Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable

Lew, beautiful job. You encourage me to check out stone dealers here in So. Cal. but I don't expect much of a selection in slate. It occurred to me that some of the potential sonic benefits of slate might be gained by using a 1" thick slate base under the plinth. That would be much easier and cheaper than cutting/shaping the slate for the full plinth build.

Also I do think you've identified a critical point regarding the mechanical integrity of arm mounting. I note my EPA-100 arm has two rubber washers to place above and below the arm mounting surface. I will replace those with brass or stainless washers whenever I finally finish my SP-10 plinth.

Happy listening!

You could probably get a Pennsylvania slate slab shipped to you in SoCal from my supplier. If you're interested contact me off-line. They are in Pen Argyll, PA. And yes, I do like the slate shelf under the slate plinth for the SP10. I only bought one of them so am using the stock Adona granite/MDF shelf under the Denon. Can I hear any difference related to the shelves? Nah; I don't know the difference between the two tts yet. Listening to Art Pepper + Eleven last night. The Denon/Triplanar/Koetsu had me tapping my feet.