DigiPete

Happy Birthday Todd! 🥂

LOL.... yeah just busy, been into astrophotography last few years, so I hang out in that world mostly..... https://www.astrobin.com/users/Readerp/

Simple Minds

OOH-AY-OOH

Dahlia, my bengal cat She likes to climb I think she is also going blind..... sad

Supposed to be putting new heads and camshafts on my Mustang, but at 100° it's too bloody hot in the garage.... So... listening to vinyl!

On Vinyl:

The MOFI one, to boot!

The MOFI one, to boot!

Vinyl orgy

ehh...maybe the CJ Premier 15 phono with teflon upgrades is pretty good kit, as is the SME V arm. The Technics, is completely modded: 12lb Mke New platter aluminum, bearing, bearing plate and copper SME armboard. Paul Hynes off board PSU. The speakers are surprisingly good Paradigm Ref 100v4. I do salivate over the Paradigm Signatures though.... There is always the cabling game to be played a bit further.... speakers is the next link, but it may be a while before I can afford a substantial step up.

LOL.... I could break a few things.... if only I had the money.....

The new ZYX Ultimate 4D cart arrived. Quite a step up from the Zyx 3X I had and destroyed! LOL More resolving, better separation, depth, etc. The end of the line for me.

On vinyl, with my new ZYX Ultimate 4D cartridge.

Yup Mehran! Very nice gentleman! Yeah, when I bumped the tonearm as I was reaching for the record clamp, and it popped out of its armrest clip and shot across the record, my heart sank..... Of course, now its time to institute more safety protocols, like putting the armlift up when the tonearm is parked, putting the record clamp somewhere away from the tonearm..... Necessity is the mother of upgrading LOL

I thought about re-tipping, the cantilever is fine, but eventually I decided to work with the dealer here in the US, who I bought if from brand new, and he gave me a very generous discount to trade in, which I could not pass up (but I'm sure I'll regret it later when the credit card bill comes in). So I ordered the ZYX Ultimate 4D, on the way...... still cost me north of $X,XXX

Ouch.... just knocked the stylus off my ZYX AIRY 3X cart !! F' me. ?

A good starter deck, and fairly robust. With some investment the Technics 1200 can sound as good as you want to take it. But that is probably true of a lot of things. I have replaced the tonearm, bearing, platter and added an external PSU, and it sounds extremely good. Of course to get sound at this level you also need a killer cart and phono stage besides the rest of your audio chain. http://theartofsound.net/forum has some good info on modding the Techie if that's what you decide to do. .