- #Sme tonearm board for kenwood mod#
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- #Sme tonearm board for kenwood series#
I’m not going to tell you my mod will turn an SL-1200 into an SME 20, but I do think you will find it very interesting.” Should you live anywhere near Sound HiFi in the U.K., they can modify your 1200 for you if you are not so inclined. During our phone conversation, he said, “Look, I sell AVID, SME and Clearaudio. You won’t believe how great the SL-1200 sounds with this arm and a good cartridge.”ĭave Cawley of Sound HiFi (has been running a HiFi shop with on-site repair facilities for a long time and is a true analog enthusiast.
#Sme tonearm board for kenwood mods#
The Sound HiFi mods described here were brought to my attention by a good friend on the MartinLogan forum (an SME owner) who had just heard the modded table at a friend’s house with an SME 309 arm fitted. However, the rabid enthusiasm for the 1200 out in the world of internet forums has kept my interest piqued.
#Sme tonearm board for kenwood full#
The full suite of KAB mods certainly improve the SL-1200, the minute I drop a record on a Rega P5, or a nice used Linn LP-12, I’m still not that interested in the Technics.
#Sme tonearm board for kenwood series#
I’ve investigated the KAB series of modifications for the SL-1200, and they have ultimately left me cold because I still feel that the stock SL-1200 arm is the weak link in the equation. Think of the SL-1200 as the Volkswagen GTI of the turntable world. anyway), so this is an excellent platform for modification. While a basic “audiophile approved” turntable can easily run a couple thousand dollars without a tonearm, you can still find a like – new SL-1200 on the secondary market for $400 -$500 (in the U.S. The direct-drive mechanism has a lot of torque and the table has a very weighty presentation with a fair amount of bass detail despite its other shortcomings. The good news is that Technics has been building the SL-1200 for a long time and the core turntable mechanism (motor, base and platter) is robustly built. Careful attention to detail when setting up an SL-1200 will wring every bit of resolution for which it is capable, but this is still not a ton. To be fair to the Rega, I still prefer the sound of a P3 to the sound of a stock Technics SL-1200, which I find rather dark and cloudy sounding overall. My journey in HiFi started with a Technics SL1200 about 35 years ago, yet I quickly got caught up in being a proper audiophile trading that table in for a belt-drive Rega Planar 3. In this case, if you perform the Sound HiFi mods with care, you could reverse the process and go back to a stock SL-1200, should you decide to sell it. So keep that in mind before you get out the Sawzall. If you are new to the modding game, keep in mind that a modded piece rarely has great resale value, because once you start tinkering with anything, there are only so many people who will want to purchase your version of nirvana. Just like my other favorite hobby (automobiles), there is always plenty of room for the wrench turners to coexist with the check writers, and while they always like to banter about whose approach is more pure, the decision to mod is up to you. Accessories including Stillpoint Aperture panels, Cathedral Sound panels, Furutech NCF Nano AC receptacles Silver Circle Tchaik 6 PLC, Symposium ISIS and SRA Craz 3 racks, Audiodharma Cable Cooker, Symposium Ultra and assorted SRA OHIO Class 2.1+ platforms.Though I am not a huge fan of modded gear, I’ve always appreciated the ingenuity exhibited by the DIY side of the audio world. 6, Skogrand, Viero, Kubala-Sosna, Audience Au24SX, Genesis Advanced Technologies and Ensemble Power Cords Assorted cables including Transparent XL Gen. Technics RS1506 with Flux Magnetic heads, Doshi V3.0 tape stage (balanced) 2, vdh Colibri Master Signature, MutechHayabusa, MOFI Master Tracker, Sumiko Songbird cartridges VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy dual pivot tonearm, VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy gimballed and SAT LM-12 arm Goldmund Mimesis 37S Nextgen preamplifier
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