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New Townshend Rock 7 owner

The Townshend is in transit to it's new home. I purchased this one-owner table as a package, complete w/ Funk Firm FXR ll arm, dc motor upgrade, Discovery Balanced phono cable and Brinkman PI cartridge. It come with all original boxes, manuals.

If all goes well, I should be able to get it up and running with one exception, my phono stage is not balanced. Since the original owner bought this from a respected dealer as a package, I think my best route would be to get a pair of RCA to XLR adapters in order to hear the package as close as possible as was intended.

Any thoughts on that aspect? What brand adapters would be recommended? Also, any thing I might need to know from experienced users to help with set-up? Thanks.
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rainer_s
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Not forgetting the almost entire elimination of arm-cartridge resonance, of course.
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@bdp24, Did you ever buy the Mark Baker belt for your table? I've found a material that I'm using as a (mat) that surprisingly, works very well on my Rock 7 @ my VPI.


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Slaw, I contacted Mark, and he unfortunately doesn't make the round-profile belt the Elite version (Mk.2) of the Rock uses. I got myself an HW-19 Mk.2 (acrylic armboard and platter platform) to play with until a Rock 7 comes my way. I may end up putting a Trans-Fi Terminator on it, as it is suppose to work unusually well with London/Decca pick-ups.
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bdp24, FWIW, I have some parts left off of my VPI HW-19 you may find helpful. I have a Mk IV plinth @ an original VPI (tall) dustcover. Maybe more stuff???

I have my highly modified base that includes Symposium Rollerblocks that greatly increased this TT's performance. Lots of stuff?

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bdp24, The reason I reached out was to see if you would be willing to try out my platter mat material. I think you'd approve. When you mentioned the VPI, it got me in seller mode. If you're interested, you can PM me.
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