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Damping was all set set but IMO, if you're sitting there giving it the "non standard" shtick when these things are modded all the time, then I'm not quite buying that, regardless of your suspicions. The guy that did the work did plenty of these and the work is good. At the time I lived in an...

I didn't do any swapping or modding. It's a sprung sub-chassis of the bouncy kind and I'm hardly the first to report similar. Plenty of other users have invested in wall shelving to get round the problem.

I've zero issues with stuff being made in China. As long as the terms of manufacture and quality control requirements are set out in the contract of work, then I'm good with that. As it happens, I have a "Made in Germany" TD160 in a modded plinth with Rega arm. which is great deck until you...

Maybe somebody else did? That was my first post!

Chances are a direct link from the Apple to the amp will be rather better than Bluetooth. My Cambridge 200M DAC has a BT option and while it's maybe fine for podcasts, it's the poor relation for music.

You could also have a look at the Cambridge Alva ST turntable as an alternative. I've had mine for about almost three years now I think. I bought it to replace a Thorens TD160 whose sensitive spring-loaded sub-chassis I'd grown thoroughly fed up with. Couldn't move across the room without the...

I wouldn't skimp on the amp for those 750LEs. They'll enjoy an amp with good power, a decent damping factor and let them get on with it. I don't recall your budget, but while I'd take note of the popular models just now, get acquainted with what other manufacturers are producing. And don't...

You decide mate. (y)

If you - like me - perhaps baulked at the price of The Delicate Sound of Thunder when they re-did the video (think it was around £50 when it came out a few years back and still clocks in at £35 or so), if you head over to Amazon Prime in the UK, you'll get it in HD for just £10.99. Great...

Thanks Matt, it's a funny old game isn't it? With the actives, I was pretty happy with the ADM9 RSS models to a degree, but they really needed some legroom to open up to give their best. With the DM5 actives, they need a balance I've yet to attain with them. Great in some cases, but in...

Don't for one minute think I wasn't tempted by a few things there...! The aforesaid Marantz and a lovely old Hitachi amp from the 70s. Had to hold hard on those though....! The Garrard 401 with Origin Live tonearm and just fresh from a refurb at £800 was hard to pass by too.

Much like the Cranage hifi show, I heard about the Audiojumble in Hi Fi World yonks ago - this is its 34th year! Seemed like as good a reason as any! I got there for just after 10. Bit of a delay getting in, but the queue started moving quickly. I think they have an early bird type entry...

Never been to this in the near 35 years it's been going but thought now was the time. The other reason being it's at the other end of the country from me, this year in a larger venue in Crawley. So off I trooped down to stay at a hotel near Gatwick overnight and off I went this morning. Lots...

Absolutely nothing for the foreseeable....!!

So, I've had a good few days running in the Marantz PM80-II. What to say? Initially, I paired it with some Mordaunt Short MS10i standmount speakers which, while really very good entry level speakers, with a performance way beyond both their price tag and the term "entry level" itself, don't...