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Currently debating whether I can be arsed building a valve pre-amp for it, some Aussies make a nice kit, although there's nothing wrong with the pre I have, it's always nice to say 'I made this bit myself'.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 0:08, 5 replies)

Why does it have two needles?
so you can play the same song two seconds behind?
( Gawain the oven safe flan tin willy bum fart poo, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 1:25, closed)

Extra marks
for the VHS tape :D
( baw__bag contains traces of nuts on, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 1:34, closed)

If i might recommend...
the World Designs Pre/Phono 3 as a kit. easy to build, stunning performance. should be available early next year.

And you might want to think about upgrading the Plinth too.
(f_rev, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 13:03, closed)

I may wait then
Yeah, the plynth isn't brilliant. I resorted to removing the springs and dropping the bottom off it, so it didn't behave like a bouncy castle. I've seen some interesting designs on the web, but most of them end up looking like a rip-off of a modern project deck or something. I like the way it looks, could just do with some thicker, deader wood.

Cheers for the advice.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 16:05, closed)

maybe some ply might work as a deadening material.

Also a Target Wall shelf would be a MASSIVE improvement, if you don't have concrete floors. If you have dry stud walls, you can screw a pine board roughly 60 x 45 x 1 cm to the joists behind the studwall and mount the Wall shelf on that. So strong you could sit on the shelf. I have an innate ability to hit joists by accident every time I do any DIY, it's a bit like water divination. so I figured I may as well make use of this otherwise annoying talent when fitting the shelf.
(f_rev, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 0:18, closed)