Bought a new Turntable

[Florian]

Hurray, the next frontier is here :-) It is a Michell Gyrose TT with modded RB300 (pure silver wire). It will be here by the end of July. Hurray! :-)


http://www.michell-engineering.co.uk/pic/tur/michell_gyrose.jpg

[basite]

Nice turntable man, i bet that sounds like it looks (which is very good):)

[JohnMichael]

Very nice turntable! I know you will enjoy it and I will be looking forward to reading your impressions. What cartridge are you going to use with the Mitchell table?

[JoeE SP9]

Nice Gyrodeck Flo! You'll love it. BTW there are several tweaks you can do that will improve its performance. Of course you'll give some vinyl a spin first.:cool:

[BRANDONH]

A thing of beauty.
Happy spinning :)

[Florian]

Nice turntable man, i bet that sounds like it looks (which is very good):)

Yep, lovely :-)

[Florian]

Very nice turntable! I know you will enjoy it and I will be looking forward to reading your impressions. What cartridge are you going to use with the Mitchell table?

Thanks, i am going to use the Goldring 1055 for it and later on a small Koetsu.

:-)

[Florian]

Nice Gyrodeck Flo! You'll love it. BTW there are several tweaks you can do that will improve its performance. Of course you'll give some vinyl a spin first.:cool:

Its been rewired by my friend Allen Wreight (Vacuumstate Electronics) with pure Silver. :-)

[Florian]

A thing of beauty.
Happy spinning :)

Thanks :)

[superpanavision70mm]

How much does that baby go for? How much does it weigh?

[Florian]

Thats a good question, i dont know how much it weighs. They usually sell here for around 2800$ used with the modded RB300 arm and alignment tools. I pay 1600$ for it, since a friend upgraded.

-Flo

[superpanavision70mm]

Looks heavy, solid, and awesome!

[basite]

yep, looks awsome, *still impressed by turntable* *wish i had more money*
happy spinning flo!! :cornut:

[squeegy200]

I've always liked the Michell engineering and appearance. Reminds me of the old Oracle Delphi turntables of the past. The more I spin vinyl, the more I'm enjoying it.

I'm now frequenting thrift shops and garage sales in search of old collections. Many are still in excellent shape.

A friend of mine who owns an audio shop tells me there seems to be a renaissance in the analog arena of late. I seem to have noticed a sizeable increase in deck and cartridge prices as well. Previously owned tables on eBay seemed to have increased in price too.

Congrats Flo on your new turntable. When do we get to come over and have a listen? ;)

Please give us a review of your impressions

[nightflier]

Very nice table and great price too, considering.

Say, I have some cousins visiting from Europe and they were surprised by how "dark" most components are here in the US. Apparently the "silver" look is much more desired on the other side of the pond and black is reserved for the cheaper stuff. Is that true?

Just wondering 'cause everything I have, except one preamp (from down-under, ironically) is black and they said it looks a bit dated and cheap. After the uncomfortable silence that followed I re-educated them - but anyhow I was just wondering....

[basite]

black = cheap, well, interesting theory, i do have to say, if i had my amp in silver, it would look more like a expensive boom box so i don't think that's true, i guess some things look more expensive in silver and other things look more expensive in black.

[nightflier]

Flo, Basite,

I was only asking about the silver because even for a turntable, that's not too common unless you're a DJ. This table (the large pic does help) has a very nice silver build. Most tables I see are wood or have darker tones.

Just wondering what the sentiment was like in Germany.

[emorphien]

Very nice table and great price too, considering.

Say, I have some cousins visiting from Europe and they were surprised by how "dark" most components are here in the US. Apparently the "silver" look is much more desired on the other side of the pond and black is reserved for the cheaper stuff. Is that true?

Just wondering 'cause everything I have, except one preamp (from down-under, ironically) is black and they said it looks a bit dated and cheap. After the uncomfortable silence that followed I re-educated them - but anyhow I was just wondering....
I've noticed a bit of the same. To be honest I find a lot of the silver/chrome/metal components too flashy, I prefer a dull, dark and understated look. It's not there for me to look it, I'll quite often listen with the lights off anyway.

[hifitommy]

no TECHNICS rant?