2 hours ago, Yamaha_man said:

The only items I still have from this photo are the Yamaha NS-1000’s and the Finite Elemente racks.

Talk about money pit, get out while you can.

Jeez that's a blast from the past. I remember listening to that system - possibly even "number of the beast"!

9 hours ago, sir sanders zingmore said:

Jeez that's a blast from the past. I remember listening to that system - possibly even "number of the beast"!

It still blows me away how good that system sounded in that so imperfect room.

Edited December 23, 2025Dec 23 by Yamaha_man

2 hours ago, Yamaha_man said:

It still blows me away how good that system sounded in that so imperfect room.

It was almost near-field listening, I think that helped (also the large amounts of alcohol…)

This is getting serious. First time in a long time.

Think big!

Edited December 30, 2025Dec 30 by Yamaha_man

Looking awesome Joe

25 minutes ago, illusion said:

Looking awesome Joe

Far from.

Good to have you back!

Look forward to seeing the end result.

It looks like a high end hifi store has moved premises 😁

👌🏻😉

🤔

1 hour ago, Yamaha_man said:

🤔

Oh, do tell 🫣

3 hours ago, Mendes said:

Oh, do tell 🫣

New turntable, new rack to handle the weight.

Dohmann Helix One.

1 hour ago, metal beat said:

Dohmann Helix One.

A rack of Esoteric goodness and new tonearm.

On 23/12/2025 at 7:13 PM, Yamaha_man said:

The only items I still have from this photo are the Yamaha NS-1000’s and the Finite Elemente racks.

Talk about money pit, get out while you can.

And just like that the racks have been replaced. If they could have handled the new turntable weight they definitely would have stayed.

I rated them massively.

They did a brilliant job holding my 50+kg rim drive VPI-HRX with the super platter.

Geez how heavy is the new turntable?

21 hours ago, Yamaha_man said:

A rack of Esoteric goodness and new tonearm.

Looks like @Marc's old rack?

5 hours ago, Darryl said:

Geez how heavy is the new turntable?

One thing I've learnt,, Yamaha Man doesn't stuff about when it comes to Hi-Fi gear.

10 hours ago, Yamaha_man said:

And just like that the racks have been replaced. If they could have handled the new turntable weight they definitely would have stayed.

I rated them massively.

They did a brilliant job holding my 50+kg rim drive VPI-HRX with the super platter.

I’ll never stop regretting not buying your VPI. Just wasn’t an opportune time!

Good luck with the new deck mate

10 hours ago, Yamaha_man said:

And just like that the racks have been replaced. If they could have handled the new turntable weight they definitely would have stayed.

I rated them massively.

They did a brilliant job holding my 50+kg rim drive VPI-HRX with the super platter.

Thought you sold this?

On 31/12/2025 at 4:56 PM, Yamaha_man said:

A rack of Esoteric goodness and new tonearm.

Just as I thought - Schröder CB-9 tonearm 😁

21 hours ago, Darryl said:

Geez how heavy is the new turntable?

Around the 80-85kg mark.

Esoteric?

Weight Main Chassis: 54kg (119 pounds)

PowerBase: 22kg (49 pounds)

Total weight: 76 kg (168 pounds)

😁

21 hours ago, art of SOUND said:

Looks like @Marc's old rack?

Unless my father built two, then it very much must be 🤣

For those that never followed my thread, this is a stupidly overengineered (no such thing) custom designed steel rack (by me) utilising a small fortune worth of Isoacoustics isolators, and composite granite shelves. My dad fabricated it and had it powder coated. It was ultimately designed around a specific turntable 😁