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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Roger Waters - The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking (Harvest 1984)One of the best albums ever made. Stunning sound quality. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Innocence Mission - Befriended (Badlands 2019)Side 1 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Walt Michael And Tom McCreesh ‎– Dance, Like A Wave Of The Sea (Front Hall 1978)Bluegrass with hamnered dulcimer. Barndancin'. With the new rig, I've springs in my step! 
Springs under turntable
@indranilsen Thank you. It's sounding so good now that I'm noy going to change it! However, I'm going to try them under another the platform of turntable when I get more Nobsound sets. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Alvin McBurney - Ira Ironstrings Plays: With Matches (Warner 1959)Goofy jazz with a bunch of different instruments. Excellent analog recording. 
Springs under turntable
@millercarbon Can't wait to hear what you think. Percussion is spectacular. Julie London on mono from 1966 can't be mono!!One small downside. Poor recordings are laid out in their inadequacies.  
Springs under turntable
This is insane. Sound is getting better as they bed in OR as I acclimate to the new presentation. It's the delicacy thats amazing. Like going from an okay MM to a superb MC. It's also showing me that I was wrong about the limits of the Garrard/Dec... 
For anyone who moved from tubes to solid state — a question
@hilde45 I don't use valve power amp below 300, only SS. 300 and above is Valve Hz not watts. 
Springs under turntable
@mijostyn It is bouncy - I have to use the arm lift. But it settles in about 1.5 seconds. The plinth/401 is heavy. I can't use the same type of spring as the weight distribution is not equal.I am only going by "does it sound better or worse?" 
Springs under turntable
Thanks for the replies. I did some more critical listening. Some notes below.Lots more detail - I can hear more of the acoustic, inner detail, deeper stage.Tiny details more obvious - like listening to records all over againSpeakers are totally GO... 
Springs under turntable
Chuck, added bunch of springs under the phono. Info overload!! 
Springs under turntable
@bdp24 I've always found you can hear rubber and soggy damping. I've always been a cones and rigidity man. These springs are very interesting.  
Springs under turntable
Forgetting isolation from footfalls for the moment and concentrating on SQ and detail retrieval.WHAT is going on?!After a very short listen yesterday, I've given this an hour or so and played a few favs. Zappa, Watermelon and Green Rosetta. Cohen,... 
Springs under turntable
@millercarbon What is the DIY Spring Thing? Added a photo. 
Springs under turntable
@slaw Thanks dude.