stevebrock said:
I have done a lot of researching on various forums about the Orbe Platter / Clamp upgrade on the Gyro and the genral consensus is that the Clamp upgrade gives the greatest improvement - I want to keep my Gyro a Gyro and I love the spinning brass weights so I will not be bothering with the platter upgrade.
I have added the Orbe Clamp upgrade and its made a noticable improvement.
I spent a few hours yesterday getting the perfect bounce - piston like now and again this has made a surprising difference too.
I am in no rush for the HR PSU, If I see a used one I will snap it up but they are very rare used.
£379 is the best price I have seen from HiFix (David)
Like you say it's not a cheap upgrade and improvements, though there, are likely to be subtle.
I too looked into a Gyro (and an SME10, truth be told) before I found my TT ex-demo and, from what I've read, would probably have stuck with the Gyro as well.
I think my thoughts at the time were that the Gyro was 'good enough'. I would have preferred an Orbe if I could have found one for the right price (but couldn't) but was not going to spend out for a full Orbe upgrade of the Gyro, if you see what I mean.
Stick with what you have would be my advise, buy more music, and only when you can really afford it look for that PSU (as you say they are extremely rare used as anyone selling one is usually selling the turntable as well).