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RS have a range of Vishay Dale resistors which come in 10W I believe and are at least as good as Mills I think for crossover use. They have some other quality ceramic cased wirewounds in 10 - 12W as well as Vishay metal encased types with heat sinks.

"tube rolling" is all part of the fun but definitely try some old production Mullard/Philips/Telefunken/Siemens in there if you get the chance. Also good to have them tested properly to check they are in spec and the 2 triodes are balanced.

Nice build Sean, these look great!

Thanks, yes I should have ordered years back when the exchange rate was better, still hoping someone local has spares in a draw somewhere, although I know the suspensions dont age too well.

Hi guys... Can anyone point me to a locally available stylus option for this old cart? Preferably Ellitptical or Hyper Elliptical. Or maybe someone has one that they no longer need? Thanks

For anyone interested... https://www.nagraaudio.com/product/nagra-e/

Have come to the conclusion I should probably purchase a budget NAS drive to connect to my Wiim Pro so I can access my music library conveniently without having a PC connected via USB to the DAC (which is the cause of endless problems) I am pretty clueless with all this tech being almost...

Please report back with pics when you get it up and running!

Its hard to tell from the photos exactly whats going on there, but I would carefully remove the bearing as well and check if it has a flat spot worn on it, in which case replace it as well. Is the silver plate removable from the end cap? I'm certain that silver plate would have started life as...

Thorens specify Caltex or Texaco Regal Oil B for the TD124 bearing (which is no longer made I believe.) But this is just a light SAE20 turbine oil with no additives, which would be available locally from lubricant specialists. It looks like that silver part is the thrust plate of the bearing...

I'm very surprised that people are actually still taking a gamble on the sapo, and equally surprised that the stuff actually turned up eventually!

Another legend has left us.... RIP Tony McPhee, tx for the music 🙌

Hey Daver, I found the gear locally, its 3d printed and is working for me so far, send me a pm

My digital source has been the humble Cambridge Dacmagic 100 USB DAC straight connected to my laptop. I dont use any streaming services at the moment and have music library on an external HDD.. an archaic setup for sure! My plan is now to get a WiiM Pro (whenever they might be available again!?)...

Hey Will, these look in good shape! I would also keep them and enjoy them.. maybe try find some GEC KT66 for them. Would be interested what if any components were replaced? Can you take a picture from the bottom? Below is a TL10.1 that I worked on some years back.. Its popular to use NOS Russian...