Turntable

GreiginFife said:
You might find that you want stands to get the best sound. Even on carpet you can get resonant feedback.
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I second that. I know that wives consider what looks best more than what sounds best ?, but stands make a big difference. Just google speaker stands to see what is about and how much they can go to in price and style.
That will indicate that in Hi Fi aspirations they are regarded as important.
I'm not suggesting that you buy expensive ones, you may be able to make or use some type of stand, but the phrase "ha'porth of tar" comes to mind.
Speakers sitting on carpet will make the bass "plummy", and may cause feedback.
HTH
 
GreiginFife said:
I think you will really like those Q Acoustics. They sounds much bigger than their size and look great with the rounded edges. The Juke Box E gets good reviews on all fronts and the Ortofon OM is a good cart/stylus.
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A few years ago I was looking for some small speakers and demoed some Q's and something else, forget what. Asked afterwards what I thought my answer was along the lines of 'They're okay, but I'm not blown away.' "Didn't think you would be" was the response "if that's what you usually listen to." "Got a suggestion?" says I. Out came a pair of Wharfedales and they went straight in the back of the car after a listen. Never realised until them how much the type of music you listen to could affect the choice of speakers.
 
Blue in Munich said:
A few years ago I was looking for some small speakers and demoed some Q's and something else, forget what. Asked afterwards what I thought my answer was along the lines of 'They're okay, but I'm not blown away.' "Didn't think you would be" was the response "if that's what you usually listen to." "Got a suggestion?" says I. Out came a pair of Wharfedales and they went straight in the back of the car after a listen. Never realised until them how much the type of music you listen to could affect the choice of speakers.
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The 30 series of Q Acoustics get highly rated reviews and the 3020's I got for my in-laws are, to me, better than the Wharfedales that I have. It's marginal but the Q's give a more dynamic bass and better mids, whilst the Wharfedales give good quality mids and decent highs but lack in bass.
 
GreiginFife said:
The 30 series of Q Acoustics get highly rated reviews and the 3020's I got for my in-laws are, to me, better than the Wharfedales that I have. It's marginal but the Q's give a more dynamic bass and better mids, whilst the Wharfedales give good quality mids and decent highs but lack in bass.
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If Q did a series starting with 10 it might have been them, it was a few years ago. For me at the time it was the other way round, the Wharfedales were more dynamic than the Q's. Front end would possibly make a difference, good thing for me was that I demoed them on the same box that I was going to be using at home.
 
Blue in Munich said:
Nice. Tannoy Mercury 4's with spikes at this end.
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I tried the Tannoys (I had an original set of Mercury M1's back in the day) but I found that they lacked a bit of drive in the mids and a bit if bass compared to the Bronze 5s. A good looking speaker with the tweeter positioned in between the drivers.

I think if I change the MAs, I will get the Fyne Audio F502s, made by a load of guys that used to work for Tannoy.
 
Blue in Munich said:
If Q did a series starting with 10 it might have been them, it was a few years ago. For me at the time it was the other way round, the Wharfedales were more dynamic than the Q's. Front end would possibly make a difference, good thing for me was that I demoed them on the same box that I was going to be using at home.
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They do a set of series, 1, 2, 3 etc based on the size of the cabinets. The 10xx are old and were entry level IIRC. The 20 series really picked up the pace quality wise.
 
Cor blimey! Shouldn't have looked.

Back in the day, I had Decca London cartridge 847
in Hadcock unipivot arm 275
On Thorens turntable 75 -999
Playing thru Quad 33-303 amplifier 400-950
Into Lowther horn speakers 4,415

The figures are in Pounds. Prices on E bay .

As I said, shouldn't have looked?
 
Just received a message that my delivery of the TT from Hifix, which I ordered directly with them but they must ship through Amazon, is coming today ?

Unfortunately doesn’t look like the speakers will come early though, and will still be Monday ?
 
Fish said:
Just received a message that my delivery of the TT from Hifix, which I ordered directly with them but they must ship through Amazon, is coming today ?

Unfortunately doesn’t look like the speakers will come early though, and will still be Monday ?
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That's good going, at least you have a couple of days still to get those vinyls cleaned ?
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
You gotta be careful sir as one of your pictures shows you've got some some sort of porno-horror movie on TV ;).

Notwithstanding that minor distraction - that looks a very nice little bit of audio kit - just the biz for spinning the vinyl..:)
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It was The Stud ?
 
Speakers arrived also, luckily got my cable as well, so I’ve been a busy little soldier ?

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What a palaver getting that drive belt on, it took me ages, then when I removed an LP, I knocked the bloody thing off ?
 
splashtryagain said:
Looking good, so how does it sound?
If you've never had 'proper' hifi stuff before it'll be a treat for you!
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Lost my keyboard for a while then ?

Not turned it up yet, only put a picture LP of Bowie on, needs cleaning, but could immediately feel & hear the quality of sound, will give it a good blast when I’ve cleaned a few records.

Not sure if I need to calibrate the stylus, I’ve got some gizmo to gap it correctly, but ??
 
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Fish said:
Lost my keyboard for a while then ?

Not turned it up yet, only put a picture LP of Bowie on, needs cleaning, but could immediately feel & hear the quality of sound, will give it a good blast when I’ve cleaned a few records.

Not sure if I need to calibrate the stylus, I’ve got some gizmo to gap it correctly, but ??
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Will take a few uses but you will get used to the belt and adjusting it for changing speed etc. Was the cart & stylus not already set up?
 
GreiginFife said:
Will take a few uses but you will get used to the belt and adjusting it for changing speed etc. Was the cart & stylus not already set up?
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My keyboard on my phone keeps disappearing at tines??

Anyway, I would expect the stylus be ok, just going by what it says on the instructions and the gizmo I’ve got.

Hasn’t it got a switch to go from 33 to 45, what’s this ‘adjust the belt’ comment for different speed, I’ve not read anything about that!!
 
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