ledoux1238
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| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine @junk981 1. Are you maintaining the pneumatic suspension on the plinth while using the tape drive?2. What kind of tape are you using?3. Have you tried shortening the tape drive with a closer motor to plinth distance? 4. Keeping the tape on the ve... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine Hi Lew,'...The reason I regret selling the luminescence is purely related to my high regard for it as a classic piece of audio design. But you can’t keep everything. ...'Thanks for that clarification. I think it expresses my sentiment quite aptly.... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine @junk981 What is the motor that you are using? @vuckovic and @junk981 In corresponding to Thom Mackris of Galibier Design, he advised to defeat the suspension of the La Platine in order to use the tape drive with his motor. Since you are both usin... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine Regarding my pre-amp, MFA Lumi, situation, I hope it will not cause a distraction from the topic at hand. However, it is integral to the analog chain, and I could seriously use your help / opinion, so please bear with me. I have Lumi A1 or A2, wit... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine @vuckovic Thank you again for the insight into the Herron and the Lamm. I have been tore away from the La Platine experiments since my MFA Luminescence crashed with a soft 'thud' three weeks ago. This happens every four to five months with my bel... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine @vuckovic You are right, no point in selling the La Platine. As a total aside, I noticed that you are using a Herron VTPH-2a. As I am in the process to searching for a phono stage, I wondered if you would share some thoughts on it? | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine @vuckovic Thank you for that concise summary of the AF3. It solves a year old curiosity about the sonic differences between it and La Platine. Rereading reviews of the AF3, I am struck by the contrast between the two. With the AF3, you are operati... | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update The Townshend Rock 3 was my TT for ten years. | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine @vuckovic Some of your tweaks and preferences are quite different from mine. But as my last post indicated, this is a TT that seems to invite differences of operational preferences. Using the stock motor with a custom Delrin pulley to accomodate ... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine @lbelchev Thank you for pointing out my mistake. I believe it is not the only one I have made. See below.@audioquest4life I had thought I understood the braking action. Because of your question, I took a look again at the comment on a past thread ... | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update @spiritofmusic It's interesting that the path to the Terminator began with the desire to move away from big branded audio razzamatazz dealer input. I live in a part of the world where cars and audio gears typically retails for twice their US count... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine The undisputed aspect with the La Platine is the magnetic bearing, allowing the platter to rotate while being decoupled. The idea was what attracted me. Having acquired it, it is the execution of the idea that truly intrigued. The metallurgy and t... | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update Hi Marc, I ‘m sure you’re right on optimizing the air flow. This is a bit of a history lesson for me. Do you recall how you came to the Terminator? Did you audition at Vic’s before you acquired it? Being in the same town, I would imagine that it ... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine @xdr Greatly appreciate your responses. It’s great to visualize through photos of your system the SOTA / Roadrunner in action. I see a belt drive, but it can be switched to a thread drive, correct?You have a lovely system / room, with lots of Fren... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine @topoxforddoc I don't know if GT Audio still sells the battery PSU. It doesn't show up on its web-site. I assume you had to modify the stock motor housing ( drilling few holes ) for the connecting cables, correct?Callas Audio also provided schema... |