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| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Spirit, Do you mean to say that the Salvation with all the upgrades PLUS the Terminator are sold for a total of $5k to $6K? That truly does sound like a bargain. Also, Harold or Spirit, you now make it sound as though the magnetic field DOES opera... | |
| Are there other Artisan Fidelity TT owners aorund? Audiofun,I think the choice of turntable has very little to do with the cartridge. The cartridge to tonearm match is by far much more critical. To that end, the Koetsu will work best with a high mass tonearm. You can have the Reed built with any o... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable What is the cost of the Salvation with all these upgrades? 15X that amount is probably some considerable stack of greenbacks, like must be well over $30K, maybe $50K or more. I've never heard any turntable at that price point, let alone in my own ... | |
| Turnable database with TimeLine Dkarmeli, If the KAB locks in at slightly LOWER than correct speed, as you say above, that means my Lenco was running even faster than the KAB revealed it to be, because, as noted, the KAB indicated overspeed, not underspeed. Which means my friend... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Dear Harold, Were you quoting the Salvation literature? If so, don't you think they misspoke? The platter never contacts the plinth in any turntable ever made. So I assume he just meant to say that there is no contact between bearing surfaces, but... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Dear Sal, I should hope there was NEVER any contact between "platter and plinth". You must mean "platter and bearing", as in the platter is magnetically suspended. But that only takes care of contact in the vertical plane. In the horizontal plane ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Fleib, I think you are searching for a mystery where there is none. We have been told twice that the cantilever is "something special". We need look no further than that. Somethingspecial is an alloy of "something" and "horsefeathers". You have to... | |
| Are there other Artisan Fidelity TT owners aorund? I don't want to start a ruckus, but if you want to experience a "good idler", you might also consider a Lenco. AF has done many Lenco re-plinthings. | |
| Are there other Artisan Fidelity TT owners aorund? Audiofun, Since I already have a Mk3, can you give me some idea about the cost of the plinth-ing? (I would not need any of their rebuilding services; my unit was NOS when I bought it and then Bill Thalmann massaged it thoroughly in all the same wa... | |
| Are there other Artisan Fidelity TT owners aorund? Audiofun, That is just plain gorgeous! I see that they did something major which you have not cared to mention; they removed the motor assembly entirely from the chassis and mounted it directly into their fabricated plinth. That is a good way to g... | |
| Turnable database with TimeLine Sorry, Henry. I may have failed to be clear about my opinion on the Timeline vs the KAB. I agree that the former is probably a more demanding standard than the latter. What I meant to say is that when the KAB is "happy", I tend to be happy too, me... | |
| Repair suspension on B+O MMC2? MMC2 is a great cartridge when properly working. Dare I say it is superior to the AT440MLA. Since you already own the MMC2, the notion that you can renew it for the cost of a new ruby cantilever and LC stylus at SoundSmith ($250 for the basic vers... | |
| SDS or phono stage At least now I know that I can blame autocorrect for converting my moniker to "Lewn". No one should think I am at all angry about it. It's been happening ever since I started posting under "LewM" on Audiogon. I find it amusing, in fact.Arsh, from ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Got it. Thx. | |
| Turnable database with TimeLine But when the Micro is auto-correcting, it is doing so via a mechanical system that has lots more compliance built into it (the belt) compared to any direct-drive system. Thus there is more danger that the corrective action will lag behind the mome... |