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| Garrard 301 - Project Fsonic, My own Lenco is mounted in a 50mm slab of PA slate. However, it also benefits from a PTP top plate, a hefty after market bearing, a platter that has been painted with vibration reducing black paint, speed that is regulated by the Phoenix E... | |
| Synergistic Research PHT - Phono Transducer I still wonder how they could have any effect at all, of any kind, except by perhaps changing the resonant frequency of the headshell/cartridge, and even that is a stretch of my imagination. But I have not tried one so I won't go any more negative... | |
| How to modify a for sale listing Didn’t see it because was on my cell phone with poor visibility. Now I am at my computer and do see it. Thanks. On my cell and on my computer, the bottom of every page is obstructed with an ad superimposed on the tiny icon for "contact us". But no... | |
| Inflation being tracked in the UK with vinyl records Conspiracy theories are in conflict. Causes of inflation are very complex but cost of vinyl certainly is not a metric. In the US, costs of food, housing, and energy most certainly are used to calculate the inflation rate. https://www.brookings.ed... | |
| Advice and recommendations needed for a turntable rig... Nice but price is a bit stiff unless both are mint and table is thoroughly refurbished, IMO. | |
| How to modify a for sale listing Thanks to you both. Perhaps I’m an impatient searcher, but I did not find “contact us”, and when I accessed my ad via my personal dashboard, after declining an offer, there was/is no button for modifying the ad copy, and there is a statement that ... | |
| Garrard 301 - Project I have 3 TT s in PA slate and am very pleased with performance but I did not sample a wide variety of materials so would not claim slate is absolutely the best. So what do you prefer, fsonic? | |
| Yamaha GT-2000 from Japan or local TD-125? Suffice to say that sideways movement, manifesting as platter wobble or run-out would be unusual in a high quality vintage DD turntable. No one doubts that the bearing of such a TT should be evaluated for excessive wear and serviced after purchase... | |
| Yamaha GT-2000 from Japan or local TD-125? Can you be more specific? | |
| Yamaha GT-2000 from Japan or local TD-125? Pindac, You've mentioned on other occasions an issue with sideways movement of the spindle particularly with DD TTs, and I responded then (and now) that while I would never say "never", such a problem must be very very rare with DD turntables, sin... | |
| SUT With a Manley Steelhead RC? Sometimes it's a matter of semantics, but many do speak of SUTs as if they have an impedance of their own. This is not the case, so I am sensitized to that implication. As I know you know, any transformer merely converts current to voltage (if y... | |
| SUT With a Manley Steelhead RC? The SUT doesn’t present a load. The load seen by the cartridge is dependent on that 47K resistor in the phono stage and the square of the turns ratio of the SUT. There is absolutely no reason to believe that you have to fine-tune the turns ratio o... | |
| Yamaha GT-2000 from Japan or local TD-125? Buying from japan on eBay, your best protection is a 99% or better approval rating with thousands of respondents. Any of the well known vendors is safe and honorable, in my experience. But yes, do use a credit card. PayPal has buyer protection too. | |
| Yamaha GT-2000 from Japan or local TD-125? Unless the YOP1 is itself a 120 to 100 step down transformer or contains one, don’t run your GT2000 at 120 even with a YOP1. | |
| Yamaha GT-2000 from Japan or local TD-125? "pretty great to have". Can you define pretty great? So far as I know it's just a bunch of extra capacitors to filter the DC that drives the motor. You could build such an add on with modern capacitors for under $50, and the greatest expense wou... |