Hello,
I remember audiophile discuss we had during the vinyl " golden age" from middle of seventies to eighties"
We had discovered the " sound" of the turntable highlighted by the audio litterature ( Ivor tieffenbrun Linn sondek)
In general two approach have been acknoledged for the structure design
The ratio of mass
- plinth -platters-tonearm-cartrige tracktability( high or low)
A)
High mass plinth
High mass platter
High mass tonearm
Low cartridge tracktability
In this configuration the transmission of the energy of vibration is balanced
B)
Low mass plinth
Low mass suspended (or not) platters
Low mass tonearm
Low tracktability cartrige
In that case, the ratio of mass structure between the elements is also balanced
So, what ever the platter structure is the " bell" effect must be be reduced keeping in mind that each component have specific " sound" never neutral..
I own two vintage turntables whitch are complying perfectly these rules as example
- Thorens TD 124 II
( injected aluminium & cast iron)
- sme 3012/2 & DL103)
-Walker Cj 55
Wood and suspended platter in tufnol ( the most neutral backelit phenolic component to be used in aircraft for years)
Colin walker was engineer who used to work for castle engineering in the seventies and launched the linn sondek and Ariston RD11s in uk, Usa and australia inthe seventies...
Sorry fpr this backward looking story !
It is just my experience to be shared...
Raymond
I remember audiophile discuss we had during the vinyl " golden age" from middle of seventies to eighties"
We had discovered the " sound" of the turntable highlighted by the audio litterature ( Ivor tieffenbrun Linn sondek)
In general two approach have been acknoledged for the structure design
The ratio of mass
- plinth -platters-tonearm-cartrige tracktability( high or low)
A)
High mass plinth
High mass platter
High mass tonearm
Low cartridge tracktability
In this configuration the transmission of the energy of vibration is balanced
B)
Low mass plinth
Low mass suspended (or not) platters
Low mass tonearm
Low tracktability cartrige
In that case, the ratio of mass structure between the elements is also balanced
So, what ever the platter structure is the " bell" effect must be be reduced keeping in mind that each component have specific " sound" never neutral..
I own two vintage turntables whitch are complying perfectly these rules as example
- Thorens TD 124 II
( injected aluminium & cast iron)
- sme 3012/2 & DL103)
-Walker Cj 55
Wood and suspended platter in tufnol ( the most neutral backelit phenolic component to be used in aircraft for years)
Colin walker was engineer who used to work for castle engineering in the seventies and launched the linn sondek and Ariston RD11s in uk, Usa and australia inthe seventies...
Sorry fpr this backward looking story !
It is just my experience to be shared...
Raymond