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| The Hub: Thorens TD-125: the table that couldn't get no respect The arm-cartridge-platter system is yet another mechanical system in audio where one school of thought is to decouple everything, and another is to couple everything, to drain off energy. I think there are examples of each which work well, and mak... | |
| The Hub: Thorens TD-125: the table that couldn't get no respect An excellent question; I'll see if I can get Chris to respond to that.My thought is that a more massive base is less likely to excite even a suspended sub-chassis. I could be wrong; it's been a long time since I had to work through equations in Dy... | |
| The Hub: Thorens TD-125: the table that couldn't get no respect A lot of tables have the same issue, and frankly, I'm not sure if it's a cause for real concern. Exciting a bell-mode resonance by balancing the platter on a finger and pinging it doesn't represent a condition that's going to be encountered while ... | |
| The Hub: Acoustat X: 'stats with tubes! Thanks for the comments.The webpages I found for the Chinese Acoustat company are not of recent origin, and I can't ascertain if the company still exists. I'm going to keep looking into it, though. | |
| The Hub: Okay. It's all my fault. Wussup,dog? Glad you have a sense of humor.I certainly had no intention of doing tutorials when I began, but it appeared that there was and is a need. That's okay: we all have different skills.Thanks for taking the time to comment. | |
| The Hub: Okay. It's all my fault. FINE. Be that way. You can buy them at a discounter if you want, but you KNOW you're destroying the livelihood of an audio specialist!Kidding, kidding. We're all friends, here. ;-> | |
| The Hub: Okay. It's all my fault. Dert, maybe we can save that for another day.Musicgioni, thanks for the praise, but be careful of your blood pressure!Thanks as always for the comments. | |
| The Hub: Okay. It's all my fault. Didn't take it that way, just joking too. | |
| The Hub: Okay. It's all my fault. Thanks, y'all; I'm glad to see that some senses of humor survived the Great Crash of '08.Madddoggy: I've NEVER overpaid for ANYTHING. I don't know WHAT you're talking about! ;->Captain Nemo: Thanks. I've often thought the audio world needed a R... | |
| The Hub: Okay. It's all my fault. Oy. Where do I begin?Dert, thanks once again for the contribution. I think we've all concluded that your "real" ads are remarkable enough, so I don't expect any ads for toaster-ovens or Dustbusters any time soon. ;-> Elizabeth, this time (!) I ... | |
| The Hub: Futterman H3: Seen one lately? Yup. Connecting it back to audio, when Western Electric did theater sound systems, they did it the same way as their phone biz. The equipment was generally leased, not sold.Somehow those theaters ended up owning the gear that I pulled out, way bac... | |
| The Hub: Want a Garrard idler-drive? I keep expecting Dual projects to show up; they generally seemed better-built than Garrards, to me. Maybe it's because all I ever saw were the low-end Garrards. I still recall the days when dealers had piles of Dual trade-ins, stacked like cordwoo... | |
| The Hub: Want a Garrard idler-drive? Thank you for both comments.There are good tables of all types. Seems to me it's toughest to make a really good direct drive, as all sources of vibration and noise are fed right into the platter, and directly under the cartridge.Tryptophan is the ... | |
| The Hub: Futterman H3: Seen one lately? Thanks for the kind words. It's hard to judge reader's reactions if they don't (DOH!) react. I appreciate it when someone takes the time to write. Of course, some comments are more appreciated than others. ;->I agree with your comment regarding... | |
| The Hub: Futterman H3: Seen one lately? Thanks for the story. It reminds me a bit of the first time I heard Quads; even with the 33/303 combo, there was magic. Despite Haden Boardman's insistance in his Sound Practices article back in 1994 that "QUADs have bass, and anyone who wants to ... |