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Hank Mobley featuring

Art Blakey

Wynton Kelly

Paul Chambers

This is a great LP and worth the listen

About 400 LPs so far. Not too shabby

Bullet Boys

Poison

GNR

Not pictured are my EPI M-150 SPEAKERS

I'm basically a vinyl junkie but I have 300 CDs that are just sitting here collecting dust, so. I purchased this Technics sl pd887 (refurbished) from a local electronics repair refurbishment store.

Well, I'm happy to get back into the convenience of playing CDs and saving some stylus wear on my turntable.

The system is as follows

Technics sl-1700 mk1

Technics SA-200 receiver (refurbished)

EPI M-150 (NEE CROSSOVERS)

SHURE M95ED with nee stylus

Nagaoka MP-110

Coming in this week, a refurbished Technics SL PD887 CD player

The display is a petru designs record display vizualizer

All in, including the cd player, I'm just under $700 USD

I share this for those looking to get into vinyl or upgrade from. A cheap turntable, the deals are out there and can be found with a little patience.

Is this top tier ? Not by comparison to some systems I've seen, but do I love what I'm hearing and enjoying the hobby? Yes.

Just be patient, do a lot of research, find out what YOU want in your system and plan accordingly. After all, you're the one who's listening to it day in and out. You

I just took delivery of this aftermarket Shure m95ed stylus that I purchased from Caroles Needles on ebay. It's manufactured i. Japan, and uses the same wire tie system for the suspension as the original stylus. It is a .2 x .7 elliptical cut. Sounds good. Tracking set at 1.25 grams. Rides perfectly in the groove.

Not bad for $40 USD

Now playing

Jimmy Smith Live - Root Down

Spinning some One Way

How's my suspension look?

Tracking at 1.25 grams on my technics SL-1700

I picked up this near mint technics SL-1700 mk1 and the bonus is it came with a shure m95ed cartridge and the original stylus, which has seen very limited rub time very happy with this combination.

I just purchased this Technics SL-1700 ml1 with the original headshell and paired with a Shure m95ed cartridge.

This is one of my favorite turntables from Technics. Semi automatic, suspended sub chassis, easy to tear down and service and the shure m95ed sounds lovely

This shure m95ed came with the Technics sl-1700 mk1 I bought. Is this cartridge worthy of a stylus upgrade?

Well, it seems I always go full circle on turntables. I just took delivery of this technics sl-1700 mk1. I spent a few hours completely tearing it down cleaning it. Removed all old factory grease and applied new. Re-damped the cue piston, flushed all pots and fine adjustment pots with deoxit, polished the dust cover, polished the platter, cleaned up the plinth and put it all back together with a full function test and I'm very pleased.

IMO the Technics sl-1700 is one of the best inter sl series Technics ever produced.

Paired with my nagaoka mp-110 and running it through a fully serviced technics sa-200 receiver into my EPI M-150 speakers, this setup sounds superb 👌

I'll be taking delivery of this excellent condition technics sl-1700 mk1 in a few days! It even comes with the original instructions and what looks like a record dust remover (?).

In any event, I had a 1700 a while ago and foolishly sold it. Now, I'll have it back in my possession.

So, I was going to get an sl-1300 but it sold out from under me, then I saw a sl-1400 and that sold from under me, started to get a little discouraged and honestly was really wanting to get a sl-1700. Well, I looked at some listing and lo and behold this sl-1700 popped up and was just recently listed!

Man, to say I moved at light speed to purchase was an understatement 😆

This one looks clean as a whistle 👌

I have been looking at the Technics sl-1300 and sl-1400 mk1

There are one of each available

The 1300 has had basic service done, the usual deoxit on pots, gears cleaned and re-lubed , the 1400 has not had any basic service done and the rejecr/stop nob is broken, the tab cracked but the piece is there so perhaps a little gorilla glue will set it back ok.

Both sellers asking $330

Curious which you would choose and why. I'm leaning 1400 as the 1300 seems like it may be more of a pain to get inside and service, I have read that in order to re-damp the cue piston you have to de-solder the tonearm.

I have attached photos of the respective options