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Townshend Rock Mark II
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  • Value for Money4.7 stars
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4 Reviews For Townshend Rock Mark II

  • Guest 13th Dec 2007

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Good Points: Hear what the music on the master tape actually sounded like.


    Bad Points: fiddly to use.


    General comments: Excellent value second hand, as they are built very well, and simply engineered...once set up they rarely need touching. Best with Excalibur arm and merlin power supply.

  • RJAM Rank: Lance Corporal 23rd Jan 2007

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    I bought the Rock second hand from a fellow enthusiast and have never regretted it. It came fitted with a Linn 'Basik' arm which was okay with my then favourite P77 moving magnet cartridge. It was not long before the upgrade bug bit, and I changed to an SME 309 arm with an Audio Technica OC9 cartridge.

    This really lifted the performance and I have stuck with this combination for the last 8 or 9 years. In that time the only servicing the turntable has had are new damping fluid and a replacemen ...

  • RoBoCop Rank: Lance Corporal 23rd Mar 2004

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The Townsend Rock lost out in the late 1980s and early 1990s to the stanglehold Linn had on dealerships. As a result few punters got the chance to compare the Rock with a Sondek. If they had, they would heard an obviously clearer, uncoloured transcription of analogue LPs. In contrast, the Sondek (but not all suspended sub-chassis decks i.e. the Pink Triangle) had a tendency to make records sound what I can only describe as 'samey' by adding its own colourations. This may be 'Hi-Fi' but its n ...

  • manolisk Rank: Staff Sergeant 11th Sep 2003

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Max Townsend caused a big stir with his silicone fluid damped trough and generally broke every rule in the (Linn Sondek) book, but achieved unparalleled sound, especially in the Reference version.

    The Townsend Rock mark II brings the most out of budget arms and cartridges but try it with a Decca Super Gold or Ortofon MC25FL and pick up your jaw from the floor.

    I use it with a valve phono stage, (EAR), Quad 405-ll and Electroststics ('57) and it is wonderful.