Show me your TT's !!!

SCompRacer

verb wrote: »

You've been holding out on us @SCompRacer ! Nice TT's! The speed control unit is way cool! Too bad he closed up shop.

Not intentionally...I'm old and forget...lol

Here is another from the past. My first Nottingham, a Spacedeck, with Sumiko Blackbird. This pic was taken at a couple day Bloomington Polk Fest quite a few years back. I loaded up a white van (really!) with my system and some speakers for sale. Great time!

SCompRacer

Oh, then there was the Linn LP12.

pitdogg2

nooshinjohn wrote: »

Nothing helps KISS sound good,

OH YES THERE IS !!!

IT's COLD GIN TIME AGAIN......

BlueFox wrote: »

Every time I see this thread title my mind adds an ‘i’ into it. And I am disappointed every time.

you and me both Bud... My inner Bevis I guess

agfrost

SCompRacer wrote: »

How was that Blackbird, Rich? It's one of my favorite cartridges to look at. Beautiful!

SCompRacer

agfrost wrote: »

How was that Blackbird, Rich? It's one of my favorite cartridges to look at. Beautiful!

It is kewl looking with the bird!

It was very nice. Fast, detailed, but some issues with the highs. But it was a high output, and high output MC's can be peaky in the top octaves. After this cartridge, I just went with low output MC's. At first with high gain MC phono stages, then with passive gain SUT's (Step Up Transformers) and MM phono stages. If you get one, I'd go with the low output.

I had a problem with the first Blackbird. As I recall the cantilever is long, and the suspension sagged badly on the first one I had. It was replaced under warranty and the second one was fine.

I can't recall what became of it. I may have sold it with the Linn LP12 as that is the arm it is pictured on. The first design of the Linn Ittok arm had sensitive bearings that could be easily damaged, which made made your Ittok become a tick tock.

SCompRacer

Oh, regarding the Linn LP12. I made a service station for it out of some scrap parts and table legs. Some folks used chairs back to back or stacked books on a table, but this stand made it easy to service. I got a pretty good price for the stand when I sold it. This stand worked perfect on a bench.

The suspension.....I had issues when I first rebuilt the table with new springs. It would tend to bind. Then I came across and old and obscure post at pink fish media site. Springs have a beginning and ending coil. By fiddling around changing the clock position of the three springs, you can get the suspension to move without the springs fighting each other.

verb

Was doing some research on my Philco 41-290 console radio and stumbled upon this. Philco 41-RP1. Includes a built in AM transmitter!

hochpt21

Very, very late to this party.

Here is my Pro-Ject 2.9 Wood with Grado Gold cartridge. @SCompRacer referred me to one of his friends 8 years ago and this has been my daily spinner ever since up until a month ago. She has treated me better than I can ask for and now has a permanent spot in my secondary rig.

hochpt21

And here is my new baby.

VPI Scout 1.1 with a Ortofon 2m Blue

I am blown away so far and the cart seems to be getting better and better.

dromunds

Sweeeet!

maxward

@hochpt21, where did you find the great butcher block that’s under the Scout?

verb

hochpt21 wrote: »

Very, very late to this party.

Here is my Pro-Ject 2.9 Wood with Grado Gold cartridge. @SCompRacer referred me to one of his friends 8 years ago and this has been my daily spinner ever since up until a month ago. She has treated me better than I can ask for and now has a permanent spot in my secondary rig.

Never too late to show your TT's Nice rig. Is that a Music Hall speed controller you have there?

stangman67

My Music Hall MMF 7.3

halo

stangman67 wrote: »

My Music Hall MMF 7.3

That's a real purdy table Zach! Congrats!

hochpt21

maxward wrote: »

@hochpt21, where did you find the great butcher block that’s under the Scout?

Amazon. I really like it.

hochpt21

verb wrote: »

hochpt21 wrote: »

Very, very late to this party.

Here is my Pro-Ject 2.9 Wood with Grado Gold cartridge. @SCompRacer referred me to one of his friends 8 years ago and this has been my daily spinner ever since up until a month ago. She has treated me better than I can ask for and now has a permanent spot in my secondary rig.

Never too late to show your TT's Nice rig. Is that a Music Hall speed controller you have there?

Yes sir. Burned up the first power supply, and had quite the debacle finding a new one (even exchanging messages with Roy Hall himself), and finally found one from Adorama so I’m back in business.

maxward

Thank you!

SCompRacer

hochpt21 wrote: »

And here is my new baby.

VPI Scout 1.1 with a Ortofon 2m Blue

I am blown away so far and the cart seems to be getting better and better.

Nice upgrade!

hochpt21

SCompRacer wrote: »

hochpt21 wrote: »

And here is my new baby.

VPI Scout 1.1 with a Ortofon 2m Blue

I am blown away so far and the cart seems to be getting better and better.

Nice upgrade!

Thank you! Hopefully, Rob is doing well. He was a great caretaker of the Pro-ject before he passed it on to me.

voltz

hochpt21 wrote: »

SCompRacer wrote: »

hochpt21 wrote: »

And here is my new baby.

VPI Scout 1.1 with a Ortofon 2m Blue

I am blown away so far and the cart seems to be getting better and better.

Nice upgrade!

Thank you! Hopefully, Rob is doing well. He was a great caretaker of the Pro-ject before he passed it on to me.

Hey Paul

I stole your idea and bought a butcher block and added 6 of these round feet to put on it and then put my Project Xperience Classic TT on it

hochpt21

voltz wrote: »

hochpt21 wrote: »

SCompRacer wrote: »

hochpt21 wrote: »

And here is my new baby.

VPI Scout 1.1 with a Ortofon 2m Blue

I am blown away so far and the cart seems to be getting better and better.

Nice upgrade!

Thank you! Hopefully, Rob is doing well. He was a great caretaker of the Pro-ject before he passed it on to me.

Hey Paul

I stole your idea and bought a butcher block and added 6 of these round feet to put on it and then put my Project Xperience Classic TT on it

Very nice!

I use the block, then 4 vibrapods, then a Ginkgo isolation base and I can basically body slam somebody without a hint of a needle jump.

The isolation base came with the TT when I bought it.

DarqueKnight

My retired Teres Audio Model 255 in cocobolo finish, with Graham Phantom II tonearm and Ortophon MC Windfeld cartridge.













Trapped under acrylic. My turntable setup is now stored in a closet and only used to rip vinyl to DSD. I love it!

verb

You retired that? Whoa. Well semi-retired, it seems. Beautiful!

FestYboy

:Drool:

motorstereo

That is without question the most magnificent looking tt I've ever seen. If that got retired or put out to pasture by digital then I don't feel so bad now in my thinking that my lowly Clearaudio tt always took a backseat to digital as well.

mikeyb128

Here’s mine, pretty much my baby, and sounds spectacular! As good or better than my digital front end, which is no slouch.



Nottingham space 294
Jelco TK850 (new arm with knife edge bearings)
Dynavector XX2 MKII
Nordost Frey 2 tonearm cable
Rouge Audio Ares phono stage loaded with Amperex Holland long plates

Have a carbon fiber headshell, but haven’t installed it yet, it sounds so good right now, I don’t feel like fudging with it.

Tony M

Very NICE INDEED.

What it's sitting on is BEAUTIFUL also.

steveinaz

Don't currently have a TT, but these were the tables I had in the past, in the order I had them; Pioneer PL-518, Pioneer PL-1000, Yamaha PX-3, and Yamaha PF-1000:

verb

Nice progression of TT’s! @steveinaz BTW is that another TT hidden next to the YamahaPX3? Do tell!

steveinaz

These are just general pics to show what they looked like. Looks like the Denon table next to the PX-3.