That’s my plan for today.
Swimming, nip to Maplin for a new stilus and belt for the Rotel RP-1300 (which, frustratingly, isn’t in Rotel’s otherwise rather good list of manuals. I *think* it’s fitted with a Garrard SP25 Mark 4 cartridge; I *think*. Unfortuantely, the Mk4 and Mk3 stylus appear to be (at least, photos look) almost indistinguishable. I’ll take the old one (which is minus it’s diamond) with me.
I’ve measured the circumference…approximately… it’s difficult to do! The original belt had wandered off somewhere before I got it…. Which means, well, it’s about 64 cm in circumference; which I make about 20cm diameter. Which leaves me wondering if I should get the 195mm or the 210mm drive belt :-/
It’s probably going to end up costing me more than the Maplin 30 quid turntable. Of course, Maplin are lacking in the whole… sense thing. Their page says “stylus cross reference chart” – but it ain’t there; and the e-book doesn’t have that bit scanned. Blah.
