What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

Source of much enjoyment here. Had it totally refurbished, found the arm in the Philippines through the internet. First stereo pick-up manufactured in Europe, the SP1, fitted with a Shibata ground stylus from Schallplattennadeln.

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I like that a lot. Nice!
 
Rega P3-24 with custom plinth

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Celebrating several hundred records cleaned with my Audio Desk RCM by doing the every couple months service of my preferred turntable.


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My new Roksan Zerxes 20 Plus which i picked up today .

Now the tough part is i have to bring it to my dealer for him to verify everything and then it comes back to me where he installs arm and cartridge .

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That looks to me like a Xerses 20 and not the 20 Plus. There should be an additional levelling adjustment on the inner cut-out North of the spindle bearing on the 20 Plus.

Did you get this from an official dealer?
 
No. He got it as a trade-in. Can you show me a pic of what you mean Gary?
 
John, here's the picture of my 20plus - see the little knob between the inner platter and the rear support. That is another level adjustment for alignment of the suspension. As far as I know, that was introduced in the TMS2 - and included as the upgrade to the Xerses 20+.

(Note that mine has the inner platter from the 20, not the 20+.)

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John, here's the picture of my 20plus - see the little knob between the inner platter and the rear support. That is another level adjustment for alignment of the suspension. As far as I know, that was introduced in the TMS2 - and included as the upgrade to the Xerses 20+.

(Note that mine has the inner platter from the 20, not the 20+.)

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My Xerxes is a 20plus , the adjustment screw in the back does not necessarily tell between them .

Its the parts lists below that shows its a plus which were installed on my table .

TMS3 Main Bearing Ball
Sub-plinth Decouplers and Anti-vibration Spacers
Top plinth Anti-vibration Spacers
Sub-plinth Tilt decoupler anti-vibration Grommets
Rmat-5 retaining 'O' rings
 
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Here's my formal re-entry into the world of playing LPs...

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It's a Nottingham Dais with 12" Anna arm. John B, a local WBF member, introduced me to the Nottingham turntables.

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with Denon DL-A100 cartridge that Gary recommended

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Its look is so barren, I had mixed feelings initially but I knew it was a good turntable when it took close to overnight to seat the bearing completely after filling the well with oil... In a way, I think its simplicity (but I am sure it took a lot of design thoughts to get to Dais...) enhances its performance and now I think it's a keeper and do like the music it produces.

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Having exposed to only the CD/SACD as the quality sound source few years back, the For Duke album was the very first record I have heard that totally surprised me with its huge dynamics that I didn't expect from the black discs played at Mike Lavigne's barn. It wasn't easy to find the direct-to-disc LP, but I finally obtained one as a special music gift from Mike last weekend. Thanks Mike. I need to find more friends like Mike. ;)
 
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Congrats, Ki. That looks like a very nice set-up. I'll be curious to hear it. When Joe and I get there to pick up the Studer, I'll get him to bring his tools and see if we can optimize the set-up. Then it will be fun to compare tape copies of all the tables/arms/carts we have!!
 

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