What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

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Congratulations, Francisco! That is a great set-up! :D

The 927 looks literally brand new! Did you somehow find a NOS?
 

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Congratulations Micro. Do you have any photos of the rest of the listening room?

With too many pairs of monoblocks , preamplfiers and power supplies around there is little room left to photograph ... And the Eiffel tower is arriving soon ... :)
 

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Congratulations, Francisco! That is a great set-up! :D

The 927 looks literally brand new! Did you somehow find a NOS?

It really looks almost new but it is not NOS - I got if from Louis Dutch in Germany. He replaced all the wear parts and tuned it - I can put my hear close to the turntable and it is completely silent. The rumble figures are better around 20 dB than the values quote by EMT.
 

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Did you have to drill new holes on the plinth to accommodate the SME base? (...)

I could have been more complete in my previous answer. The EMT hole is 32 mm diameter and the cylindrical SME bearing pillar has a diameter of 20 mm, so you can move the SME pilar by 6 mm each direction from the EMT center hole. Considering that the EMT standard for its 12" tonearms is a distance to spindle of 297 mm and the SME is 294.1 mm you can mount the SME tonearm in the SME advised position and still move it anytime -3mm/+9 mm without needing to enlarge the original hole.
 

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I use a Basis Inspiration with a Super Nine Arm, and Lyra Atlas Cartridge on a Symposium Ultra Base. Phono-Pre is an Aesthetix Rhea Signature. Regards, Norm Basis Stand.JPG Basis 2.JPG
 
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That is wonderful, Norm! The Inspiration + Superarm 9 + Rhea I think is a fantastic combination!
 

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Beautiful TT !
 

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Built my own ( with help). Teres Verus idler motor, Lyra Atlas cartridge , Artemis TL 1 tonearm 12 inch, copper platter on a very heavy platter, Shun Mook feet on 300 pound Vibraplane table, Tara GX phono cable
 

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My TW Acustic Raven AC with Black Night platter and triple motor. Going on twelve years of ownership with a couple of upgrades along the way. Tonearms are TW Acustic 10.5 with a Miyabi Carbon, SME 3012R with a Kondo IO-M and another SME 3012R with a Ortofon SPU 90A. In this photo I am using the Ortofon Cadenza Mono on a SME 3012R
 

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Acoustic Solid One to One turntable, Dynavector 507MK-II arm, EMT JSD S 75 cartridge.

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Two famous classics, side by side ...

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