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| Micro SX-8000 II or SZ-1 T_bone, Are those Goto transducers in the photos? I heard a complete Goto system locally in northern Virginia, driven by Kegon plus two other amplifiers and using Goto preamp and electronic crossover. And I was underwhelmed. Good but no goose pimp... | |
| Oswald Mill Audo Saskia Idler Turntable Innards? Retail price I saw quoted was $36,000. Motor is state of the art with probably the best motor controller available in the commercial world, but I don't know the details, either. Just knowing who builds it and who designed and constructed the motor... | |
| sds powered on constantly??? Lloyd Walker himself instructed me to remove the on/off switch from my Walker Precision Motor Controller, for an improvement in sonics. I confess I hear no difference, but mine is "on" all the time. | |
| Micro SX-8000 II or SZ-1 If you've never seen an SZ-1 in person, or since you have probably never taken either motor apart, how can you tell? The motors may be identical, but the SZ1 motor may come in a fancier chassis to match the rest of the turntable. If you can find a... | |
| Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable T_bone, I made sure that the beeswax stopped flowing just short of the part of the ring that houses the controls. It solidifies rather rapidly as you pour it, due the fact that it is cooling at the same time, so there was no problem controlling it... | |
| Why is the Shelter 501 mono so expensive? Possibly the 501 Mono versions are created to order by converting the standard stereo version to mono. This requires labor = money. | |
| Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable Forgot to reiterate that I think it is a good idea to dampen the resonance of that cosmetic ring that surrounds the platter on all Denon dd tables. If you're going to the trouble and expense of making a slate plinth, it behooves you not to overloo... | |
| Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable Thanks, Tree. I should have written "SP10" instead of "SP20", but I guess that was an obvious typo. I admire your guts in drilling those three holes for the Denon; I had the guy who made the CAD file incorporate them into the program, then the wat... | |
| Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable Treehugga, I've just gotten around to assembling my DP80 in its slate plinth. My slate slab is only 52mm thick but it appears to be a little larger in dimension compared to yours. I am sealing the slate right now (today) with a concoction of turpe... | |
| Help in isolating a TT with spring suspension. Depends on how flexible and creaky your floor really is. If you locate the shelving against a support wall of your house, that will mitigate the problem to some degree. After that I suggest a heavy hardwood shelf to go between your existing shelf ... | |
| Low level Hum in Phono Signal Path I don't think this has anything at all to do with cable shielding. Cables pick up RF, not "hum". The term hum implies a 60Hz monotone. RF can include radio reception, hf hash, etc, but not hum per se. | |
| Low level Hum in Phono Signal Path First, do you hear the hum ONLY on phono? If so, I agree with the notion that it most likely has to do with grounding between your preamp, tt, and tonearm. I am having a similar problem with my newly set-up Technics SP10 Mk2/RS-A1/Ortofon MC7500 r... | |
| VIP, SOTA & Oracle Turntables Sirspeedy, Vintage instruments are like vintage tts, only moreso. I have always wondered what audiophile product from what company caused you so much misery. As far as I can recall, you've kept it secret so far. | |
| Turntable interconnects and RFI Those little boxes at one end of your MIT cables house an RC network (or perhaps just a capacitor). The network effects a high frequency low-pass filter and also gives the cable a low characteristic impedance. Perhaps the C is having an unfavorabl... | |
| Koetsu Urushi: Blue Sky, Vermillion, Tsugaru I am just glad that I have a loving and loyal son who lives in Tokyo. That's how I solve the problem. But many Japanese cartridges sell for the exact same price in Tokyo as they do in the US, e.g., Lyra. I have never been able to figure that one o... |