Have one and LOVE mine. Plays mostly with the Grado Black into a NAIT Naim original integrated to a pair of KEF REF101s in my bedroom system. If you press the white button in the rear left of the base when the lid is open it will continue to spin so you can brush the LP. Also it will run off a car lighter and play mounted vertically on a wall. Amazing engineering.
@stevengagnon4777
9 ай бұрын
Got my SL-7 equipped with a Stanton 680ee now. Including the brush. It's all working fine. Fully automatic self cleaning close"n"play.. .😊. Just for the Record. That last track on the album where the grove gets pretty compressed and the stylus is no longer tracking at a true tangent with a traditional pivoting tone arm sounds better with the linear tracking tone arm . I think eliminating the tracking angle problem from the mix makes that grove compression less audible to the point I don't notice. Especially when using an elliptical stylus. That is the section of an album where a conical stylus can sound better. Not to mention it tracks those small warps better too due to the short low mass tone arm.
@lestuh
3 жыл бұрын
I fixed one of these. To spin the platter for cleaning just hold the white lid button on push play
@jacknjill3000
10 ай бұрын
Nice and I have 2 SL -5 and love them. These were so high tech looking in the 80’s. I want the SL - 6 with the programmable settings.
@Round2Audio
9 ай бұрын
Retro tech now, but still very high tech for vinyl.
@stevengagnon4777
10 ай бұрын
Just was watching this video so I plugged my SL-7 in and gave I another try..started working again..before the end of the video. Subscribed now. Will a Grado Black work. I'm fond of the moving iron Stanton 680/681sound . Already know I not fond of Audio Teknicas sound. I don't find any Nagaoko p mount cartridge but haven't looked very much yet.
@Round2Audio
10 ай бұрын
Any P mount should technically work, the Grado specs show a tracking force of 1.5g, so you would need to adjust the SL-7 to the top of the tracking force limit (it has a range of 1.0 to 1.5g) I typically find that most P mount carts work best (for tracking distortion and sound quality) near the top of the range anyway, about 1.4 to 1.45 grams.
@stevengagnon4777
10 ай бұрын
@@Round2Audio thank you I've found some stanton 680 el p-mount that have an extra weight added for disco duty...Hopefully it's removable and I can use my good 680ee stylus and get the right tracking force . I keep going back to my Technics SL-D2 with a Stanton 680ee mounted. I would rather that the SL-D2 was set up with a 680el disco dury...the el has a very good sound.
@stevengagnon4777
9 ай бұрын
@@Round2Audiobought that Stanton 680el p-mount. Removed that extra weight....It was glued on kinda through me off a bit as I didn't know I was fighting the glue. The outer case has a bit of a pimple but didn't effect the internals. It sounds good like it should. I did max out the tracking force that should have been about a gram and a half. The I added about another quarter gram with a thin brass shroud. The old like new 680ee needed it. I think the elastomer got a little stiffer over the years and being inactive. I give it some time and check if it loosened up a little. I.75 grams isn't too much anyway. I'm also using that original Stanton long hair brush. That's working good too. That add a gram thing seems to be a wash in this setup. Truly an automatic close"n"play self cleaning record player . Just press play and the SL-7 does the rest. Well as long as the vinyl is opaque. I did know that it had manual settings for clear vinyl. Thank for pointing that out and the tracking force adjustment too. Many thanks for the advice. Now I just need to find a good stylus...can't find a nude mounted Jico hypereliptical here on the USA. Too bad the Jico at DeCappo in Denmark can't ship me one out side the EU. Probably going to settle for a bonded version.
@massimilianomagni2351
7 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@Round2Audio
6 ай бұрын
I love them too!
@EricFoster
2 жыл бұрын
I recently picked up a Technics SL-V5. Having a pretty hard time finding info on it. I assume it's pretty close to another in the series. If I were to copy the service info from one, would it work for this?
@Round2Audio
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Eric, Check our Vinylengine.com - they have lots of info for the V5 including the manuals. Go to their Library page. Good luck!
@b.j.thomas8606
10 ай бұрын
Just got an SL-5 and love it! Sounds so good to me! Can't tell what the cart is and would like to get a backup just in case. What do you recommend? (I'd like to stay fairly inexpensive. Thanks. Also, in the 80's I had a JVC Linear but the SL-5 is much better! First direct drive i've owned. Scary not to have a simple belt to replace.
@Round2Audio
10 ай бұрын
Take a look at the LP Gear T4P series III or IV. At the budget end I would avoid conical (also called spherical or radial) styli as the P mount tracking force is too low for a conical stylus. So look for and elliptical or better profile. Enjoy the SL-5!
@b.j.thomas8606
10 ай бұрын
Thanks. I checked back and the store verified the tech installed a new stylus as part of getting it ready for sale. They didn't know more about it. I say that it sure sounds great and tracks records flawlessly that others stuck, skipped, made noisy, etc. Why Linear didn't take over is beyond me!
@Super8france
Жыл бұрын
Hi. I have the SL-7 for the pleasure, I have P202C cartridge and the Black Diamont Analogis EPS 202ED. I find that the sybilances are a bit too much. I have this problem for new and old LPs. The sound can't be perfect?
@Round2Audio
Жыл бұрын
The sound should be perfect! The problem is likely related to tracking. First try increasing tracking force a bit. It could also be the tonearm tracking the groove, which is the tonearm offset and gain. The tonearm should move freely in the groove, track absolutely straight, and the carriage should advance in small steps, preferable once per revolution of the record. There is no need to suffer! Good luck.
@Ian-Steele
2 ай бұрын
What method did you use to polish the transparent lid?
@Round2Audio
14 сағат бұрын
I remove the lid and tape off the black portion, then polish it just as I would any other dust cover. Wet sand up to 2000 grit, then Novus 3 and 2. I made a fixture that can support any size dust cover safely, and that is a huge help. Thanks for your interest!
@Dustbunny57
Жыл бұрын
Hi..I learn a lot from your vids..Could you please recommend a nice P mount cart and stylus for my Technics SL J2 ? Thanks much.
@Round2Audio
Жыл бұрын
eBay Seller 'wolfsbigbadgarage' still has some nice new old stock options, such as the AT320.
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