New Teres 360

Copper and dark wood? It would look like it belonged in a 70's Country Kitchen! :-) j/k

I was just pulling at you, Joe. You know I like wood, since I've spouted on more than several occasions about it and wood inlays. It is also no secret that I held reservations regarding platters of wood, owing to a long family background in woodworking. The only time I ever thought of a metal band around a wood platter was in regard to that issue.

Did I misread the AA posting by Mr. Brady. I thought the idea of using metal came up from someone's desire for "furnishings" and he was trying to come up with the meatl the "sounded" best. I did not think he was delving into metals as a means of improving the sonics of the table, per se. Perhaps I am wrong.

I think it looks very, very good. Sorry to disagree.

If I owned this fin’-looking table, I would even dress it up a bit mo’ by having my monogram cut into the brass on the platter and affixing two small bull horns (Texes 360?) to the base. (It would just heighten the experience of spinning my favorite Conway Twitty albums.)

Yee-hah!

David,

My take on Chris' comments was that it is a sonic thing. I mean, that table has to be 8-10k, and I don't think Chris would do that just to play dress up. Damn, the thing weighs 150 pounds+! Talk about mass-loading.

Now as far as copper & dark wood go, I like it. I'm finishing my new rack, hopefully this week (probably not, but I can hope). I'm using red coconut palm, mahogony, curly maple, solid surface countertop material, lots of lead, and, you guessed it, copper. I'll get some pics when I can.

I will include a link to one pic that shows copper & brass side-by-side on my TT:

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I got rid of the brass cones (not the Audiopoints), and I am thinking of making the armboard riser out of copper. I just like the look.

I wish Chris would get in this discussion so we can know the purpose of the brass on the platter. He made a couple of posts on AA, but that's it. I'd like to hear more....

Well, my take on it is that it is a step in the right direction.

Regardless of the visual aspects, which may or may not be acceptable to some tastes, there are some good ideas there.

First, the brass is definitely a better sounding material than aluminum.
Secondly, the brass makes a better coupling with the spindle and the brass bearing housing, while the upper wood portion of the platter provides the desired impedance coupling with the record(which is apparently what people are liking about the wood "sound").
Third, the brass is much heavier than the wood, and having it on the bottom of the platter makes it more rotationally stable(due to the higher mass) but it also requires less thickness, and allows the greatest part of the platter mass to be located below the center of the bearing, for better bearing stability.
Fourth, the belt rides on the brass, and the brass can be machined more perfectly, and is more stable than the wood portion.
Fifth, the brass motor housing provides a much better vibrational exit path for the inherent motor vibrations, and will result in less unwanted vibration in the critical motor drive area.
Sixth, the brass spacer under the armboard also does the same thing for the vibration sinking from the tonearm.

I have found that Audiopoints(brass) make the best points for supporting my Teres turntable, and adding some brass into key areas of this turntable design make a better coupling for the vibrations to exit the critical areas of the platter, tonearm, and motor.

I have some ideas for incorportating some Sistrum ideas into the Teres turntable, for even better performance. I haven't contacted Chris about this, but maybe he might be interested in talking to me about it. He seems to be discovering some things that we are already implementing in our Sistrum/Audiopoints designs for years now. We have collaborated with other companies about their designs. Perhaps there would be a synergy there. If he likes what brass can do, he'd be really happy with a formulation of the correct brass and optimized geometry of it, in these applications.