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| Platter Upgrade for Garrard 301 ooops! i just realized i wrote 'plinth' in my post.....i meant 'platter'...Steve has sent me his new 'platter' design to try.sorry. they say your mind is the second thing to go..... | |
| Record mats for vintage tts to properly judge any mat you need to somehow insure it is not moving around even a little. if one is stable but another less so you won't know what the mat itself is actually doing.maybe some double-backed tape, Elmers Glue, or light spray of art... | |
| Platter Upgrade for Garrard 301 i just recieved Steve Dobbins plinth design to try on my 301. i cannot yet say how it sounds but i am told by Steve and one of his 301 customers that it is the way to go and lowers the noise 4db or so. i'm waiting for a couple of cartridges to sho... | |
| Reason for buying old/classic turntables Mapman,my opinion about DD verses belt drive is based more on my personal listening experience than on the technical merits, although there are many technical merits to support my listening experience conclusion.i'm likely not enough of a technica... | |
| Reason for buying old/classic turntables One thing I do not understand is the recent renewed attraction or romance with direct drive tables. What's wrong with a good belt drive that is well able to rotate the platter at a constant speed. Doesn't a belt design provide a more natural and c... | |
| Reason for buying old/classic turntables in the 60's, 70's and early 80's the largest consumer electronics companies in the world were spending their R&D money to perfect the tt technology.....particularly in Japan. especially in the area of direct drive systems. you see that Sony, P... | |
| Neil Young Live at Massey Hall 200 g LP, on a musical level this is as good as it gets (assuming you like Neil Young). also; these tunes were mostly yet to become the incons they became....so historically this was a very special concert.sonically this Lp is better than the very very good... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III the plan for the Steve Dobbins plinth for my Mk3 will be to remove the motor/platter from the Technics case. according to Steve; who has done a few of these Mk3's 'nude'; is that it further separates the Mk3 beyond the Mk2. since the Mk3 has quite... | |
| An. Prod. reissues: 45RPMs vs 33RPM test pressing. specifically regarding 33rpm test pressings; they are rarely much different from the regular pressings....i have maybe a dozen of them and the corresponding regular pressing. a couple are possibly a bit more vivid. in no case are they close to the... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III Jeffrey,it was difficult for me to find a Mk3. one i pursued ended up being a scam in S.E. Asia. i did find one in Japan but it was $8k and for some reason it could not be sold outside of Japan. then i got lucky; there was one listed inside an aud... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III hi Lew,the only person who has experience with this question at this time that i know of is Steve Dobbins who is the one who built the plinth for my Mk2 and is presently building the plinth for the Mk3. i shipped him my Mk3 a few weeks ago. it wil... | |
| Hansen Emperor vs...... personally; i'm going with whatever Guido's ears are telling us.....whatever the brand.i've heard the upper end Hanson's a few times at shows over the last few years.....and i agree they are transparent to the source. a very refined and balanced s... | |
| 2008 RMAF – – – all things analog. Albert,that sounds exciting.....isn't it grand when something which seems to be soooo good.....becomes 'gooder' and 'for cheap'. i'm glad it's not some $2k power cord at least.hopefully Dobbins will let me know what i need to do to cash in on your... | |
| 2008 RMAF – – – all things analog. Raul,i think we are going a bit in circles here (and i'm part of that problem) as we are back to the whole 'proof of cause/effect of stylus drag' issue......when the issue is not likely one to be proved other than by listening.i wrote a long respo... | |
| 2008 RMAF – – – all things analog. Albert,thanks. and i'm excited to read about the technical merits of the Mk3 drive system. it's all your fault i've dived into these vintage dd tt's.i'll be shipping my Technics SP-10 Mk3 to Dobbins on Monday so he can work his magic with it. then... |