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| Thorens TD124 “Mk1”/Mk2 plinth Why (for what reason) does anyone think the ferrous subplatter would sound best? I wonder. | |
| Thorens TD124 “Mk1”/Mk2 plinth Ignore my post of 07-08 at 4:30 PM. The test I described is to detect whether the weigh pan of a digital VTF scale is ferrous (some are); it obviously won't work to detect a magnetic attraction between the cartridge magnets and a ferrous platter ... | |
| Thorens TD124 “Mk1”/Mk2 plinth Larry, you fail to specify whether the TD124 that causes no issues with the various cartridges you name is a mk1 or mk2 type. One sensitive way to check for magnetic attraction is to set VTF with a digital gauge and then, with the gauge still in p... | |
| Thorens TD124 “Mk1”/Mk2 plinth I think the main difference is mk1 had a ferrous platter that can play havoc with a LOMC, whereas the mk2 platter is nonferrous. So yes there probably is no difference as regards the plinth. If I’m in error I trust I’ll be rapidly corrected. | |
| Vinyl Warm Up Time Warm up is a real thing and one need not resort to fantasy in order to understand it. Neither tubes nor transistors are at their best immediately after being awakened from cold (which is an argument in favor of leaving SS gear powered up at all ti... | |
| Help with cartridge choice for Linn LP-12, Ittok turntable Based on the reference you kindly provided, setting VTA for the new Lyra does not appear appear to be any different from previous, the difference is in the geometry within the cartridge body itself. | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy McLeod, how many among us can say he or she has heard unamplified music in a concert hall? Most of us regularly hear live music in a small venue, amplified. Some of us do attend concert halls, always also amplified. Yet still one hall sounds diff... | |
| Kirmuss users, what do you find? Thanks for the correction, Antinn. Although I think it’s a matter of the degree of toxicity. Both are poisonous but ethylene more than propylene | |
| Kirmuss users, what do you find? FWIW, Propylene glycol and propyl alcohol or propanol are related only in that both are 3-carbon molecules and both are alcohols, but with different properties. PG is what you put in your car's radiator to prevent freezing and overheating. If the... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade Albert Porter may have been the first ever to offer Panzerholz plinths, for Technics DDs. AF is in the same category. But both Albert and Artisan must be regarded as aftermarket suppliers. Neither make TTs or ever did. So the question is still ope... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade What other commercially available TT uses “densified wood” in its construction? | |
| Suggestions for cartridges for Rega P8 Does Mr Gandy really claim that VTA doesn’t matter? | |
| Suggestions for cartridges for Rega P8 Conversation jumped from compliance and effective mass to VTA, in one fell swoop. So far as resonant frequency goes, if you use a calculator on the internet be sure to add the weight of the new cartridge to the base value for tonearm effective mas... | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy Or ceramic | |
| Suggestions for cartridges for Rega P8 Tonearms don’t have “compliance” that figures into the equation for resonant frequency. Tonearms have “effective mass” . Resonant frequency is determined by cartridge compliance and tonearm effective mass. Because the cartridge body weight adds to... |