The "Picture of your Turntable(s)" thread, Pt. 4

did you also not see the pics in my first post?

thanks,

doug s.

 

Me neither!
I just opened a thread in the "Forum Business" section. Lately I am seeing lots of code but no pictures. Weird.
https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/thre...-pictures-is-it-just-me.880498/#post-22140076

 

this is a beautiful turntable, and i bet its sound is way above its price point. curious where you got the ptp6; i don't see it listed f/s anywhere. do you have to get ptp to make one on request?

thanks!

doug s.

 

The Soul lines turntables are works of art, nice !

 

A great TT - and Zero 7 as well!

 

STRANGE: I did see those yesterday but I don't see them today.

 

Nope.

 

Thanks Doug! The sound quality is pretty outstanding for sure. I've had a handful of nicer Pioneer tables (PL-550, PL-630, PL-9), a Technics 1210, a Project Debut Carbon, a MusicHall 2.1LE, this custom table beats them all handily. Perfectly black backgrounds and incredible detail retrieval. The cart is a real performer too and the arm suits its high compliance very nicely. There is also something very special about idler drive tables that I had to hear to believe. They have a very lively, urgent quality, I love it.

I ordered my PTP6 directly from the maker via the Lenco Heaven forums. Once you register, you can find the info thread here:
Lenco Heaven > Members Only > Market Place > Traders > The PTP6

Thank you! I was bummed to hear this EP was limited to the UK only but it was super cheap and easy to get from juno.co.uk, very happy to have it, I'm a huge fan (of their first 3 albums at least)

 

thanks! i'm a member there; didn't take me long to find the thread. not a bad deal at all. i've been tempted to pull the trigger on a lenco for modding.

the only other idler drive i've used (haven't gotten the fairchild 411 hybrid i the system yet) was my first "real" turntable, a dual 1219. (a LOT of years ago.) one of my happiest audio memories was literally tossing it into a big dumpster! boy, i hated that thing. even with my primitive early system, it sucked - wow you could see on the built-in strobe, and hear thru the speakers. and, after about a year, it started requiring regular fiddling. i was SO happy when it got replaced, with a very decent c&j walker cj55.

doug s.

 

Nope, don't see these either.

 

This is what we are seeing:

 

I don't see anything either

 

interesting - i see a pic of my fairchild 411. something fishy here...

doug s.

 

Nothing here either.

 

What service do you use to host your pics?

 

It's tricky to make a sharable link with Google drive or Google photos. It can be done. Make a link to share by email. But I would generally advise against that unless you know what you're doing. One issue is that Google won't remove GPS location info and other personal info present in the metadata (tags) inside the image. If you take a photo with your phone and the phone embeds GPS coordinates (most do by default) you could be giving away the exact location of where you live. Google drive and Google photos is designed to share photos with friends you trust and family, not with the entire internet.

It's better to use a service like Imgur to share photos. Imgur will remove the GPS coordinates and other personal metadata from the photos when you upload them. Imgur is designed to share images with the entire internet. I would suggest making an account at Imgur before uploading photos. Making an account will allow you to manage and later delete the photos later.

 

Good info and advice. Google Drive is definitely not well-suited for posting images on forums.

 

Haven't posted a pic of the TT for a few years, VPI Classic Signature SE. I've since made a new Rack that is wide enough to accommodate a VPI HRX one day (hoping to find a mint used one).

 

This is before I set it up.. Second (12 inch Jelco 850) arm is on it's way.

 

Juno are a great retailer! And I know what you mean about Yeah Ghost! It needed to be an evolution not a revolution. Juno are selling a new 12" single Aurora/Mono - much better!

 

This baby has been with me since ’74/(’75?), and it has truly gone through the wringer during my early adult life, remaining unscathed, and never missing a beat. She then spent a few years in mothballs before I put ‘er back into service in the mid eighties; it’s been my “backup TT” for the past 35 years!

The stock blonde(ash?) plinth never really grabbed my affection, and a few years back I decided to build a new plinth with the intention of using some exotic hardwood and veneer. Having recently retired and re-evaluating my finances, I decided to forgo the expense, and use common materials. Now while the finished project doesn’t necessarily elicit that “Wow” factor, it does have a clean contemporary look, and I’m more than satisfied that it is no longer the ash veneer. Purist may feel differently.

It was certainly a mind f*** when I was browsing Pinterest and came upon a pic of a Thorens TT almost identical to my new look! Coincidence, or had I seen it earlier, yet have no memory of doing so… Hmmmm.

 

Here is my Avid Diva II SP.

Some amazing looking and sounding turntables in this thread.

 

David, a beauty indeed; a work of industrial art. I've drooled over the Avid TTs for many a moon, but for this ol' fart,
possession is only a dream.

 

Small upgrade for my secondary turntable, A Tizo Acryl platter ... looks nice, sounds great (or was it the other way around)
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