lewm
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| Turnable database with TimeLine TT81 for others, maybe. I've got DP80, L07D, SP10 Mk3, Lenco for "back-up".TT101 is looking good. I am leaving it power up. Your quite right that the innards are a veritable rat's nest. I have observed that it is difficult to pack all the wiring b... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable But look at that huge platter and magnets and look at the base (granito or no granito, but thanks for the reminder about granito). To me it cries out for more mass in the base; I would think you want the center of gravity to be well below the plat... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Re your criticism of the Verdier: That's what I have heard too, from users. The platter and magnets are a bit too massive for the "plinth", which is really just a flat piece of either MDF or granite. (I thought granite, but you've got one so you s... | |
| Turnable database with TimeLine Richard, So many of my "conclusions" as regards what the hell is going on with the TT101 eventually prove themselves to be false or only half true, that I am loathe to make any pronouncements, but I do see with my unit that keeping it powered on a... | |
| Turnable database with TimeLine Hiho,Simple answer: I have not yet listened to the TT101, ever! Mine came as part of a QL10 (TT101 + Victor laminated wood plinth + Victor 7045 tonearm). The ensemble is in "like new" condition. I expect to listen to the TT101, at first, in this c... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Interesting, what you say about the Verdier. I do know there are two completely different models, La Platine, and La Nouvelle Platine. I just read the assembly instructions for La Platine. They do apparently supply a "steel ball" which is installe... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Peter, the magnets are situated at the base of the 2 to 3-inch vertical shaft upon which the platter rides, and they are in the form of a collar around the vertical shaft that looks to be less than an inch in distance from inner to outer boundary ... | |
| Turnable database with TimeLine Well, what I have is a huge improvement compared to the way the TT101 was behaving before I sent it off to New Jersey. It does work fine about 90% of the time, and if it prematurely terminates, it seems to need only a re-start to get it up and run... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable I just went to the website where there is a crystal clear drawing showing how the maglev works. There are also photos to show step by step how to convert an older Salvation to maglev. Without question, the maglev works "only" in the vertical plane... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Harold, I don't remember for sure where we were with the Salvation; does it use magnetics in both the vertical and horizontal plane, or not? If yes, do you mean to say that the spindle or vertical shaft from the center of the platter touches nothi... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable One more OT comment: I've played around with the Verdier tt, the grand-daddy of tt's with fully magnetic vertical suspensions. The magnets used are quite huge, as anyone can see by inspection. If you push down on the platter surface, there is quit... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable The motor itself, of course, is a copy of the Dual coreless motor that preceded it. I think we've discussed this before. You or someone else offered that Kenwood had to change the design of the motor stators so as to avoid violation of the Dual pa... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Yes, I was aware of the fact that the magnetic suspension serves to take some of the load off the bearing, but there is still some load. I was not aware of the mechanism, however. Thanks.When I first got my L07D, before I had installed the platter... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Dear Spirit, the bits about torque and feedback and all that stuff in your most recent long post are not logical. A high torque motor does not obviate the need for feedback. In fact, it may increase the need for feedback, because the motor is "in ... | |
| Turnable database with TimeLine Every time I pass through the kitchen, I fire up the TT101 once or twice to see if it's decided to go nuts again. This morning it finally did, once, from "cold" (power off overnight). Then it worked again on re-start for the duration of my light b... |