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A Copernican View of the Turntable System
Dear Ct0157,Maybe some day I will find time to test the Denon without its plinth. Right now there are at least 3 major home audio projects that come first. I am a DIYer, and I have been extensively revising the circuits in my huge Atma-sphere mono... 
TW-Acustic Raven AC3 latest version vs older
Dev, I am curious to learn whether you have had the 3 motors from the beginning or whether you worked your way up to 3 from one. There are many theoretical problems, or lets call them "issues" with 3 motors, and I wonder about your journey to get ... 
A Copernican View of the Turntable System
Dear DT, All I'm saying is can you direct us to such a diagram or help us understand how you would go about constructing it? One major force, for sure, is the torque of the motor, which is angular by the definition of "torque". And we all know tha... 
A Copernican View of the Turntable System
DT, Sometimes, I don't get it. Show us how to derive a force vector diagram for a turntable. Then we will believe. I think the crux of the matter is that there are subtle forces, apart from the obvious ones, that make a critical difference. And fo... 
A Copernican View of the Turntable System
Puh-leeze. There is NO ad hoc argument that wins this debate. The Clearaudio Statement looks like an over-sized, over-priced turdball to me. But in any case, magnetically levitated platters in belt drive turntables are irrelevant to this discussio... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Halcro, The ZYX was set up by a consummate professional, but I am prepared to believe what you say, because the low midrange response on down to low bass was that sorely lacking. However, I am able to rule out the amplifiers and speakers as c... 
A Copernican View of the Turntable System
and Steve Dobbins, whom I wish would comment more often.Tim, You are saying what I have said a couple of times over the past week or two. There is little doubt in my mind that a "bad" plinth can make things worse. This does not prove that a good p... 
A Copernican View of the Turntable System
Bjesien, I think it would be more revealing to look to see who has a 16-inch tonearm.The remark about cigars is credited to Freud himself, who was a devotee'.Dertonearm, I like what you said, that there really is no such thing as "no plinth". That... 
Arms w/ azimuth adjustment while record is playing
I think the Talea is on a list by itself. With all due respect, the WT tonearms take a long time to stabilize after one has made an azimuth adjustment, and indeed can tend to change azimuth all by themselves as they traverse an LP, due to the inte... 
A Copernican View of the Turntable System
Dear Bjesien, Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.And a tonearm is just a tonearm. 
A Copernican View of the Turntable System
Raul, For me digital is an alternative reserved for when I want to read a book or when we are having a party, and I want background music. However I freely admit that, though my cdp is quite tweaked, it is hardly state of the art. Besides that, su... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Halcro, I heard a ZYX UNIverse for the first time in my life the other day, in a system where I knew the speakers and amplifiers but not the tonearm and record player. However, both of the latter were present day state of the art quality. (I estim... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Thanks, Thuchan. I think this hobby and the obsession with its crazy minutiae should be fun above all. The opinions can be intensely felt, however. The best part for me is the pleasure of getting to be in contact with interesting people (such as y... 
How to measure tonearm effective mass
Dan_ed, Good point about the tonearms that can accommodate two counter-wts, but as Dave mentioned, the range of adjustment of effective mass afforded by that arrangement would seem to be quite limited.Mark, Despite the setback you described, do yo... 
A Copernican View of the Turntable System
DT, I was joking of course. This discourse was getting entirely too serious. For any one of us to elevate it to the level of the concepts brought forth by Copernicus or Galileo is ludicrous. Socrates, maybe....