Cartridge for Pro-Ject Debut II
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Re: Cartridge for Pro-Ject Debut II
I’ve got an old Grado body somewhere that I’m willing to donate. Came on a deck with no stylus, now in my parts drawer. Probably worthless, but up for grabs. Free postage.
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Re: Cartridge for Pro-Ject Debut II
If it has the 'JG' logo on the underside then it is one of the Signature models.
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Re: Cartridge for Pro-Ject Debut II
Anyway, how's the search for a cheap needle to fit that windup gramophone going? That is how this all started out, isn't it?
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Re: Cartridge for Pro-Ject Debut II
If only life was that simple ...
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Little Bear MC2 + AQ NightHawk
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Re: Cartridge for Pro-Ject Debut II
Further diversion.
I am a big fan of Grado headphones and have spent many a happy hour relaxing in the garden with them on. Will have to investigate them on Facebook.
I am a big fan of Grado headphones and have spent many a happy hour relaxing in the garden with them on. Will have to investigate them on Facebook.
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Re: Cartridge for Pro-Ject Debut II
The Budget Audiophile strikes again!
Tweak of the day - rubber anti-vibration washing-machine feet for 10 euro.
I have long scoffed at the vinyl-addicts with their weird mods and add-ons, only to find that I have now joined their ranks. That's life, I suppose.
With this system standing upstairs in a 300-year-old farmhouse, the floors are prone to vibration and I could feel that the hifi unit was picking up some from the adjacent speakers.
The Pro-Ject 1.2 has surprised me several times by its sonic strengths and this mod lifts it another notch. The bass is tighter, better-defined and deeper. Stereo imaging is sharper and airier.
At a guess, this deck would now give a Rega P3 stiff competition.
Upstairs:
VinylPro-Ject 1.2 + Grado Sig Jr + Cambridge Alva Duo
DigiVolumio PC + Kiss DP-500 + Sabaj A20d
NVA: Cube2 - SSP - LS6+ Sabaj A10a {x2)
Little Bear MC2 + AQ NightHawk
Downstairs:
VinylLogic DM101 + Syrinx LE1 + Grado Sig MCX
DigiDenafrips Ares II + Volumio PC + Cambridge CXC
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Re: Cartridge for Pro-Ject Debut II
I have some under my turntable tooFretless wrote: ↑Sat May 28, 2022 9:30 am
The Budget Audiophile strikes again!
Tweak of the day - rubber anti-vibration washing-machine feet for 10 euro.
I have long scoffed at the vinyl-addicts with their weird mods and add-ons, only to find that I have now joined their ranks. That's life, I suppose.
With this system standing upstairs in a 300-year-old farmhouse, the floors are prone to vibration and I could feel that the hifi unit was picking up some from the adjacent speakers.
The Pro-Ject 1.2 has surprised me several times by its sonic strengths and this mod lifts it another notch. The bass is tighter, better-defined and deeper. Stereo imaging is sharper and airier.
At a guess, this deck would now give a Rega P3 stiff competition.
Modded Belles A150 MK2, P90SA, & NVA SSP cables, and LS5.
Leak Stereo 20 & First Audio Classic Copper V2
Modded Lenco GL75 with Saturn arm, heavy custom plinth. Nagaoka MP500.
Nottingham Audio Hyperspace + heavy kit, + Origin Live Conqueror + Koetsu Black
Tom Evans Micro Grove MK2 MC phono
Bluesound Node2i (x2) both with latest power upgrades.
Topping D90MQA and Topping D90SE
Audiolab 6000 CDT transport.
All NVA cables
Leak Stereo 20 & First Audio Classic Copper V2
Modded Lenco GL75 with Saturn arm, heavy custom plinth. Nagaoka MP500.
Nottingham Audio Hyperspace + heavy kit, + Origin Live Conqueror + Koetsu Black
Tom Evans Micro Grove MK2 MC phono
Bluesound Node2i (x2) both with latest power upgrades.
Topping D90MQA and Topping D90SE
Audiolab 6000 CDT transport.
All NVA cables
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Re: Cartridge for Pro-Ject Debut II
Cheap n' cheerful audio tips #423: massive isolation platform.
Nosing around at the bottom of the garden this morning, I spotted some broken marble-style terrace-tiles. Finding a section that was roughly rectangular and weighed about 15kg, I cleaned the mud off it and hauled it up to the music-room.
Putting it onto the rubber washing-machine feet I got recently, then I placed the Pro-Ject 1.2 with Grado Signature Jr cartridge on top and fired it up.
Interesting. The bass feels to have gained an extra octave in extension and the detail is both sharper and smoother. More '3D' effect as well.
The budget audiophile is like heavy, dude !
Upstairs:
VinylPro-Ject 1.2 + Grado Sig Jr + Cambridge Alva Duo
DigiVolumio PC + Kiss DP-500 + Sabaj A20d
NVA: Cube2 - SSP - LS6+ Sabaj A10a {x2)
Little Bear MC2 + AQ NightHawk
Downstairs:
VinylLogic DM101 + Syrinx LE1 + Grado Sig MCX
DigiDenafrips Ares II + Volumio PC + Cambridge CXC
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Re: Cartridge for Pro-Ject Debut II
I used a Bamboo chopping board with sorbothane hemisphere's to great effect, but I place 4 wooden cones (one at each corner of my PTtoo) between tt an board rather than more rubber type feet
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Re: Cartridge for Pro-Ject Debut II
There's really good technical basis for how that works. The intertia of the slab is high so it tends to stay still. The rubber feet absorb the vibrations as they need to go somewhere I used something similar to isolate a weighing system from a suspended floor many years ago. Some of the more erudite hifi mags used to go on about stored energy - I think that's a load ofFretless wrote: ↑Sat May 28, 2022 9:30 am
The Budget Audiophile strikes again!
Tweak of the day - rubber anti-vibration washing-machine feet for 10 euro.
I have long scoffed at the vinyl-addicts with their weird mods and add-ons, only to find that I have now joined their ranks. That's life, I suppose.
With this system standing upstairs in a 300-year-old farmhouse, the floors are prone to vibration and I could feel that the hifi unit was picking up some from the adjacent speakers.
The Pro-Ject 1.2 has surprised me several times by its sonic strengths and this mod lifts it another notch. The bass is tighter, better-defined and deeper. Stereo imaging is sharper and airier.
At a guess, this deck would now give a Rega P3 stiff competition.
I've heard about the bamboo chopping boards but I've no idea why they work.
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