A Copernican View of the Turntable System

Hi Ct0517,

I tried to send this before but it seemed to fail. If I therefore repeat my self here I can only apologize.

My experience with the AT616's beneath a nude Technics SP10 Mk2 found improved performance, particularly in the areas of timbre and detail retrieval. This means that you will more clearly be able to distinguish instruments (such as a viola and violin and a wider range of percussive instruments). It also means that the retrieval of inner detail with instruments such as various guitars, double bass and piano are much improved.

My earlier experience with the nude Technics included using Syposium couplers on a Symposium Ultra platform and using a wide variety of footers and cones on distinct platforms. These were all fairly pleasing. However, using the AT616's was a marked improvement on these options.

I hope this helps and good luck

Jcarr,
you forgot something: a ladder !

by placing a ladder (which reaches high enough over the shielding) in front of the TT you will be able to climb onto it and maintain the TT from above.

But seriously: air isolation is one of the best measurements if designed and implemented properly.

I am wondering why most people are positioning their TT(s) near one of the sidewalls of their listening room using very long cables and also giving their speaker systems the opportunity shooting into the room free
and fast. Why not designing a LS system and positioning it two meters in front of the rear wall in such a way that most of the waves are not entering the space one meter behind and in between the speakers. reflections should be dispersed by corner, rear wall and ceiling measurements too.

We are always speaking about one unit - a TT or an arm pod. But we never look at the whole system - the listening room.

best & fun only

Dear Dgob, When you say that you found "improved performance" when you mounted your nude SP10 on AT616s, may I correctly assume that you refer for comparison to the same tt when mounted on Symposium products? Or what? Thanks.

Hi Lewm,

Yes, I'm referring to the same tt on the Symposium and other products. For me it was a clear improvement: despite my initial (and over enthusiastically voiced!) suspicions concerning air-borne interference with a pneumatic approach.

Nandric, If one wishes to drive any of the full-range Sound Lab spkrs with a tube amplifier, particularly with an OTL tube amplifier, there is work to be done with the network that feeds the panel. I and others have made some modifications that help a lot. The stock OEM speaker is probably fabulous right out of the box with a first rank solid-state amplifier, but its impedance curve is treacherous for an OTL.