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In Reply to: RE: Sometimes it's the things you don't do... posted by olddude55 on October 28, 2014 at 12:35:24
I used a TX-2 for years, originally purchased in 1989 with a MMC-2 cartridge. A beautifully designed & engineered turntable. It was hands-down the best turntable I've ever owned for tracking records with edge warps. Although a suspended design, it was impervious to any sort of vibration, bouncy floors, bumping into the equipment rack, etc... Very nice sounding turntable, hard to find fault with it. The auto function, although convenient at times, was a hindrance. Cueing up specific tracks was a slow and tiresome process. I suppose I've always preferred the speed and ease of cueing by hand.
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You almost need a calendar instead of a stopwatch to measure the time.
Can't say enough good things about the Soundsmith cartridge even though it's the BOTL SMMC4.
Trying to scrape up the dough for the SMMC2.
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The little old ladies wait in wild anticipation for the meetings of the Double-A-C-ASSN...
Over the years, I replaced the belts on the TX-2 and invested in a Soundsmith SMMC-2. About five years ago, I made the mistake of placing the TX-2 on top of an amp. The heat from the amp 'cooked' the turntable. I replaced a capacitor and that seemed to help, but alas the speed is erratic and unreliable. So I haven't used it in a number of years and find that my two Technics direct drives (SP-15 and modified SL-1200) are better suited to the wide range of records in my sizable collection.
I bought an adaptor for the SMMC-2 and use it on occasion on my SL-1200. Excellent cartridge.
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