Have e-mailed Sony parts to see if the owner's manual is still available. Keeping my fingers crossed on everything.

 

[Yamaha B-2]

Hopefully, this thing will be as reliable as it is complex. Here is a pic Mirko was kind enough to send me.

 

[Yamaha B-2]

Just heard from Jeff in Birmingham and my PS-8750 is in two boxes and on its way.

Thanks for all the help, Jeff!! :thmbsp:

 

[Unda Maris]

I keep my fingers crossed for you ! :thmbsp:

 

[axel]

ditto!

 

[davidjsharp]

Just heard from Jeff in Birmingham and my PS-8750 is in two boxes and on its way.

Thanks for all the help, Jeff!! :thmbsp:

I hope it arrives safely - and thanks for all your offline help and advice - not least of which was putting me intouch with this forum!