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Interesting indeed. If you are sure that other appliances in the house or radio-frequencies are to blame for the noise in your speakers, there are filters too remedy that issues. I am using such filter, although I do not have speakers with such a high sensitivity with positive result.

I am not educated enough to comment regarding the measurements and technical data, but I have one experience related to his reviews. Not to long ago I spotted a Revel M16 bookshelves on a discount at a local audio store. Reading all the rave reviews I thought why not audition them. So I went there, Revels were set up in a new very well sound treated audition room, and here we go... after a few familiar tracks it became very obvious that the speakers can go loud, they had the qualities described in available reviews. But more obvious was that the low end was very accentuated as well as highs (a bit less than the bass). But I was not impressed with the lack of details in the tracks familiar to my ears. So these were good speakers to my ears, but not good enough to bring them home with me. And after a few days I read the audioscience review. I understand the praise for little Revels, but much more important was what I heard. And those elevated lows and highs and the lack of details in the music (may be mid-range, for which this speaker lacks the separate driver) were not to pleasing. And just to mention, the measurements on audioscience review site confirmed that accentuation of lows and highs, but I could not believe that would be so obvious. So, I can read all the measurements as a guide, but my ears will fill in the rest.

(this obviously is not my setup ...) Iloud Micro monitors for my desktop. Funny thing these have DSP built in, powered speakers. A lot of mastering guys are using them in their small home recording studios. They are the size of my palm. The company that designed them is from Italy but these are made in China (of course). How can they not be when selling for little money. Got them on a discount, so not to many complaints from my side so far. 😇

All I heard are web reviews, this one sound demo for example: Of course this is not like actually having them, but if the recording is right it usually is a good guide to me. Fives are impressive little speakers. If I would have to mention where a room for improvement would be, the above opinions regarding bass overpowering the mid hit the right spot. But in such a small speaker, and taking into account the whole package you get, this is acceptable. Sound-wise, they remind me of Acoustic Energy Radiance 1 bookshelves. Small woofer, tweeter with controlled dispersion, big sound.

You need a better aiming device 🙂

Why not make the stands by yourself. I mean, if you have any skills, gluing a few boards together will be a piece of cake. You can also make them to your preferred dimensions.

Of course it is not cheap, that is why I haven't bought record cleaning machine yet. However, the service of cleaning records that we had in a local record shop was cheap enough. It was less than a dollar for one record and the owner usually included one new Mofi record sleeve. But the shop closed, so I just do not buy second hand records any more 😊

I am very picky regarding my records. I used a liquid and a microfiber cloth only when I was in my beginnings. All my used/second-hand LPs went through the OkkiNokki machine, when this service was available to me locally. To my understanding, it is important to suck up all the liquid that mixed with the dirt from the groves. Otherwise it will stay on LPs and you haven't done much. And the cleaning fluid that is sold by OkkiNokki proved to be very good.

I heard them once in a demo room with a turntable. Pulled out from the wall in a a small room. I thought they sound pretty balanced, much fuller sound than RP600M that were at the same place a few days before. I liked R-51m.

Same here 🙂

We have hawks, a family of hawks that is in this particular area for years now . Yes, they eat our chickens, but they fly so gracefully circling above us, it is a pleasure to watch.

A member here by the nick oros used this driver in his cornscala build. I haven't heard from him a few years, maybe you can try to contact him.

Many people will say that a good direct drive assembly will need very seldom maintenance, certainly a lot less than belt driven TTs. Other will praise their robust build. More will talk about better speed control. There are those who appreciate their torque and speed start. I do not have much experience with them except listening music several times played by SL1200 of several types. Taking all these things aside, if a belt is accessible, changing it will not be a problem. Both my tables are belt driven and I do not have complaints.

Welcome and greeting from Croatia 😊. You will soon realize that membership on this fine forum is from many parts of the world.

All of the issues that you wrote regarding buying a TT are to the point. Funny thing is that most of the sellers of old aka vintage gear overprice their equipment. It is same at all markets. MDF plinths in new TTs are not my cup of tea also. But sound-vise, nothing so bad in these especially for the price you pay. Regarding phono section, I will have to try it on my AM2850 to say something meaningful. Phonos on these old amps are usually good, even very good. For example, Kenwood M1/C1 that I have now in my setup have MM and MC phono sections. As I now play LPs via MC cart (Benz Glider) I tried that, and yes MC on Kenwood is really good as internet tells me. However, after connecting TT back to a separate phono amp, I can hear the difference for the better. Not by much but noticeable.

Former East Germany MZ150 ccm two-stroke. Broke my arm on that thing. Incredibly high center of gravity, frame flexes longitudinally, on any kind of slippery surface it just rode all over the place.

Not sure if it would be of interest to you, but in Europe the www.jpc.de is a good source to get new records.

The name of the rose https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091605/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

I have Sansui 9090DB for 6 years now. One channel did not work as I got it. Took it to a repair shop and they said that the main volume pot is to blame. All models at that line (7070, 8080, 9090) use the same volume pot, but it is very hard for me to find second hand. These pots are very sought after. I never find the time to open up the receiver and check if it has other issues. Anyway, it is in the closet waiting for better days.

You opted for plug and play solution, congratulations 😃. I don't know what cartridge and stylus Sony uses or if you could upgrade it later. But for that kind of money it seems like a solid starter TT. You will appreciate the convenience of not having to align the cartridge and set it right, if you have never done that. If you by any chance have access to a separate phono amp, give it a try. I doubt that the one built in the Sony is of good quality.

Go to "Ask the historian", there is usually such infos.

I doubt that. It depends on how good is the receiver you start with. But "much better" - not likely on my humble opinion.

Decent TT. I would change the cartridge with something new anyway.

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No to hijack the thread, how were you satisfied with Benchmark DAC? I suppose it was Mark 1? I was thinking of buying myself one, but these are now pretty old now. Some were doing mods in them, so there is obviously space for improvements. And for what I was reading, if one is to use it as a preamp, the volume knob is not so good at low levels - the main difference between Mark 1 and 2.