halcro
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| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Blackburn,Interesting question?I've never actually heard the big Micros that Thuchan and Syntax have but I assume you are correct that they sound differently to each other?I'm sure that they and Dertonarm would be able to offer some explanations b... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Yes Jaspert,The shelf being cantilevered on aluminium brackets from the wall and carrying the weights of both turntables, preamp,tuner,tape deck,DVD, VCR and Plasma TV slopes in all directions?That's why there are solid spacers under the adjustabl... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Thuchan,If you could start a thread about MCs it would be most interesting.I think we need a critical examination of the in-field experiences of owners just as we have in this thread on MMs?At the moment I'm listening happily to the ZYX Unive... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Well Raul,You've finally managed to shock me.Digital better than analogue....coming from the very person on this Forum who could rightly be called the 'Analogue King'?.......or so I thought?I think there may be some people on this planet who are g... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Dear Timeltel,Consider yourself excused.I always welcome your idiosyncratic and knowledgeable interjections.I hopefully expect more of them :-)RegardsHenry | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Dear Dertonarm,the turntable, arm and cartridge do form ONE mechanical system.I agree.... but only once the stylus is in the groove.Before that event I don't understand why there needs to be any physical connection between the platter and arm?I al... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Dear Lew,My proposition is that ideally the base for the tonearm should be an isolated, level and immovable object resistant to all forms of mechanical and electrical interference.If that is not possible, a reasonable facsimile of such a base is p... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Dear Dertonarm,No......Galileo didn't have a happy life with the Pope in Rome, but his book gave him immortality.I saw you as the perfect candidate as Galileo in this case with your new turntable almost perfected?And then with Raul's new tonearm, ... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Dear Raul,I think you and I are in agreement on these things.In terms of the compromises inherent at every step of the analogue system, it is still possible for even a budget turntable/arm/cartridge combination to easily outdo digital reproduction... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Dear Thuchan,Yes, Micro Seiki knew a thing or two about analogue.Your SX 8000 had it's motor separated from the plinth/platter and, as you say, the very solid arm boards attached rigidly to the plinth.This is an example of an understandable use of... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Thanks for your thoughts Syntax.CheersHenry | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Dear Raul,You are certainly correct that you have constantly been claiming that the tonearm/cartridge UNIT is the 'King' and most important part of the record-playing system.But that is NOT what I am claiming.My belief is that it is the BASE for t... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Dear Lew,My thesis is that once the immovable and isolated base has been established for the tonearm, the method of drive for the turntable will make no difference to the sound retrieved by the cartridge as long as perfectly correct and stable spe... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Thanks Hodu,After the initial thread was started (with the link to my system's page), I was then able to post the long statement on this thread.I wrote to Audiogon but have received no answer as to why this might be? | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System For thousands of years it was believed that the earth was the centre of the solar system and that the sun revolved around it.Before telescopes existed, Copernicus proposed that it was the earth in fact, that revolved around the sun.For longer than... |