A very smart person I used to know hung his Advent speakers from his ceiling on springs. And yet, I would still claim he was very smart. Smart people sometimes do dumb things.
A Turntable History Question
In late 1981, or January of 1982, I took a couple of my ward sisters out to the theatre (it was a Brian Rix farce at the Apollo). Returning to Harrow, I dropped off one of them and was invited in, where I saw her husband's turntable. It was suspended at each corner by many rubber bands, and years later I assumed it was an SME that I had seen. Now I know that SME were not making turntables at that time, I wonder what it was?
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@travelinjack ...Now, that sounds like a 'hack attack' by one who'd seen one of those tables, but couldn't afford or find one that he'd trust to dorm drones.... ;) Although, given the era, it makes sense on a tech level. It'd be interesting to see a SOTA version, but I'd likely not get in que for one.... |
In my book, it is London to a brick it was an SME Model 30 turntable, except for the date! The Model 30 was released in 1991, not 1981. The Model 30 was SME's first commercially released turntable, and it cost megabucks (well 9,000 quid in 1991!). Weighing more than 42-kgs the table featured a suspended sub chassis, hanging from four pylons like a big-top circus tent. The pylons each had 15 rubber rings and were also fluid damped. |
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