Recent content by Mickj7

Ha ha, when the government start clawing back the money they've spent this last year I might have to. Not sure how much nutritional value it'll have though.

Cheers Tony. I've been reading up a bit and read about the damage some upgrades have done. I'll keep searching for the relevant videos.

Thanks Tony. Much appreciated. I'll be crimping as much as possible. The oiling the motor is the biggest dread after being electrocution. I'd get it done professionally but not willing to pay £600. thanks again.

Thank you Beobloke, that's great. The picture on page 12 shows the earthing tag with a cable already attached. So I would attach two wires on the mains cable to the power supply connecting block and the third wire (earth) in the mains cable to the earthing tag? So there would be two cables...

I've taken a chance on a Garrard 401, because I love my bass and I've heard the bass on them is great. Doesn't look like it's been used for many years. I haven't even got it yet because my brother collected it for me, and won't be delivering it for a few weeks. The seller told me a mains cable...

Hi John, I've got a Musicmaker so need the stylus protector myself. Aren't they a Grado body?. Would you be able to contact Grado for a spare or a Grado dealer possibly? I remember years ago losing the mouting screws for my Dynavector DV20 and wrote to the UK distributor and he sent me a new...

Not sure. Need to be a Philadelphia lawyer to understand the rules.

Not totally sure but if I sent with a value of say £300 I think you should pay VAT on it. Obviously while it’s broken it’s not any value other than the amount I could get for a trade in. I sent a tonearm to Germany recently and I only put the value down as £20 but still got charged VAT on the...

I was on the American E.A.T. distributors website before and it said the exchange percentage was 25%, so whether they've got it wrong or it's different in Europe I don't know.

Yes that sounds like a good idea. It's getting whacked with import and VAT that's putting me off a bit. Pay VAT on something when you buy it, then when you want to get it repaired you pay again. It's bloody annoying.

Thanks mate, Schalk the maker of my Phono Stage is looking at making new modules which I'll be able to replace the old ones with and slip into the casings. He's looking at reducing the gain too. The phono stage is superb, but I just think it's a mismatch in terms of gain, and input sensitivity...

I got in touch with E.A.T to ask about any trade in/exchange programme and Josefina (the owner) replied saying return the cartridge to them or dealer and receive 40% off a new one. Seems like a very good deal. I think the Jo no.5 is around £799 so around £316 off. Much better than...

Thanks bit out of my price range, especially with my record in breaking cantilevers. I’be terrified to use the thing

Cheers

What’s a TKR? Excuse the ignorance