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Petro85

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ive been obsessing over a turntable i never heard. a dealer about 2 hours north of me wanted e come hear this table. so i searched another forum for it and turns out A/V Solutions is a dealer for this table. guess i should have just figured that jeff had one. lol. he had good things to say about it. anyway on my way up to pick up my preamp i stopped at this dealer and sat and had a listen finally. this was setup with a ortofon cadenza black and the ortofon ta 110 arm.
holy crap!! now im really obsessing over this table. and as luck would have it, i recently entered into a deal on a cadenza black that i will payoff in the next week or so.
my other option is to upgrade my classic 1 to a 3. but having heard the 3 several times i think this is the way i would choose to go.
shes an ugly girl, especially with that big ball on top.lol. :D

link to review Merrill-Williams R.E.A.L. 101 Turntable | The Absolute Sound
 

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[h=1]The R.E.A.L.® 101 Turntable[/h] (Tonearm not supplied)
[h=3]A New Approach A New Standard[/h] [h=4]“The Suspended Plinth “[/h] The most dramatic improvement in turntable design in 30 years! The patented R.ubber E.lastomer A.coustic L.aminate controls self generation and external energies to a degree never before accomplished.
The result is a dramatic elevation in the resolution and music realism of all past non-suspended designs.

  • Energy management design
  • Rubber Elastomer Acoustic Laminate
  • Elastomer suspended MDS impregnated oil well bearing
  • ¾ inch polished stainless steel spindle
  • Inverted adjustable hemispheric feet
  • Acoustic Isolation Valleys
  • Elastomer suspended azimuth adjustable tonearm mounting platform
  • Bakelite resin composite platter
  • Rubber cork compound mat
  • Strobe disk
  • Elastomer suspended synchronous motor with MU shielding
  • Ground plane plinth
  • Outboard Microprocessor Motor Drive 33-45 RPM
  • Optional periphery clamping ring and center weight
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Joe.....here is a shot of the 101 with the Ortofon TA-110 arm and Ortofon's Cadenza Mono cartridge, does take a bit getting use to but I like its looks :)

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Thats a beautiful 'table. George Merrill's store is 90 miles west of me and he's a pleasure to visit. He's a analog guru for sure.

Dave
 
f1 fan said:
Thats a beautiful 'table. George Merrill's store is 90 miles west of me and he's a pleasure to visit. He's a analog guru for sure.

Dave
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I read a little history on him . He's been at this for a long time.
I love his outlook on vibration control
 
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Petro85 said:
I read a little history on him . He's been at this for a long time.
I love his outlook on vibration control
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Steve...he's a interesting guy to talk to. For 20+ years he owned a wonderful high end shop on Central Ave. in Memphis and like many sold out. A world of analog information from George.

Dave
 
Ok if you read the first post in this thread . Or my sig. lol .This has been a small dream of mine for awhile. There is also a review link in the first post , and joe put up some great info as well.
Well as it turns out I will have one in about 2 weeks(give or take)the table is pretty much all rubber, making it unnecessary to isolate it any further than sitting on top of my rack.
I got it with the Ortofon ta 110 arm which is filled with rubber.which is rigid enough to handle any cartridges out there. It has a removable headshell and the head shell options are numerous. There's the original, also a sweet wood one, carbon fiber, and a rubber filled one too (LH 10000)so several cartridges are easy to run
I'm getting the Ortofon cadenza black cartridge to start. not only was I told its the perfect cartridge for this setup, but my cadenza blue was a gem and rivaled cartridges that were alot more $$$.
I will quickly buy the cadenza mono cartridge as well. But that's assuming my mono record shopping goes well. Lol
And I'd like to add an spu, since I now have an arm that can handle that.
And of course I see a LP-S in my near future as that is also a dream of mine. And now possible with its very heavy stature.
Once it is here I will of course put up my own review!!!
 
Petro85 said:
Ok if you read the first post in this thread . Or my sig. lol .This has been a small dream of mine for awhile. There is also a review link in the first post , and joe put up some great info as well.
Well as it turns out I will have one in about 2 weeks(give or take)the table is pretty much all rubber, making it unnecessary to isolate it any further than sitting on top of my rack.
I got it with the Ortofon ta 110 arm which is filled with rubber.which is rigid enough to handle any cartridges out there. It has a removable headshell and the head shell options are numerous. There's the original, also a sweet wood one, carbon fiber, and a rubber filled one too (LH 10000)so several cartridges are easy to run
I'm getting the Ortofon cadenza black cartridge to start. not only was I told its the perfect cartridge for this setup, but my cadenza blue was a gem and rivaled cartridges that were alot more $$$.
I will quickly buy the cadenza mono cartridge as well. But that's assuming my mono record shopping goes well. Lol
And I'd like to add an spu, since I now have an arm that can handle that.
And of course I see a LP-S in my near future as that is also a dream of mine. And now possible with its very heavy stature.
Once it is here I will of course put up my own review!!!
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Big Congrats!! That's an awesome table!! Glad Jeff could help! It was destiny for you!
 
Mike said:
Big Congrats!! That's an awesome table!! Glad Jeff could help! It was destiny for you!
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Most definitely. Jeff is an allstar!! And so are you for all your help!!!
And the way it all worked out and everything that fell into place in the last couple months was truly amazing and its all well worth the wait ....thx again
 
Petro85 said:
Most definitely. Jeff is an allstar!! And so are you for all your help!!!
And the way it all worked out and everything that fell into place in the last couple months was truly amazing and its all well worth the wait ....thx again
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You're very welcome! Its Karma baby!
 
Congrats Steve !! Jeff is just great to deal with, I've bought my Manley and my Kleos from him and won't hesitate to buy from him again !!!!
 
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