could anyone help i have been offered a mk 1 version of this turtable fitted with a modded rb 300 and ortofon quatro cart for £295 is this worth the money. help i need a good turntable but funds are limited thanks
Posted on: 01 August 2003 by JeremyD
I can't remember which Rock is which. I had a Rock with RB300, and was not at all pleased to find that when used as recommended it was beaten by a Rega Planar 3. The Rega arm doesn't seem to suit the Rock's silicone damping trough - it benefits far less from it than inferior arms do. I would have bought mine with a Heybrook arm, which sounded great with the damping trough and terrible otherwise, but they stopped making them.
My Rock had three half squash balls for feet, and was black. It was not the very first type of Rock, but I don't think its name included a "Mk II" or higher. It's conceivable that the first one was the Townsend Rock Mk 1 and mine was the Elite Rock Mk 1. The original Rock was supposed to be better than mine but I never heard one.
Actually, mine was one of the first whose platter's outer material was plastic rather than metal but there was no change in the model name in the shift from metal to plastic.
If you can get a picture of it I can tell you if it's the kind I had.
--J
Posted on: 01 August 2003 by minime
thanks a lot for the info i never heard of the cart either so i will give it a miss
the search continues.
