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Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please
@alexv Thanks for the starting formula.  i was an indentured servant in a pattern shop, i am fluent in adjusting for shrinkage… The armboards on my dual arm plinth are 30 mm Aero grade hardened / anodized aluminum. in the well on the plinth i’ve ... 
I feel for you
For those who might care…see Atomic Heritage Foundation - List of European Refugees   
I feel for you
but hey, let’s support the AFD….   
I feel for you
and of course the blind and possibly willful ignorance in this thread… U of Chicago of all places… see Enrico Fermi… and just why he and his wife fled Germany… he of course just a refugee immigrant…    
I feel for you
oh and by the way, i worked closely with a Jefferson descendant… she is from the side of the family not afraid of truth… and equity… before you make the leap, her GGF was Lucian Truscott  
I feel for you
Truth might just lie in the ditch buried by hubris. Perhaps Jefferson would have done well to study truth… Sally Hemmings for those who aren’t busy banning books. and yes, i was running a Bridgeport at 12.. designing speakers w a PET FFT at 21… d... 
Victor UA-7082 Arm OR Micro Seiki MA505L ...? (both fit my existing alternate 270mm hole)
Endless…some like Thom at Galiber would argue the isolation for CW is lossy and he modifies  / markets the Jelco arm as such. He is also working, albeit w distraction ( like any good music loving audiophile ) similar mod for Triplaner. OP … my co... 
Ayre QX-5 Twenty
Anything Ayre ;-) Engineers with ears and very solid build quality. The DAC deJour club is a continuous shifting wave here and elsewhere… Jake and Ariel pick up the phone and offer superb support.  
Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please
PbN built DP-80 motors / incredible plinths for Lyra… as in Lyra Japan. Those are formidable.. I would say before i upgraded my Triplaner to the CF armwand , etc, especially silver wire the 505 was in many ways the equal… nits…   
Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please
Understand. What ratio are you using and resin family ? i might cast a trial armboard … fun. The Triplaner is significantly better than the 505 and should be… the 505 is an amazing headshell arm imo…  Best to you in music  
SUT suggestions for Audio Note System
budget ? you should wring the last lovely bits out of the Koetsu… try a copper EM / IA if you want a fantastic SUT w expert advice including trial and a silver model    
Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please
Nice to see the vintage Japan DD fans weighing in here….this IMO is what Agon is for….  
Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please
@lewm Ha…i knew you and i shared that. I worked at a Beveridge dealer during the end of the golden years. We carried KEF and i’m definitely a fan of the B-139 in Cantata an IMF alignments..i expect your TL is fantastic. I also knew RM and hold eve... 
Any piece of equipment you currently dream of ?
@drrsutliff  @ronboco  Thank you both…i’m in early exploring mode. Whatever resting point speaker i arrive at will end up in a well sorted room.  I will likely PM you both about ownership, support, power requirements, etc…  @grislybutter Let me... 
Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please
@lewm ah we all have a white whale… mine is the Big Beveridge….  on a private pirate audio board my moniker is callmeIshmael ha…