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| want new plinth ideas for direct-drive turntables Thanks for sharing. That's really nice work. You can see a rather poor photo of my slate Lenco in my system post here on Audiogon. Plinth is a monoblock of slate, unlike yours. Used Peter Reinder's top plate. Probably should post it in Lenco Heave... | |
| want new plinth ideas for direct-drive turntables Hiho, Don't own either SP15 or SP25. I was just conjecturing. If I do it, it would be with the SP10 Mk2. Have you made a template for the cut-out for a Mk2 motor? | |
| Azimuth observations and importance Dear Dr. Cilantro,What Doug said. Azimuth is about crosstalk between channels, the amount of the signal in the L channel that appears in the R channel, and vice-versa. It is not about channel balance. In fact, even at extremes of azimuth, the volt... | |
| want new plinth ideas for direct-drive turntables Hiho, What about the SP15 and SP25? How do those compare to the ones you listed above as donor tables? They are way less expensive than any SP10. You guys got me thinking (again) about separating the SP10 Mk2 motor from its chassis and on-board el... | |
| want new plinth ideas for direct-drive turntables Well, I have only one hour of listening on my Kenwood. Plus at the moment I am restricted to using the Kenwood tonearm only on the Kenwood. But I can imagine that the Kenwood is the "best" sounding of the three units, with the other two mounted in... | |
| want new plinth ideas for direct-drive turntables I have been listening to a Kenwood L07D. Its designers were thinking along the same lines as you, Hiho. In essence, they have taken a (coreless, brushless) DC motor (with inherently very low cogging, which is an issue they discuss in the owners ma... | |
| Rhea Noise Dear amigo Raul,You unfortunately wrote, "The fact that many people ( like you ) likes the heavy distorted and colored tube sound does not means that is the right way to go."Come on, man. That is way over the top. The argument against this notion ... | |
| Azimuth observations and importance The Shure and Audioquest test LPs, both of which contain bands for setting azimuth in conjunction with the Signet Cartridge Analyzer, generate a pure test tone of 1kHz, first in one channel only and then in the other channel only. I think anywhere... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? In the wake of the brouhaha about the Technics EPC P100C, has anyone tried the Technics EPC P550, available NOS from Thakker? I know that Raul commented it was a mid-level cartridge back in the day, but that does not mean it is not also a "contend... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Dear Gp49, Have you seen a photo of the actual tt that Salvatore is listening to? If so, does it retain the original Lenco chassis, or has the chassis been ditched in favor of the Peter Reinder's PTP? I ask because I think the PTP makes a big impr... | |
| Azimuth observations and importance Essentially, I think Hiho is saying that to adjust azimuth without altering VTA, the adjustment must be made downstream from the ~23 degree offset angle that is typically built into the geometry of fixed bearing tonearms. (It's not always 23 degre... | |
| want new plinth ideas for direct-drive turntables Hiho, Great idea about the magnetic or other drive to "connect" the platter to a dd motor. I know it's good idea, because I have thought about it, too. (Heh-heh.) The problem is that if you are a direct-drive purist, any such coupling mechanism co... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Did not know there was anyone out there who still preferred the FL to the E. Thanks for the post. I still like it, too. | |
| want new plinth ideas for direct-drive turntables Dear Tim, I think the business of torque is over-stated both for its virtues and its problems. The motor, any motor, does not use its full torque unless or until there is an equal force opposing its rotation. So if you turn on your turntable and p... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? The styli are different. The M20E has an elliptical stylus. I think the FL has a line contact stylus. Those who have heard both apparently like the M20E better than the M20FL. I own the M20FL and like it very much. Also, they can be interconverted... |