When I had the dp80 side by side with sp10 mk2, I preferred the dp80 by a narrow but audible margin. (Both were fully serviced calibrated, recapped, etc. The late Bill Thalmann did the work and also replaced the OEM transistors in the dp80; there are modern equivalents with better reliability.) That led me to sell the Technics, but I subsequently acquired an NOS MK3. I admit my motivation in addition to that of music lover is vintage gadgets.
The Love of Turntables and The Organization Of An Audio Room
This is an area that has been a challenge for me, stretching over a number of years. Well specifically since we moved to this house about 10 years ago. My listening room is our closed off living room, and its primary purpose is music but we do have friends over occasionally. If you can limit your number of friends in your life, then this becomes a somewhat minor problem.
My system is somewhat complicated, and there are a number of boxes. My real dilemma is turntables. I love them. I try to limit myself to two, but I have not been successful. Currently have four. Well 3.5 as one needs a tonearm and cartridge. The third turntable becomes problematic because if I put it on my credenza, then I do not have a space to reach over the back to get to cabling and pre amp or phono stage. When things are neat and tidy it looks like this
But it is on the verge of getting out of control
Sometimes I envy those folks who can be content with one turntable. The black table with the DP80 on it will never leave because the plinth was machined by my son. But sometimes I do wonder if I sold all the others and combined things to one upper tier table, what could I have? But conversely I really wonder if my system and room could really show the benefits of the next tier of record spinner.
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@lewm Did you ever make a comparison between the DP80 and the SP10 MK III? If so, would you share what the differences were? |
It’s wonderful to have daylight, plants, life while listening, block the light when desired, and to share listening with friends. Your side wall is limited by the need to avoid blocking the window, i.e. not much above the window sill. And the TT near the speaker ain’t good. I just measured, I never realized how lucky I am that my ’end’ windowsill is 32" high, the two side windows are 27", yours looks low. Top of my plinth is 32", the clear acrylic dust cover and arms are above the windowsill. Your space: I might try: move the credenza in front of the fireplace. (add wheels perhaps). move the speakers further forward (no rear ports I hope). now: add a riser on top of the credenza (7" high or so: enough for two reasons: 1. some equipment below the turntables solves space restrictions and 2. the TWO (only 2) Turntables up at a higher, nicer height for use. Your DP80, and the one with two arms. The others have to go. Now you can figure out seating/lp storage ... ////////////////////////////////// This started as a tall cabinet with a pair of receding doors with a big CRT in it. New flat TV, I removed the upper section, moved the upper top onto the lower section, added a riser (supports glass shelf) (center speaker below), and a removable back. I put 4 of these 6" furniture moving dollys behind the skirt, it floats 1/4" off the floor, unseen but moves easily
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@elliottbnewcombjr The SOTA near the speakers has a suspension tuned to 3 Hz. It has no issues with its location and enthusiastic listening levels. No equipment goes between the speakers. |
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