No, I did all the work on the TT itself. I fit the chassis, located and installed the arm, made and installed the purpleheart top and sides, made and installed the insert trim pieces, and the hardest thing out all of it, putting the Waterlox  Tung Oil high gloss finish. Twelve coats of it, with nearly 24 hours between coats. Just so you know, my employment was as a heavy equiment operator, but I built my own house as well. So high grade wood finshes was not in my reportoire of endeavors. It's hard.

islandmandan July 21, 2023 23:31

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mdalton July 21, 2023 03:30

Thanks.  Have owned the AN-Es for about 10 years, and have always loved their tonality.  They still make me happy.

mdalton July 21, 2023 02:12

Beautiful system. I especially like your Garrard 401 with the blue Woodsong plinth. Chris Harban is a marvel at what he does.

islandmandan July 21, 2023 02:02

thanks.  yes, it’s very soothing.  and I know how fortunate I am. my wife and I have guests to dinner fairly frequently, and invariably we end up in the sunroom spinning lps - takes everyone back to earlier times when that’s basically what we did with friends.

mdalton July 21, 2023 01:15

Thanks for posting your system. Looks great and very soothing window views. My system is in a basement room, so my "window" view is into a light well (although I do have some plants in pots out there).

jaytor July 21, 2023 00:45

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mdalton July 20, 2023 22:34

Cool system, groove and soothing view of the pastoral woods….. bravo

tomic601 July 20, 2023 21:57