Thanks Chris, but I have a question. Tom stated that the belt runs on the brass. I keep looking at the picture, and it looks like it rides on the wood. Can you clarify?
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I gotta tell ya, but for the brass on the platter, I like it. It may be a little overdone with that much metal, but Chris has said you can get pretty much any finish on the brass. I think if you took the metal off of the OUTSIDE of the platter, and changed the finish on the rest of the brass to copper, it would be a whole different set of asthetics. I like wood three. Fairly obvious to those who followed my build. But I understand why he did what he did, from comments on the Teres forum. While I don't find the 360 as butt-ugly as some may, I guess it really all comes down to sonics with this table. I think I like the 340 better, though. Change the motor housing to wood, the black finish to copper, add a little inlay and Bob's your uncle! |
David, My take on Chris' comments was that it is a sonic thing. I mean, that table has to be 8-10k, and I don't think Chris would do that just to play dress up. Damn, the thing weighs 150 pounds+! Talk about mass-loading. Now as far as copper & dark wood go, I like it. I'm finishing my new rack, hopefully this week (probably not, but I can hope). I'm using red coconut palm, mahogony, curly maple, solid surface countertop material, lots of lead, and, you guessed it, copper. I'll get some pics when I can. I will include a link to one pic that shows copper & brass side-by-side on my TT: ????? I got rid of the brass cones (not the Audiopoints), and I am thinking of making the armboard riser out of copper. I just like the look. I wish Chris would get in this discussion so we can know the purpose of the brass on the platter. He made a couple of posts on AA, but that's it. I'd like to hear more.... |