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Re, bearing/ground path versus platter mass: The usual option is to use somewhat less than 150 lb platter ;>), which is the compromise I opted for, for lots of swell reasons, one of which is because a lighter platter still allows f...
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Voltage sag at the ConEd level is the-same-only-different from porta power sag. If nothing else, at some point, many of us will have a huge "oversupply" feeding the tranny that feeds the nearby drop that feeds our house. No porta unit puts out anyt...
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[quote user="enjoy_the_music"] Making a vacuum hold down is quite simple, but would it be easier to use a device like the old Audio Technica AT-666? I guess the material used in the latter is not the ultimate. You don't need a great amount of vacuum ...
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Nice post, Jesse.There are lots of things that work against the average goom-bah who is trying to aquire/build up a SOTA sound system, even if that is the primary goal of the psycho in question. Like you said, the frame of reference itself is al...
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It's starting to look like an unspoken rule that a contemporary "TT manufacturer" is expected to offer a "package" that includes an arm, and many of these folks even offer "their own" cartridges, as well. It also looks like many of these "combin...
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I think most plastics have trouble with UV, and some fungi are pretty tough, anyway. The "idea" for me is to put the LP in a machine, turn it on, and return soon to a clean, dry LP that's ready to play on my turntable in my high-demands hi-fi system...
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As you know currently there are two opposite camps regarding digital sound reproduction: one is the non oversampling filterless camp, the other is the over- and upsampling + filter camp. There are as many followers of the NO as the over- and upsampli...
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Until people actually start to listen to and correlate well-determined sound with pieces and parts, they are going to continue to spend money on BS "engineering" ideas rather than listening their way through Musical options. "Underhung" and "Per...
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The problems I've had with small DHTs have had nothing to do with tone, which has been SOTA in some cases, IMO. The cheap-o Wright's 6SN7/2A3 pairing is excellent with respect to tone and even with respect to "authority", within its limits...
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Well, for one thing you will want to be sure of the location before you cut through your floor, ceiling, and/or roof!While the basic idea of the IB is to have "separate but equal" loads on both sides of the driver, there are plenty of reasons to work...
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Interesting article, Guy. Typical of people to pursue something from the POV of reinforcing their own prior observations/investments, with no "control" and no "blind".Not that I'm any different here. Of course what I am doing is homing in...
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Well, it says something that you had a chance to stay listen to "the best amplifier in the world" and yet you walked out. Although it does not tell us what you heard it does seem to reflect on the set-up, at least, and so, if only indirectly, o...
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There are lots of different types of "sand", including various sizes and shapes of the aggregates, not to mention the constituent materials, themselves. I thought that in most cases the idea of in-frame sand is to quench/diffuse "ringing", not ULF. O...
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One of the first hurdles is to reasonably target a TT by listening not only via but "through" a given system. I, for one, have NEVER set out to do this at a showroom where the putative target was not swamped by other "concerns". There may have been...
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Yes, the varying profiles of disc faces present another issue, all right. But is this to say that a typical loose arrangement gives superior sonics during real world playback? After all, the profile/slope must still be reckoned ...
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Coops, do you have any personal observations or ideas about the ultimate TT, or are you already invested and just checking my credentials? I would like to know your thoughts, too, based on your own personal listening habits, preferences an...
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It appears that in most cases like the DaVinci, the gigantic platter is used only as rotational mass. And in most other cases where the manufacturer does speak of the platter as an impedance sink, either the platter material seems ill...
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These thoughts come in the wake of Romy’s recent encounter with a certifiable fringe dweller who, IMO, is not just illustrative in the generic hi-fi nutbag sense, but also in the there’s-more-to-this-nutbag-than-his-worst-would-suggest sense. B...
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FYI, All, the platter mass discussion launches on page 2 of this thread. Maybe re-reading the thread will spark additional thoughts on these and other previously-discussed matters. At present, we seem to be going in circles.
David, looking at mode...
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[quote user="Paul S"]David, it looks like your "many" has dwindled to 2 citations, namely "overbuilt" standing alone, and "SOTA tables were all made from other materials". IMO, the table under discussion has been, if nothing else, taken way past the...
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Adrian, it was my thinking that if I could have whatever I wanted, then I would have a hot-rodded Studer and a big library full of 15 ips master tapes and 1st generation dubs. But since I could not figure out/afford the tape thing, I went with the n...
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Clark, your point is well taken, but I understood we have been talking about whether or how to achieve a working balance between high-demands audio and a growing, young family, with an eye on Romy's present "main" system/investment. Are you saying ...
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Retrofunk,Interesting observations. With regard to the speed variations with the flywheel, I have to wonder about your motor. I don't recognize particular unit. Do you have the original RY-5500 motor that came with the RX-5000? The RY-5500 has a buil...
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No "cost assumption" was made or posited about bearings, rather the remark was framed as a question, just wondering, likewise the very general remarks about belts (along with the closing disclaimer). If the air system is cheap, effective and reliabl...
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David, it looks like your "many" has dwindled to 2 citations, namely "overbuilt" standing alone, and "SOTA tables were all made from other materials". IMO, the table under discussion has been, if nothing else, taken way past the point(s) of function...
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Well, I finally found and implemented a digital front end that I can live with. I have been so cynical about digital up to now that I have kept and used an old, cheap Sony player (albeit one actually made in Japan...) because up to now it seeme...
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I started in hi-fi with LPs and I have never stopped using them as my principal source for hi-fi. Some time ago I decided that master tape was better than vinyl, but I could not afford to go that route; so I settled on the next best thing: a cartrid...
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I am imagining a poured-in-place concrete shelf that is part of a large, heavy concrete shear wall. I think this would be a nice place to start dealing with the "transmitted (floor) noise". Of course the TT does not work alone but it works (or not)...
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[quote user="scooter"]* Regarding playback, I misspoke in my original post of an "Audiophile music server." Upon further reflection, this is an oxymoron, if not a moronic phrase. I think it is highly unlikely that a dedicated audiophile CD player w...
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[quote user="Paul S"]No "cost assumption" was made or posited about bearings, rather the remark was framed as a question, just wondering, likewise the very general remarks about belts (along with the closing disclaimer). If the air system is cheap, ...
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