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this thread , the best audio forum thread on earth. 🤡🙄

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Reading this entire thread…so far…ranging from comments on how good /bad a hifi show system reproduced recorded music to philosophical musings on the reality of existence and comments on God …astronaut or deity 😉, and slapping hifi personalities/ dealers/ brands… {and on other threads}, surely...

Nice, don’t hear much about PT anniversaries… I ran a mechanic on a voyd TT for a number of years, worked well… although both the zeta and mechanic do really make a case for use on a non suspended table…preferably with some ‘mass’ … my NA mentor really sang with a zeta/ mechanic ….

That was a good deal…. I'd do the following – just the usual Clean it ;) Check all connections and see if the earth wire is in place in the arm tube Bearings - no free play or rattling? arm moves smoothly? no sticking? anti skate dial - smooth? It’s not that useful though… get that...

We live in a Victorian terrace, speakers either side of the fireplace…slight toe in listening seats about 8ft back… neighbours other side of party wall..who enjoy the beats ….😉

Yes, but…the Ekos..is not a Zeta 😉

Ps. I would say…the zeta …et al, are ‘to heavy for the linn…’

Decca. Low compliance moving coil…think denon, ortofon. the zeta (and mechanic) were designed with Deccas in mind.

Vinyl engine in the library area has both zeta and mechanic photos, info and manuals free of charge

Ooh, nice..that’s a series 1 mechanic, with the crappy finger lift, that Mission insisted was added, so GB tools drilled a hole in the head shell for a removable finger lift…(sounds better without) and arm tube holder is crap too. Counterweight was improved later.

Had a Kelvin labs integrated…lovely amp…wish I’d never let it go.

Those cheap mechanic s/n stickers on the base … was supposed to be engraved but mission weren’t bothered . I can’t be sure but serial numbers may be a red herring as Mick told me that quite a few zetas and mechanics were lobbed (his words) as ‘crap’ !

By the way, I used to run a voyd turntable with a zeta, excellent combination with a 103r, then had a NA mentor with a graphite platter with Mechanic and deccas. Also a great deck . Mick considered building a direct drive motor ! Alas, not to be

I no longer have any of those photos , but all were prototype arms from late 90s to around 2005 ish The cobra clone was mick doing his version , easy to do apparently, sounded ok. The new generation mechanic zeta is the zeta s prototype , tool steel and aluminium , sounded promising . The dark...