Here we have for sale, one of my very own personal turntables, a very rare Sansui SR-5090. This is heavyweight, beautifully built, Direct Drive, super quiet, ultra accurate speed control and stability, and boasts all typical fully automated stop start playback functions, aswell as extra refinements such as auto record sizing, and repeat side options, pitch strobe and fine adjusters. Beautiful, fully adjustable vtf and anti-skate S shaped tonearm, with a lovely weighted headshell, to which i have just installed a great rare Cartridge and Stylus set up. Going through my stock of cartridges etc, i knew i had a Goldring G850 which i had earmarked for this turntable, however, on searching this out i came across this lovely Audio Technica, the AT VM8-Hll cartridge, and what i think is a great matching stylus, the AT-S12s. I tested the coils of the cartridge first, to discover a remarkably well balanced channel measurement of 489ohm and 491ohm, truly testament to the quality of these cartridges, so I promptly fitted these, and as you can see carefully calibrated and set up to suit the turntable and tonearm for best performance and playback, and it sounds fantastic! To further improve its stance, performance and isolation, i have fitted new solid alloy sprung isolation feet. The original feet were a combination of plastic, rubber skirt and single spring, but were looking tired and sat slightly uneven, so i tried these which i have been looking forward to testing for some months. They have made a notable difference in my opinion, adding weight and mass to the turntable overall, it has improved the bottom end and bass response, its super solid and really punches when it has too, but not lost any of the superb midrange and detail that the VM8 cartridge has created. A great upgrade in my opinion, and i shall be ordering some more. I have had it on test now for some time, and i have to say if i didnt have as many high end turntables as i do, i would like to keep this as it currently is. it performs so well, looks so darn good, and is so rare, im not likely to find another should i fancy it. However, having a Sansui SR-525 aswell, and only one Sansui system to play them on, something has to go i guess! All mechanical, and automated parts are cleaned and serviced, re-lubricated, set and calibrated. All electronics are tested for spec, and performance is carefully set up for great audio and vinyl reproduction. This plays extremely well, ultra reliable first time, every time. In simply beautiful condition, which is why it has been one of my own personal collection, i will improve it even further by polishing the lid to as new perfection! Probably the only one for sale on ebay right now, these really dont come up very often at all, very rare and sought after turntable from the old masters of high end hifi Sansui, hence the price, and the stipulation of either collection in person only, or pay me to deliver it personally, i will not entrust this to a courier, unless you organise it all yourself and accept ALL liability and responsibility for damage in transit etc. This will be fully demonstrated if collected in person from me at Arnold, Nottingham by arrangement (O7875749472) I have a range of classic british rock, prog, metal, grunge, alternative and indie records, plus some more soulful and dance tracks to play as a demo, but if you wish to bring your own familiar tracks and tunes to test it, then please feel free to do so, i think its good to play something where you know what you should expect to hear. I have videos of it functioning and playing if you wish to see them, just holla. The files are too big for me to add them to the ebay listings unfortunately. Thank you very much for reading all this, please feel free to holla with any remaining questions or queries about the turntable, the demonstration, delivery etc etc (O7875749472)