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Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?
Hi Fleib,According to Vinyl Engine and the Victor TT-81 Service Manual.... Servo system: Quartz-locked positive and negative servo controlVintage Knob appears to be wrong.....I think there's something to be said for a 20.lb platter on a DD.I haven... 
Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?
I don't have charts for the other Victors yet but here is a video of the TT-81 under the Timeline with three arms going on and off and showing no deviation of the laser on the wall mark.Based on this evidence and the fact that the TT-81 employs th... 
Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?
Regards Fleib,Here is the Feikert Speed App for the VPI Direct as published by Fremer in Stereophile andhere is the corresponding one for my TT-101.Now all the Raw Frequency and Lowpass-Filtered Frequency figures are near identical for both turnta... 
Tone arm upgrade
For that budget you can get a used Graham, which will beat most anything in that price range.And you know this how.......? 
Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?
Lewm,I know the whole sordid Continuum story directly from Mark.He is an astute audio guy with a genuine love and passion for the possibilities.He has always appreciated the damage that structure-borne feedback causes to most turntable-based syste... 
Nude Turntable Project
Richardkrebs,Is there a secondary issue here?Could there be acoustic feedback following the initial EMR problem?I think you're right....When I play music at loud volume containing 30-60Hz bass drum beats (like Cream's 2005 Royal Albert Hall Concer... 
Nude Turntable Project
Hi Chris,It may be the camera angle....?I think the Dyna is riding just fine...😎I hate removing the word 'Nude' from any sentence......😰 
Nude Turntable Project
Dover wins the Kewpie Doll...🎉💇When I changed the support of my Victor to the steel cradle two years ago, I removed the flimsy perforated metal screen surrounding the 'guts'.Well it turns out that this metal screen was acting as a Faraday Cage for... 
Nude Turntable Project
I went back to my original set-up from 2 years ago and guess what........No feedback.....🎉😍Then it dawned on me......Has it dawned on you.....😜❓ 
Nude Turntable Project
It cannot be air-borne feedback Aigenga....The stylus is in the groove with the turntable motionless and no music coming through the speakers.When I turn the volume up to a very high level...a low frequency drone begins and then increases in volum... 
Nude Turntable Project
Aaaaahhhh....😱The feedback problem is still there.....Even worse if anything..😰This wasn't supposed to be like this...In desperation I changed the spikes to more substantial ones and then to Stillpoints Ultra Minis.No difference...‼️In desperation... 
Nude Turntable Project
Thanks guys,The Victor sits on 3 hard rubber grommets fixed to the granite edge just as it did on the steel cradle.View 1View 2 
Nude Turntable Project
I received the granite cradle and have epoxy'd the three Helicoil inserts into the drilled bottom holes to take the M8 stainless steel levelling spikes.Looks quite nice..😎Bit of a squeeze inside....But is just as I imagined it...😏Now for the liste... 
Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?
I can't imagine on the other hand, that the market for $30,000 turntables would be sizeable.....even with the current vinyl revival.....❓Continuum will apparently only make a Caliburn if three are ordered together.. 
Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?
VPI Direct only made to special order now by Harry himself HEREApparently not selling so well....