Semi. It drops when the platter is powered and auto lifts and shuts off the motor at end of side.
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ToblerRob, yes, if you mean the Zamas downstairs. Still haven’t tried their bass units with better mid-tweeter boxes.
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This post requires photos. Please.
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Cable confessin’ blues . . .
I utilize foo (well, what would have passed for foo 25 years ago) cables in both systems. A mix of Wireworld, DH Labs, XLO, and Kimber.
Do they make a damn bit of difference? No, of course they don’t 
But I have them and I can’t be bothered to sell them. And they do acturally look nice. And they are well made. So, there you are.
Interestingly, after the turntables most non hi-fi visitors comment on the cables. Monster did one hell of a job marketing to anyfuckingbody who might have need of a bit of wire.
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I have only supra cables because they are all the same colour and therefore I can sleep at night.
Edit: I should correct that, my bag of cables is only supra. System is in boxes awaiting the plasterers to get rid of all the artex end of this month.
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System hasn’t changed much for several years.
Luxman D08u Sacd player
Roon Nucleus +
Modwright Transporter
Kondo M7 pre
Audio note Japan Ongaku
Living Voice OBX RW
Stream Qobuz via Nucleus in to the Dac in the Luxman
Transporter I use mainly for BBC Listen Again
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Wharfedale Linton Anniversary
Reloop Turn 5 for main duties
Reloop RP4000 for mono duties
Cayin CA-55A - love this thing
JVC CD player
In true AA fashion I have a couple of pairs of speakers, a Thorens turntable and valve CD player stored in the loft / sitting in the man cave.
Lots of dust as well obvs
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Those Reloops any good? See a few pop up on ebay
Don’t expect Technics build quality (except for the Turn 5) but they sound great and are superb vfm.
The Turn 5 is their direct drive hi-fi deck rather than the RP 4000 which is simple belt drive DJ deck.
The Turn 5 is a belter of a deck.
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Thanks. I’ll keep a look out for the 5
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What player is it Allan?
It’s not the best photo of the 5 but it’s a lovely looking deck as well.
I’m using an Nagaoka MP10 on it just now and it sounds great - I would imagine if you went up the cart food chain it would get even better.
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I’m guessing the Cayin has a built in phonostage Al ? Decent ?
To this day I’ve never heard a pair of Thiel loudspeakers. They were flavour of the month when I first got back into hifi ~2003, but seem to have vanished from the UK, which seems a pity since they seemed to have some pretty unique ideas iirc.
It’s an add on Mike but only MM - sounds superb as does the built in DAC and headphone circuit.
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Boom ! Seems like a result to me
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These are very early on in Thiel’s history. So early in fact, that the actual manufacturing was done in the Toronto suburb of Markham rather than in Lexington, Kentucky. A few years later they launched the Coherence Series (model numbers start with CS), and developed a sort of house sound. They all have mahoosive crossovers and need an amp with amps, so not really en mode
The build quality and veneers have always been top
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