Markoneswift
Quartz locked n ready to rock
Hey all,
My contact at the hospice shop called me to ask if I could sort out a couple of laptops for him. I called in to pick them up and whilst there was offered this all-in-one console system for nothing. The system actually works - the amp goes, the tuner receives signal, tape deck plays tapes and the turntable plays records !
The reason it was free is because the Garrard SP Mk V tone arm gets stuck about three quarters of the way through a side and the guys at the shop don't have time to fix it. The unit is kind of cool, it has twin VUs and all the dials light up a nice blue when it's going.
My plan is to possibly gut the amp out of it and put in a recently assembled class D chip amp board. All being well the amp is separate from the rest of the internals but I'll have to see. I'm thinking of building a tube preamp kit too, so I might put that in to feed the chip amp.
Pictures to follow
My contact at the hospice shop called me to ask if I could sort out a couple of laptops for him. I called in to pick them up and whilst there was offered this all-in-one console system for nothing. The system actually works - the amp goes, the tuner receives signal, tape deck plays tapes and the turntable plays records !
The reason it was free is because the Garrard SP Mk V tone arm gets stuck about three quarters of the way through a side and the guys at the shop don't have time to fix it. The unit is kind of cool, it has twin VUs and all the dials light up a nice blue when it's going.
My plan is to possibly gut the amp out of it and put in a recently assembled class D chip amp board. All being well the amp is separate from the rest of the internals but I'll have to see. I'm thinking of building a tube preamp kit too, so I might put that in to feed the chip amp.
Pictures to follow