Technics SL1210/rb300

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About three months ago I got hold of a 2nd hand SL 1210 and put an OL modded RB300 on it. No other mods.

Following on directly from that, I sold my Avid Volvere this week. Thats what I call a cost-effective upgrade!

 

spot on. i did the same with me lp12

 

Alan,

Nice one. I know plenty of others just like you.

SMEs, Linns, Clearaudios, Mitchells, Regas... Pah! The SL-1210 has 'em licked.

Spread the word and help end audiophool snobbery!

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Paul

 

imho anyone thinks their lp12 sounds good really need to compare it with something else..all imho of course.

 

Hi,

I thought you had a Michell Gyrodeck.

SCIDB

 

i do...it's ok but i couldn't have a technics deck as it looks shite..
my gyro sme v is not as good though...
but i dont really care i'm not possesed over my hifi and music..
been there and done that many years ago...
i just play and enjoy the music now....
which i didn't ever do with the lp12....whatever i did i couldn't get it to sound any good.

 

Hi,

So when did you last have an LP12?

SCIDB

 

And how many LP12s did it take to persuade you they are rubbish?

 

When I used to DJ I had two 1210's (OK I only had Ortofon Concorde Nightclub carts on them) but the crappy Rega P3 with Exact cart I also had a the time wiped the floor with them. The 1210's had a one-note bass and far from detailed sound. I can't believe a RB300 transforms that deck but I'd like to hear it !

 

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Hi JCL,

I think the 'DJ' Ortofons probably had a lot to do with it. I've tried these (and also various Stantons), and for hi-fi use they're absolutely dreadful. They're ideal for DJ use, though, as one might expect.

Honestly, with a change of arm (or rewiring & fluid damping of the stock arm), and with a decent mat and cartridge, the 1210 is extremely good. I've heard it 'trounce' a P7 and P5, never mind a P3

You should try to get hold of a copy of HFW from a couple of months back where David Price's modified SL-1200 fitted with an Audio Origami-modified RB300 and Lyra Dorian outperformed an SME 10! It was an extremely informative and interesting article.

I suspect that some UK hi-fi dealers with vested interests in selling Pro-jects and Regas, etc, might have been somewhat 'miffed', though

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Paul

 

agreed those cartridges are pants with a capital p...
dire sounding..
in fact every ortofon i've had has been crap..

 

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what a handsome fella i am aye?
i tell you one thing though this lmullet hairstyle certainly gets the chicks..
and not a bit of dye or perming lotion to be seen.

 

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Fair point. I could never be bothered to put the exact on a 1210. Maybe I should have... I'll look out for that Hi-Fi World. It's probably the current one out here