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| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine Compared to the inertia of the platter (57kg!!!), I would think the inertia of the drive motor is trivial, regardless of its type or construction. Anyway, wouldn’t the inertia of the motor ADD to the speed constancy rather than subtract as the tex... | |
| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration Usually it’s a very bad idea to “suspend” on springs a turntable that already has a built in suspension. So I am surprised that a few recommended adding a sprung shelf. The two suspensions will inevitably fight each other which could end up with p... | |
| Dynavector Karat 17D3: retip for $500 or get something new? …..in your opinion.Thanks for the detailed and informative response, Dusty. It seems your guy can get closer to the original spec than I would have thought. | |
| Upper Level Vintage DD Strenghts and Weaknesses I would not spend big bucks on feet for speakers, but I would have any speaker, particularly if it is expected to reproduce deep bass, well and stably mounted on the floor. I recognize that sometimes there is a risk of acoustic coupling that can ... | |
| Upper Level Vintage DD Strenghts and Weaknesses These threads do tend to wander. I am afraid I am a guilty party. But c'est la vie and all that. | |
| Dynavector Karat 17D3: retip for $500 or get something new? Dear heyitsmedusty, It would be interesting if your re-tipper was able to replace like with like. That is, did he install a 17mm diamond cantilever with diamond tip? Was the tip the same shape as per the OEM stylus? If those two requirements we... | |
| Upper Level Vintage DD Strenghts and Weaknesses What is a "Townshend Podium"? Is it based on an inner tube (i.e., compressed air in a bladder)? If so, that might not be as deleterious as some other footers actual using springs or rubbery compounds. My objection is based on theory; I have never ... | |
| Upper Level Vintage DD Strenghts and Weaknesses I've said this before, but I do not see the benefit of using spongy or springy feet under any loudspeaker. I see only negative consequences, because some of the amplifier power delivered to drive the speaker diaphragm will then be used up in rock... | |
| Upper Level Vintage DD Strenghts and Weaknesses For even better results always sit on AT616 feet during listening sessions, as well. Two of them will provide ample support for most audiophile butts. AT616, there IS no substitute. | |
| Sell Me Your Women, Your Children, Your Vintage Turntable... Before I chose an idler for my array of turntables, I auditioned Garrard 301, Thorens TD124, and Lenco L75 or GL78. (I think they’re the same.) Lenco won. Did not like the TD124 at all. Belt driving an idler seemed to combine the problems of both.... | |
| Has anyone heard the SAT XD1 And I just ordered a copy of "Still Crazy..." from Acoustic Sounds, based largely on your review of same, plus my own appreciation of Paul Simon and his music. $125 for an LP is not quite on the same plane with t$50,000 for an SAT tonearm, but th... | |
| Another franken table story Do you mean to say that the stock platter on your MF turntable is ferrous AND that it wobbles (AND that the soldering on its tonearm wires was faulty)? These are all unacceptable no-no's, in my opinion. Did you actually take a magnet and see whe... | |
| Sell Me Your Women, Your Children, Your Vintage Turntable... Without going into the gory details of which drive system is best or whether vintage turntables or cartridges are worse than, equal to, or better than modern ones, my opinion is that the biggest gains in vinyl reproduction over the last 45 years (... | |
| SOTA NOVA, HR-X VPI, Technics 1200G recommendations? Dear Mijo, Please don't put words in my mouth. "Velocity" is a vector quantity, meaning it formally has both magnitude and direction, although we usually omit to specify direction. "Speed" is a scalar quantity, meaning it describes a magnitude o... | |
| Sell Me Your Women, Your Children, Your Vintage Turntable... Of course, anyone here knows I would disagree emphatically with much of what Mijostyn espouses, so I won't bother to point that out for the Nth time. But I did want to remark upon his last line: "There are a few that dabble in idler and direct dr... |