Gale made their first acrylic turntable in 1974 I think.

There's good and bad in everything. There's not much you can do about it so just accept it and get on with whatever floats your boat. If that's bleating about what goes on in other forums then that's ok by me

I think it's fair to say most AT carts are blessed with a decent stylus.

I've never tried an Empire cartridge. Well no that's not exactly true. There is one on the Empire arm that I removed from my turntable. I played a few sides of some unloved records before replacing it with a slightly less clunky Notts Spacearm. Can't say I was impressed though someone did remark tha...

I have quite a few turntables in my possession. Nothing really special but I do like my Empire 598. I have a couple of Sondeks. They may be considered iconic but they're nothing to shout about imo.

I find all this digital stuff hard to get to grips with so I prefer to leave it and carry on with my CDs and records. At least when I buy CDs and records the artist gets their dues.

It looks OK to me Steve but it needs a 0 volt link across the two caps like Lurcher said and from that link a 0 volt wire taking to each amp board.

Whenever I see, hear or think about Linn's Keel the Logic DM101 always comes to mind. They beat them to it by how many decades?

Whats the Arm! Manticore 'Magician'? It certainly looks like one to me. As for the Mission 775, I've had a heavy version for as long as I can remember though I haven't used it for some time. I'm quite attached to it and don't envisage ever parting with it. I've been searching for years for an origi...

Andy-831 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2017 2:56 pm Had not realised you were so close Terry, I am on the moor above Hebden Bridge for my sins

Andy

Yes you're deffo a sinner keeping that curry to yourself just because it started snowing lol. You won't get rid of me so easy next time