How I Spent My RSD 18/April/2015

This is how I spent my RSD 18/April/2015

(RSD = Record Store Day) 

Ramsey needed to change his arm from the Rega RB300 to SME V

something which i have no experience and cant affort

the original look of the Gyrodec with the original arm

the RB300 arm with the upgraded counterweight (there is a name to this)

and here is the 主角 SME V

Precision engineering proudly made in UK

you need minimum S$3.5k to own this "black gun"

another look from the brand new box

gorgeous arm

one of the awesome feature is the VTA dial on-the-fly

 

sadly, the original silver-lining leads are too tight for the Audio Technica 33PTG's pins

the chassis for the arm to sit on

took me sometime to mouth the arm to this custom made armbase

the bottom look of the armbase

pretty impressive precision aluminum mold perfect fit for the SME V

changed to the Oyaide lead wires for the AT 33PTG

all set for alignment

the side look

the close up to the Original AT33PTG 

is cartridge is consider collectable item - it got to be the Mark1

the armbase lock, horizontal adjustment and VTA are totally different from the SME 3009 series

all set for 1.85g as recommended for test run

tested with Carly Simon "Coming around again" and Ramsey is happy with it

total spent 4.5hours to get this whole thing change and setup

it is a great learning for me to hand-on this deck and arm

happy RSD !

Thorens TD125MK1

31/Mar/2014

mounted Rega RB300

overall alignment done

given the acrylic base is fixed to the plinth so the adjustment to the 3 suspension springs was really a pain

took me almost 2hour to align the chassis to level with the plinth

gosh!

tested and i would say 99.95% ready... however the VTA is not right

i need a spacer. maybe 2-4mm to raise the arm higher. that would be perfect!

the cartridge is Shure M95ED

(FYI: you will never go wrong with this cartridge for the best of 80s retro music)

another imperfection is one of the screw mounting hole. it is about 2mm away from the chassis

so i give the last screw hole a missed to test drive the unit

 overall great satisfaction

tested with both speeds, sound perfect to my ears

the aesthetic is simply gorgeous and will goes well with all furniture

looks high-end too ;-)

thks for reading

with this the refurbishment of the TD125Mk1 project is finally over!!!

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26/Mar/2014

Finally. took me about a year to finish this project

the last post was back in April2013

i will not give the excuse of busy or no time

lazy is the word!

 the acrylic armboard is ready for Rega300

the mounting hole is 25m diameter and away from spindle hole 222m

from the side view

from the "back side"

top view

just last weekend sent to Adrian to get the speed adjusted

i am lucky to get the neon strobe light replace (from Zenn, he has some parts left over from a dismantle unit) so it will shine on the strobe disc and reflect the speed light on the window

originally this unit the inner platter came without the stobe plate (ref to the pic in my earlier posting) but found one at Ah Koon and cost me $90

so retro looking

i have a Rega RB300 ready to complete the project

stay tuned!