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| Technics SP-10 Tonearm Pod instead of Plinth/Base You mean Corian? The scuttlebutt on Corian is that it does not sound so good as a plinth. This is only word of mouth information. I think Jean Nantais is one person who tried Corian as did some others with Lenco tts. Don't give up on concrete, IMO... | |
| How to fix the brake on Technic sp10 mkII? The key is that you say you have the part. If it is undamaged (check out the felt liner), then it can be easily reinstalled provided that the two posts (one fixed and one variable for brake tension control) are still present in your unit. If those... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, It sounds great. Is it the best cartridge in my collection? I have no way of even guessing yet. I could use the 250 toward a Nagaoka MP50 instead of a new TLZ stylus assembly, which anyway may also be old and stiff (kind of like me), even if... | |
| Technics SP-10 Tonearm Pod instead of Plinth/Base Concrete might be excellent. I recently saw a Kenwood L07D. It's plinth is made in part of a very dense particulate material, much like concrete. (The plinth is further damped by metal and wood layers.) By all accounts, the L07D is VERY quiet, so ... | |
| Technics SP-10 Tonearm Pod instead of Plinth/Base I don't have any idea why it might be so, but I have had negative reports on marble as a material for plinths. You can say it rings when you tap it, as does granite, but I have never understood how/why that should be the determining factor. I woul... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? It's probably a matter of tonearms rather than cartridges, but Raul, I find that with the Dynavector/TLZ, I need some AS to center the image. Otherwise the center of the stage is over to the right speaker, although there is no real distortion. But... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Last night I let the TLZ play one side of an LP about 10 times, without turning on the rest of the system, in order to "break-in" the 20-year-old suspension. Then I settled in to listen to it again. The exercise did it a lot of good. There was muc... | |
| Technics SP-10 Tonearm Pod instead of Plinth/Base This is yet another of those "to each his own" audio discussions. We can be comfortable knowing we are all in the right. Have fun. If any one of us besides Raul tries it both ways, please report back on your preference. | |
| Technics SP-10 Tonearm Pod instead of Plinth/Base Raul has a point; I have never heard an SP10 sans plinth. Really, there are two issues here: (1) plinth vs no plinth, and (2) outboard arm pod vs mechanical linkage of the tonearm mount to the tt chassis. I feel more strongly on the latter subject... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, If the load R goes up, what should happen to C (up or down), for optimum results? It's hard to find any such analysis on the web for MM cartridges. Do R and C act as a simple hi-pass filter here, or is the inter-relationship more complex? As... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Ray, Raul is always going to tell it like it is. I've been running my TLZ in a Dynavector DV505. This arm is a chameleon in that it has very high mass in the lateral plane and the effective mass in the vertical plane is largely a function of what ... | |
| Technics SP-10 Tonearm Pod instead of Plinth/Base Guys, If I am wrong about Raul's rig, I stand corrected. It means that I have been under the wrong impression for several months. In fact I thought Raul agreed with me when in other places I had stated my case against having separate arm pods. Nan... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Ray, Please forgive me. You've got me completely wrong. I am not, was not sniping at you in any way. I appreciate your contributions and your presence here. All I was saying was what I said, and nothing more. If you will re-read my post, you will ... | |
| Technics SP-10 Tonearm Pod instead of Plinth/Base I am not sure that your description of Raul's set-up is correct. I thought he had mounted the tonearm on a short skirt of plywood that is also fastened around the tt chassis. In any case, that would be my preference, if I were to go with the ultra... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Ray, I don't really care what someone else says about this, as there really is no right or wrong. I am telling you that with the TLZ, I found much to enjoy when I switched to 100K load. Since this cannot cause anything to blow up or even to work h... |