Just a note to let everyone know I am extremely gratified the repair instructions were helpful, and I'm even happier it stimulated some discussion about the Micro Seiki turntables--something I'm quite hungry for!
I was lucky enough to find a Micro Seiki HS-80 High Inertia Unit flywheel (now shown on my Virtual System page) and it is an impressive upgrade, improving the bass and apparent size and stability of the soundstage (which was already pretty amazing). The discussion of what to use under the RY-5500 makes me think what I should use for the HS-80, too. This unit had no feet when it arrived, so I had custom ones made and they are beautiful! They work very well, but I do want to research isolation platforms more.
Thanks again to everyone--
Kip
I was lucky enough to find a Micro Seiki HS-80 High Inertia Unit flywheel (now shown on my Virtual System page) and it is an impressive upgrade, improving the bass and apparent size and stability of the soundstage (which was already pretty amazing). The discussion of what to use under the RY-5500 makes me think what I should use for the HS-80, too. This unit had no feet when it arrived, so I had custom ones made and they are beautiful! They work very well, but I do want to research isolation platforms more.
Thanks again to everyone--
Kip