Phono stage dead! HEEELPPPP!

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My phono stage has to go for repair. I may be without access to vinyl for a while by the looks of it. Does anybody close to Liverpool have a spare phonostage I might borrow? A MM only unit would be OK as I have an MC SUT available.

I’m going to be confined to the sofa for a while due to upcoming surgery and recovery, so any help would be brilliant. I would anticipate that I would need the loaner for about two weeks.

Excuse the scrounging, but this is a bit of an emergency as I am 99% vinyl in my listening habits and it is horribly quiet/digital only around here.

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If you don’t get sorted locally -I have a DIY David Wright phono MC (IO) MM available in Oxford

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Thanks Andrew, that is very generous. I’ll see what I can turn up. A cheap and (not-so) cheerful CA jobby from Richer sounds may be the path of least resistance.

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I’ve got an MM/ MC if you don’t get sorted Olan.

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I have one you can borow, but I won’t be up that way til the week after next.

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What type do you need? MM or MC? From memory you had a Lyra Helicon? I have a few stages, can pop one around this evening after the rugby. Bob

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Thanks Wayne. That is very generous. I’ll try and get it sorted without recourse to postage if possible.

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Thanks Mark, that is very generous. I’m hoping to get it sorted before then. Give me a shout if you fancy meeting up while you are in town.

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Hi Bob, I’ve got an SUT so I can use an MM. It would be brilliant if you could drop one off though. Perhaps the one you are least sentimentally attached to given my recent record. Could I pinch your Dr Fuckit protractor at the same time please?

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I don’t have a Dr Felkhart thingy, but I have a few cheapo protractors. I bring a valve MM one over. Bob

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Ah, I have a cheapo, and have tinkered at the edges with home made protractors. Thanks for the offer of the valve MM stage. I was worried you were going to offer me an NVA flamethrower…:innocent:

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Great work Bob,
I am extremely impressed that you will able to drive after the rugby! :grin:

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If Bob can’t make it over Olan, I have a spare Angle Audio mm/mc stage you can borrow. Could pop it over tomorrow, because there’s no way I’ll be fit to drive after the rugby. :beer:

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Vaskin is popping around after 6, so I will pop over after that. Bob

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Has Vasken still got those Verity Audio speakers Bob? Parsifals iirc.

They looked very interesting but I have never heard a pair

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He has, he is very fond of them.

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Yes, he does and he still is very fond of them :grinning:

Pity you’re so far away Kevin, you could have popped over to listen to them - you still can.

On another note, how on earth can I reply to a post by including that post in my reply?

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You select the words in the post with your mouse or finger (depending on the platform) and it should show you the option to quote that in a reply.

You might need to tweak something in settings (top right).

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Thanks

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You can also reply to the individual post using the small reply arrow and it will link it automatically. Like this.