Durand record weight ha ha ha ha - and other crazy thing

lohanimal

.....his response was to say spend something like £30,000 on some lie music concerts first and to then spend the rest on his amps.

so, I will come to your house, play my trombone and sing for you (now just try to imagine that for a minute) for $75 American dollars per hour. **

You will get live and then some.

**You will also need to cover my travel, food, board and maybe some miscellaneous sexpenses.

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@geoffkait

Durand, Durand


funny .......


Since this audio hobby falls under the very subjective category where no standards exist and everyone's room is different;  this thread must therefore fall under the no such thing as bad publicity category.   

Good show Lohanimal.

Nandric

BTW this diamond collar is not meant for the dog

but for the other dogs friends.

Bingo !   We have a winner ....

Живели 

Nandric

I never
thought that they like ''cookies''.

He is fed a dog diet (pretty boring) but this dog will eat everything including pineapple slices. the only thing he seems to leave alone is spinach.

You are not, I hope, vegetarian?

I try to take care of myself (diet, exercise, music :^) but I am heading there it seems. Latest tests I have been told to limit red meat. Chicken and fish only. I see the big American hamburgers on TV and I salivate worse than the dog. (sorry not a pretty picture)

Otherwise we all will have pity with your dog.

Nikola - from my viewpoint right now being married 30+ years. If I had a choice to live like my dog for 12-15 years or take what I have now.....
Hmmmmm.....

Sorry to the OP for digressing.

Hi Nikola.

I assume that you don't own any dog (grin).

But I do own a black four legged critter again. Ever since I realized that Yogi was watching me in the woods. :^0
He can be seen on my virtual system. Not Yogi - my dog... 
Your reference to a piece of meat was bang on from mypersonal experience. Mind you, this summer our dog took fancy to my wife's cell phone lying there on a lawn chair, picked it up, starting prancing around with it, and threatened to take it into the lake. In this case sacrificing a peanut butter cookie instead of a piece of meat got it back.

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Somehow I found myself on this fun thread - so I will provide my opinion.  

Unless a record weight was designed in as part of the tables design, I see them as accessories.
   
As one example of this, the designer of my table Mr. Verdier (RIP) - told me through email that La Platine was designed to be used with no mat and or record weight.  All external and record resonances, vibrations, what have you - are taken care of as part of its design. A lot of thought went into the table.
However.....

He knew audiophiles would use them anyway, and here I was asking him about it too. Well I was heavy into my Audiophilia Nervosa phase at this time. A few years ago now.  
So he said to me, and the manual for the table does say this. "if you choose to use a record weight the table supports 8 kg."

Happy listening.

Astro58go

 As far as ct0517's remark from his TT's manufacturer.. well, I did not find any relevance.

Astro58go
I just saw your comment. Allow me to elaborate better. I like talking shop even though I am not in audiophile mode anymore. Would however prefer tech talk be brought to a general thread..  

Lets acknowledge that with a record weight/clamp at least 2 things can be affected.

1) The TT performance itself - the gear aspect.

2) The musicians recorded performance on the lp. If your record is coupled well to the platter well (no slipping), whether you are using a weight or not, the presentation of the music should be good. Unless it is Kind of Blue  :^)   or other lp that has known speed issues. 

Prior to my communications with the manufacturer I was up to that point familiar only with traditional mechanical bearing turntables.  And, in my experiences to that point the bearing type played a big part in what we hear due to its resonances - especially with a record weight/clamp that is coupled to the spindle.
For example - change just the bearing type (material) the presentation changes. Change the fluid the bearing sloshes around in and again the presentation changes again.  Both 1 and 2 above can be affected by this. Anyone that has changed out the bearing material or its fluid viscosity has heard this.  Likewise using a good record, lets say flat to the eye and not visually off centered, does not slip based on what you hear;  the use of different record weights/clamps changes the overall TT sonic presentation - with mechanical bearing TT's.   Tweaking - imagine the possibilities for the audiophile.

Now I did not understand what the manufacturer meant until I experienced it personally myself. Magnetic and also air bearings ( I base this on my tonearm) provide a level of isolation over a traditional mechanical bearing. So the effects of a record weight itself not as evident in the "Gears" overall sonic presentation - category 1. Using a record weight/clamp became just a process to couple a record better to the platter to realize better recorded performance in the music - category 2. Not as much to tune the overall sonic performance of the turntable. My experience.

Hopefully that explains better where I was coming from with the comments. Either way enjoy your journey.