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| Can a $3K table be among the best out there? Dear Vicdamone, You are not the first to repeat the claim made by WT that their tonearm has "no bearing". However, if you apply the formal definition of a bearing, I think their claim is rubbish. The arm pivots at a fixed point at its rear (I hope... | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm Dear Win, I place you way above me in experience and knowledge, when it comes to turntables. However, this is the first time I find myself disagreeing with you AND thinking that I have some personal hands-on experience to back up my quibble. Speci... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, I think nearly all the DP100s and their ilk (there is at least one other huge studio type Denon, maybe DP308) were sold and used in Japan. Hifido has them once in a while but the cost of shipping across the Pacific or across Asia to Europe w... | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm Off the deep end will be when someone here says that a power cord made a difference in turntable speed accuracy. Which is both on- and off-topic. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I would like to ask the question of some of our cognoscenti, why is it that by far the majority of LOMC cartridges tend to be low in compliance? Compliance should have a lot to do with moving mass. MM carts tend to have higher moving mass than MCs... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul not only lets cats out of bags regularly, he also farms kittens. | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm You guys are making me feel.... normal. | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm Henry, If you tell me how to do it, since the photos are on my desktop, not on the internet, I will post a photo of my "new" 1959 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce. As you may know, I have owned (in the past) just about every model of 356, up to ... | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm Dear Ct, The copper mat cannot really "damage" the servo permanently. It's just that the servo is operating suboptimally. Excessive platter mass can only damage the bearing in the long run. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? The best cartridge is always the one that got away or that you cannot find at all. There is a reason for this, but if I divulge it you will think I am a cynic. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, Based on Dover's informative post, it would seem that the Karat Nova is that rare beast, a low output MC with rather decent compliance. There is the resemblance to your other (former?) favorite LOMC, the Ortofon 2000. When you first exp... | |
| Goldmund Turntable with T3 arm--what is it worth? In my opinion, the T3, any version of it, is to be avoided unless you are getting it VERY cheaply and like to play around with gadgets. It is kind of an upscale copy of a Rabco SL8E. Both are Rube Goldberg devices that "work" OK but cannot compete... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? DV Karat is good; I know it. But I think the current version is "17D3". Before that there was the 17D2, etc. There is also the Karat "23R", with a Ruby cantilever. (R is for Ruby.) I have never heard the latter, but I am an admirer of the former.B... | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm Richard and Henry, Well actually Henry has made a change to platter inertia, in the downward direction, by removing the platter mat. I am guessing, based on my DP80, that the Victor OEM platter mat is a rubber one. If it's like the DP80 platter ma... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Dear Larry, I have nothing for sale. I had two L07Ds, about 2-3 years ago, and sold one to Radicalsteve (aka Steve) more than a year ago. I hadn't heard from him since, so I am happy to learn that he is happy. I would not part with my one remainin... |