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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Letting Micro Seiki RX-5000 to go. by Romy the Cat on 2012-11-08 
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I have one of my newest Micro Seiki RX-5000 sitting in basement for years and doing nothing and I decided to let it go. I was keeping it for year as some kind of back up TT, in case my 8000 got broken or as TT that I would be able to use at...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Letting Micro Seiki RX-5000 to go. by Romy the Cat on 2012-11-08 
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I have one of my newest Micro Seiki RX-5000 sitting in basement for years and doing nothing and I decided to let it go. I was keeping it for year as some kind of back up TT, in case my 8000 got broken or as TT that I would be able to use at...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: RX-5000 by N-set on 2012-11-08 
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I have been looking at that table for some time now. The prices went up in the lastfew years (IIRC Romy rised it by 50% from 9k to 13.5k)...no wonder with the impotency of the current industry to produce anythingreasonable, save at a reasonable price...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Stainless steel platter for Micro RX-5000 by measet on 2017-08-23 
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Hi Wellington, Also I'm thinking to make a stainless steel platter for my RX-5000. As you have good experience with yours could you tell me the exact parameters of the new design (beveled insight edge, thicker deck part). The schematic would b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: Stainless steel platter for Micro RX-5000 by measet on 2017-08-23 
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Hi Brian, Thanks for useful infos. Recently I had possibility to enter in to supplier warehouse to check how the magnet react on different ss materials. I found some types which attracted the magnet still less than 316L. I'm not an expert in met...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Micro RX 5000 by pokie on 2008-11-09 
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Hi,   I've just got RX 5000 from my uncle, but don't really know how to remove platter form its frame. I've made handels to put in 2 provided screws on platter but I still can't remove. Does anyone help me this?   Rgds, Pok...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: RX 5000 lifting by RonyWeissman on 2008-11-09 
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Hi, if it's like mine you have to pull up very hard and it slides off. spray some lubricant in there maybe at first?R weissman...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: RX 5000 by Stitch on 2009-01-15 
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Some more pics...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: RX 5000 by Stitch on 2009-01-15 
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[quote user="Stitch"]Some more pics[/quote]Fr-66s right side, FR-64s rear...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: RX-5000 Thread tension. by Ciampa on 2010-10-24 
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Good anoon everyone,I am currently running an RY-5500/RX-5000 trough aramid thread. Was wondering wht wd be the ideal thread tension for the system. Wd it be better being tight or loose ? Both cases I get constant platter speed, my question is m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #60: RX-5000 by jam on 2017-10-10 
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Hi Wellington and fellow Micro-Seiki fans,I will have to agree with your findings about the CU-180 as well. I have tried a stainless steel mat with similar results.I own two RX-5000's and cant't stress enough the rebuilding of the power supply with n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #99: Rx-5000 by jam on 2017-11-06 
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Hi Measet,The oil I would use is Zoomspout, it works great. I have a platter with a similar profile that Wellington has, my second RX-5000 has a stainless platter made by Micro Seiki with the same dimensions as the original gun metal platter.Just fli...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Micro Seiki RX-5000 static discharge issue by rom661 on 2022-07-04 
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Hi.  First time posting.  I had long admired an older friend's RX-5000.  He left it to me when he passed last year (RIP, Bill) and I recently got possession and did a lot of cleanup on a table that had been sitting for a couple of decades.  He has ow...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Micro Seiki RX-5000 Recommended Belt by rom661 on 2022-11-29 
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Hi.  I acquired and spent a lot of time on this guy over the last few months. I've installed a Dynavector 507 MK II tonearm and a Dyhavector XVS-1 cartridge.  I read Romy's comments that in his experience with the 8000 the belt doesn't affect the sou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #117: Is RX-5000 bearing assembly the same as RX-1500? by rom661 on 2022-12-01 
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Not much to say since I asked the question in the Subject line.  If anyone knows, please answer.  Thanks...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: You are the second person to complain about the HS-80 by Wellington on 2017-09-14 
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An audiophile who has the user name "Kipdent" on other forums told me privately that he didn't think that he could hear any difference with the HS-80 using his RX-5000. He did not mention to me any problems getting it to function, however. While it d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: Correct Tonal Reproduction is King by Stitch on 2017-10-28 
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Well, I know these endless discussions about Seiki but after a while we all have to make a decision. Tuning? Better? Better than what? What is "I like it!"?When doing something - serious - it is mandatory to know what a correct tonal reproduction is....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Be carefully. by Romy the Cat on 2017-10-29 
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[quote user="measet"]unfortunately I didn't have chance to set up the stable speed on my neither RX-5000. I got the best result when I mounted back the original SF-1 belt to the platter and K thread to flywheel. The speed is accurate and stable (...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #113: HS-80 by jam on 2017-11-14 
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Hi Measet,I tried the HS-80 and it worked best with the bearing lubricated with lower viscosity oil (same as I used in the RX-5000) and kevlar string but once set up (which can be a pain) I could not hear much difference. Belt tension made far more d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #151: Nothing to do with ownership, just a market perspective. by dkarmeli on 2014-05-07 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] dkarmeli wrote: We've been discussing the price of AF1 all this time and why it costs what it does, nothing to do with what one is willing to pay for it. Actually I am not " discussing the price of AF1 all this time". The ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #155: Bean counting? by dkarmeli on 2014-05-08 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Oh, David, come on! Can you for a second to stop to be a pretentious been counter and look at the picture from slightly more elevated perspective? I am glad that you do not worship the expensive parts, unique design, and pr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Foolishness of Analog People by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-30 
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Epigraph "…just buy a used Micro Seiki and don’t worry about turntables anymore; built like a tank and sounds better than TTs costing over 30K USD.” Mr. Ikeda, of Ikeda / Fidelity Research The Main bitching It amasses me how the preoccupation...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Nothing will hurt those Micro Seiki by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-24 
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[quote user="Ciampa"]Good anoon everyone,I am currently running an RY-5500/RX-5000 trough aramid thread. Was wondering wht wd be the ideal thread tension for the system. Wd it be better being tight or loose ? Both cases I get constant platter speed, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: Mass is King! by jam on 2017-10-28 
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I have to agree with Wellington. To be fair we both use stainless steel platters (heavier than stock) and use CU-180 mats to damp the platter which ensures an almost dead platter, way better than any acrylic, hard rubber and felt mat I have tried. St...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: Colorful" dynamic.. and analog? by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-11 
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[quote user="Antonio J."]Dear Romy, thanks for your comment. I actually don't want the mat to do "something" for me sonically, but to teach me how far I'm I of my ideal. Knowing your goals and taking for granted that the 8000's platter must be rather...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Good question... I wish I knew by Antonio J. on 2006-02-11 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I do not think that anyone would be able to “teach” and I do not thin that there is nothing to teach about the mats. A good “sounding” platter does not require any “actions” from mat and the hard rubber mats do exactly...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Motor type? by Wellington on 2016-01-23 
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Retrofunk,Interesting observations. With regard to the speed variations with the flywheel, I have to wonder about your motor. I don't recognize particular unit. Do you have the original RY-5500 motor that came with the RX-5000? The RY-5500 has a buil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #81: Fetish of Micro's? by measet on 2017-10-29 
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Interesting to see your different opinions also regarding the complementary inertia options. Again, I'm touched in this subject because of HS-80 which no question is sexy but with it unfortunately I didn't have chance to set up the stable speed on m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: No flywheel effects so far... by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-05 
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]Did you notice any difference in the performance of records played on the SX8000 platter once the 5000 platter was running with it? Did the additional flywheel effect manifest itself in any way?[/quote]Guy, you are referrin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: Regulator by measet on 2017-09-16 
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Wellington, thanks for detailed info. Currently I have two RX-5000 tt (also Michell Orb and modded Thechnics SL-1200). I bougth the two Micro's from Japan (local friend helped me on) so the motors are labeled with 100 VAC. One of them is supplied ...
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