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My two 3TB Western Digital Red drives arrived safely, and I installed them on a PCIe host controller inside my Windows 7 PC. This, for the time being, while I am still sussing out various NAS angles. There is the probability that the capacities of these two drives will have to be combined into...

Hi-Phibian: I agree. However, I do not live in Pretoria. :) Once more I agree. I assure you I did ponder the length of the string before posting, but lacking a published reference (unlike the service manuals found at the oft' quoted online turntable/vinyl sources) such as an itemised service...

It is very kind of you to offer, thank you Ghostinthemachine.

Thanks Ghostinthemachine. With the envisaged service of the Thorens, I find myself teetering: I do prefer that experienced hands perform the Thorens service routine- even as mild as I expect it to be. The logistics of getting the turntable to a service centre however, is hard, and I will not...

Thank you, Fdlsys.

Sure, we earned little, but we enjoyed a bountiful, happy youth in every other way. Some other expenses: 2-bedroom flat rental = R43-50 pm. Groceries = R33-00 pm. Meat & Dairy add. R10-00 pm. First brand new, 3 bed-room, double bathroom, double garage, tiled roof house in a decent suburb...

Arm: Shure SME. Goldring stylus. Thank you for the links. Sorry- no pics yet, major components still disassembled. Mechanical parts all appear to be in perfect condition. Belt still soft and pliable. Product label, still intact, says: Serial number 39170. I am not selling it. :) Can anybody...

No, not really, my wife paid for it, she earned 1.6x my salary.  :angel:

Nope, not fraught with, but rather "wrought" by as in "shaped or moulded by".  :dop: Who's buying?

It is a MK I, Alternativeroute.

Skollie, you mentioned Darryll's and Les Catacombes and the memories just came flooding back! What a time we had there while I was doing my stint in the Navy. An adventurous time. Lost of fun, many stories, little malice.

R94-00 was not "affordable" of course, but don't we buy it anyway? Are cars affordable today? What about "esoteric" hi-fi? I still have a payslip from back then- my gross monthly pay was almost exactly R30-00 less than the turntable.

-"Mixed grill" or "mixed girll"?

Thank you very much, fdlsys. Is servicing the Thorens oneself not a D.I.Y. effort wrought by pitfalls?

You certainly are not going to catch those two where they are...

Clean, safe streets late at night, only the odd couple strolling about, window-shopping. An entire different experience, indeed. Sash, if you still own the Delorean- post a pic?

I wish to put back into service my Thorens TD125 turntable, mothballed c. 10 years along with all my audio equipment. It is in excellent nick still, and up to that point it was used regularly. Clearly, the turntable needs to be serviced before it is to be put through its paces again. Please...

Imagine, back then, a full mixed grill at the local Road House- a mere 50c pp.

Today, I opened an old suitcase filled to the brim with memorabilia from yesteryear. On top, an invoice from Hi-Fi Installations, Pretoria. My first turntable, a Connoisseur BD2, purchased for the princely sum of R93-34.

Thank you for sharing your experience, Sonic2k. I have had the most unhappy experience with Seagate drives failing, the most recent only two days ago when not one, but two Seagate drives passing out almost simultaneously- and a third one looming. Unfortunately, I still have a few Seagate HDD...