terry9
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| What is turntable “liveliness”. All turntables make noise to varying degrees, and we can hear it. That noise, however small, excites the stylus. How small in practical terms? Well, I can hear the bearings in my 1.8W precision AC motor, whether the motor is energized or not. Tha... | |
| Building a 100 album vinyl collection 3 must have albums are? @laoman True. There are dozens of good modern pieces, IMO. At least 0.001%. Do you have vinyl references for the pieces you mention? | |
| Have There Ever Been Fake Koetsu? Photomicrograph of a diamond cantilever shows how much glue to expect. Sorry, can't post it. - anyway, invisibly much. | |
| Have There Ever Been Fake Koetsu? A number of years ago I saw lots of K’s on Ebay with gold pins. At the time, all K came with silver pins, or so it seemed. Also some poorly made bamboo boxes. @mulveling would know if these were genuine. The only sources I heard talking about cou... | |
| Thoughts On Turntable Clamps And Weights Well said. A synchronous AC motor is a safer bet, so a good first step. | |
| Thoughts On Turntable Clamps And Weights @pindac If you are interested, it's on page 25 of the DIY Air Bearing Linear Arm thread at DiyAudio. The whole thread is worth reading. I learned a lot that was very useful - like the importance of 1/32" Tygon tubing. | |
| Thoughts On Turntable Clamps And Weights @lewm Understood. Thanks. @pindac The factory will sell to you directly, at least, they sell directly to me. Also, they give free advice. I find it easiest to buy everything from them: air fittings, shafting, end blocks to support shafting, etc... | |
| Building a 100 album vinyl collection 3 must have albums are? Sounds like you’ve got lots of pop feedback, and lots of people will steer you to the classics like Barber’s Adagio. And modern serious stuff is mostly pretentious garbage, IMO, but there are a few exceptions, and they are sublime. Modern serious... | |
| Thoughts On Turntable Clamps And Weights @pindac I think you mean ’thrust bushing’. Only a very few commercial TT offer an air cushion in all three dimensions, as does a thrust bushing, and they are all well north of 100K. Their 35mm thrust bushing can support up to 60kg, so safely 45... | |
| Thoughts On Turntable Clamps And Weights @pindac I would not try to re-invent the wheel. The carbon face air bearings from New Way are near perfect IMO, and they are cheaper to buy than to make. Again, IMO. | |
| Thoughts On Turntable Clamps And Weights @lewm 'Darkness' makes me think of an absence of treble - yet some of the most musical of TT, IMO, can also be described this way. Like the Nottingham Analogue Dais. Every time I've made a big improvement to my system, it's involved a loss of hig... | |
| Thoughts On Turntable Clamps And Weights @pindac Suggest that you rest the record directly on the Delrin, as Delrin and vinyl couple very well (speed of sound is essentially the same). Also, you might do better with thinner Delrin, as thick pieces can be heterogenous. Also, consider an... | |
| If you want lame advice DON'T do this! OP, you say, "Every professional installer (either for the home or the studio) measures, tweaks, measures, listens, and gets it right." My experience is otherwise. I've owned systems from 2 figures to 6, and every one of them was better than what... | |
| Thoughts On Turntable Clamps And Weights True, but under the label is vinyl. That too is important, or so I suspect. | |
| Thoughts On Turntable Clamps And Weights I should also note that an intimate contact of iron (steel) and graphite or Delrin renders the pair dead to vibration. Other metals, I don't know.. |