Does any Audiogon member have a Holbo air-bearing turntable?
I am fascinated by the Holbo air-bearing turntable with its linear tracking air-bearing arm and air bearing platter system. I have not read an unfavourable review, and many reviewers recommend it as a reference-level turntable at an audio bargain price.
If you have one, what has your experience been like? What country are you in? Is yours the Mk1 or the Mk2? What was the set-up experience like? What cartridge(s) have you used, and what would you recommend? How do you keep it clean? Has it been reliable?
Looking forward to hearing real-life experiences!
Yep, I understand the chaos! Our government-owned Australia Post even stopped shipping to the US for a while. We all know who to blame! The common carriers now seemed tasked with collecting "duties" which are really the responsibility of the importer - in this case you! Please tell me a bit more about your Alfa ... |
1961 Giulietta Sprint Veloce. I've owned it for 11 years and never yet driven it, in part because it sat idle in a garage in Connecticut, in the care of the mechanic who built the correct motor and then went into a 5 year swoon until finally I took it away from him. We're almost finished now with me doing a lot of the re-assembly in the shop in Maryland where it was originally painted, 8 years ago. Dark red with gray interior. I also have a beautiful 1959 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce, done and running for many years. I just washed it today in anticipation of a car show on Saturday. I come from about 30 years as a (old 356) Porsche guy, but as a 15 year old, an Alfa Spider was my first love affair with a sports car. Seen at a stop light in New Haven, CT, where I grew up. I waited most of my life to buy one like the one I saw at age 15, but I did own a Duetto Spider while living in NYC going to med school. This is probably now too much information. I could write a book on my Porsche experiences. |
Your story is bringing The Graduate to the forefront of my mind. Must get the 4K version now it is out! Beautiful red Alfa spider. At the time the film was released, my motor was a 1935 Model Y Ford. The only car to ever sell new in the UK for less than a hundred quid. Unequalised mechanical brakes, so you got one wheel braking if you were lucky. I bought it for 10 quid from the college chaplain when I was a student at Cambridge. There was an embargo on students having a car within 25 miles radius of St Mary’s Church and mine was parked in plain sight on the College Forecourt for a whole term ... |
@richardbrand Congrats Richard! Hoping the Holbo will bring you great joy! You can always upgrade your cartridge later. I used mine with a “lowly” Nagaoka MP-110 for quite some time, and really, getting the foundation right with the table upfront is best anyway. Then the cartridge. Enjoy and keep us posted! |
