RMAF 2009 Analog Report + Meet and Greet

Hi guys,
Just a couple of remarks regarding the Artemis SA-1 table. The wider based plinth version is more expensive due to the plinth material being three times more expensive(than the bamboo used on the small footprint deck) and more timeconsuming to finish. It is not made from an endangered species(and neither Cocobolo nor Zebrawood are anyway), but from a pressure treated palm plywood.
The motor on those tables costs us 250$. Try to find a table anywhere near that price that has a motor costing more than 50$...
The platter and bearing are manufactured to extremely tight tolerances(+/- 1/1000mm) in all dimensions by a company that usually works for NASA, Lockheed, etc...
Other features that you can't make out right away are the unique drive system, an eddy current brake acting on the platter, the possibility to correct for off center holed records and the armbase allowing for overhang changes.
There is a lot more, but this isn't going to become an ad.
Try it and hear if you like it :-)

And thanks to everyone who visited us at RMAF. Bring more of your own records next time!

Cheers,

Frank

Hi Thom,
What's a "hundred monkey sort of thing"?
Never had the pleasure to talk to Mark Kelly, but did exchange a few mails about half a year ago. I was hoping he could make it to the RMAF, but as you know, he had to be elsewhere.

Cheers,

Frank

Hi Thom,
Thanks for the link. But there is nothing paranormal about me telling colleagues like Chris Brady to try it after he introduced platters with a brass bottom section.
On the other hand, Micha Huber(Thales tonearm designer) implemented such a feature on the turntable he designed for a swedish company without prior exchange:
http://www.aaa-switzerland.ch/pdf/Pythagoras.pdf
A very nice AND bright guy.

Cheers,

Frank