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very cool...i'll talk to the social event coordinator and see if I can get my permission slip signed.

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You know what system I miss, Joe? This one. It was hard as heck to set up, but it had some really great points. What were your thoughts on the Oris?

This is my current amp. I'm using the Sophia 300b. They seem OK to me, but I have no experience with other 300b's...

How can you make such a claim if you don't have any real world experience with measurements? All I'm trying to say is that if you can hear a difference, then I absolutely guarantee I can measure it. My stereo sounds different...subjectively better...when I cup my ears or just push them out. Let's measure these:

Wow - that is a great price on the pro-ject table. I would definitely be looking in that direction if I was a newbie (assuming I was lucky enough to have someone steer me right). As it was, I started off on a used P3...to a P25...to a Garrard 301...to a Thorens 124...also bought a Yamaha PX-2 for kicks (not a half bad DD!)...now the 3rd table in the house is an EMT 930. Good fun! Enjoy the trip!!

What was that again...maple or pine?

I've used the following on the Thorens over the years: SME 3012, 3009, Schroeder Model 1 (9"), Ikeda 12", and the Schick. Only the Schick in this plinth, however. With that caveat, I've never had better performance. I be willing to bet, however, that my old Ikeda would've stomped it. The Schick is a very nice arm and I suspect right in league with the 3012. Over the coming months I'll be able to compare it to the 3009 (which I never found to be all that much different that the 3012).

The plinth is mahogany and it was built for me by Chris Harban of Woodsong Audio. I am not using the mushrooms currenly as I have been experimenting to find out which way works better. For those who are familiar with the 124, it should be clear that the plinth is massive. It has to push 100lbs. I'm not affiliated with Chris, but I recommend his work most highly. It isn't cheap, but I sure as heck can't build it, so it is worth the price to me. YMMV. It does have a second armboard that has been cut for my SME 3009. My main arm is the 12" Schick. Chris has a website and usually has some pieces up on A'gon if anyone was interested in seeing any more examples of his work - which I would recommend checking out to anyone interested in building a plinth as it would certianly provide some good ideas.

Oddly enough, the Thorens is currently dismantled in the arm department as I was putting an EMT cart on it last night.

On the Thorens front, I've recently re-plinthed my 124. If you ever want to come to the North side for a look Pete, you are certainly welcome:

I've been buying from Mr. Juki for years without a problem. I recommend him most highly. This A shell is going to my new EMT pictured below.

Very nice! Mr. Juki had a busy day in Chicago...I picked up mine at the post office yesterday. Strange!

Weird. I cut it and paste it andit goes. A Safari thing...? Anyway, how about stereophile.com. That should work eh? One can access the blog from the first page. Best of luck.

Cut and pasted from the Meijas blogon S'phile: "At first, the amp does not want to budge. It's as if the *** thing is glued to the floor. But, finally, we manage. We've got the amp up and we are walking, slowly, towards the Land Cruiser. We are cursing now, calling the amp all sorts of mean names, telling the amp it should have never been born. We are breathing heavy. Our arms are trembling. It's not so bad. "It's much easier than lifting the Klipsch [Palladium P-39F loudspeaker (review to come)]."

It looks incomplete, but it is good.

http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/a_visit_to_mikeys_and_the_glamorous_side_of_publishing/

Sorry if if has been posted, but I cut and pasted from the Meijas blogon S'phile: "At first, the amp does not want to budge. It's as if the damn thing is glued to the floor. But, finally, we manage. We've got the amp up and we are walking, slowly, towards the Land Cruiser. We are cursing now, calling the amp all sorts of mean names, telling the amp it should have never been born. We are breathing heavy. Our arms are trembling. It's not so bad. "It's much easier than lifting the Klipsch [Palladium P-39F loudspeaker (review to come)]."

ok...after 7 yrs. I've retired my Tom Waits pic.

Great minds think alike today, Dave. The Planet and the Oppo are my 2 CDPs!

My thoughts are the same on the original Planet. I hope mine never dies.

Brian at Venus HiFi is a *great* guy and a CEC dealer. BTW - McIntosh IS a Japanese company now, isn't it?

Good point Dave. That's a crazy amount to play 78's. I like that he is still looking off the beaten path, though. He HAS fallen in with the Halpern gang of late with Shindo , EMT, A23 and the rest of the products distributed by Tone Imports. In any event, on an uncomfortably related note, I myself just picked up an EMT 930 st turntable rebuilt by an engineer friend using EMT sourced parts. What a table! Makes my Thorens look like a HS project. Sound quality is very similar but my goodness, the EMT feels like I could run it 24/7 until my 3 yr. old graduates from college.

Oh yeah...mine too. I've been trying for years to put together a complete collection of Listener. I wish he would put out a CD collection of Listener like Joe did with Sound Practices. Anyway, I don't think he went as dark side as you might assume. Although he is in S'phile, his column is quite Listener-esque. I mean, who else would devote a column to playing 78's as he recently did? This month is almost exclusively Ortofon SPU review. If it weren't for Art, I would not subscribe. I know I can get his column on the website, but for $10 a year, I enjoy getting Art's column tossed in my door once a month.