Emulator II
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Technics SL-1500C
You could start a thread on ASR asking this question and you get would 10 pages of comments arguing over 1 or 2 ply.Don’t know if the toilet roll has any sonic benedits?
Had the same turntable for quite a few years and it has played more than its fair share of Little Feat albums. Modded mine and put the transformer and power supply outboard. Using it now in my second system bomb proof build quality and great Japanese engineering. While in sonic terms it can’t live up to my Project Xtension 10, the Technic’s build quality is much better.Started with a basic player in a box type thing, mono. Probably first record was a Bill Cosby LP. Moved up to a record player/8-track/am-fm stereo set from Panasonic for 12th birthday. At 16 bought my own Dual 1219 (with Shure M91 IIRC, used that for a dozen years.
Don't use it much these days, but have used this SL1200mk2 for the last 37 years...View attachment 158584
What's particularly better about an Xtension 10?Had the same turntable for quite a few years and it has played more than its fair share of Little Feat albums. Modded mine and put the transformer and power supply outboard. Using it now in my second system bomb proof build quality and great Japanese engineering. While in sonic terms it can’t live up to my Project Xtension 10, the Technic’s build quality is much better.
Sounds better in every way, partly due to its high mass design? The arm is a pig to set up and the arm wiring is crap, sent the arm away to Audio Origami in Scotland for a rewire. As much as I love the Technics SL1200 Mk. II it really can’t compete sonically with the Xtension 10. As an example whatever cartridge you put in the Technics the differences in the sound are minor. With theWhat's particularly better about an Xtension 10?
LOL the only time I change cartridge is when its old or I messed it up....and without a proper comparison I wouldn't trust even my own conclusions. I'm pretty sure the cartridge I have now is my last....unless I get clumsy again.Sounds better in every way, partly due to its high mass design? The arm is a pig to set up and the arm wiring is crap, sent the arm away to Audio Origami in Scotland for a rewire. As much as I love the Technics SL1200 Mk. II it really can’t compete sonically with the Xtension 10. As an example whatever cartridge you put in the Technics the differences in the sound are minor. With the
Xtension 10 you can really hear the difference when cartridges are changed.