Nude Turntable Project

Another picture of the nude motor in the Denon DP-80.

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Hiho, Now take THAT and mount it in a piece of slate or hardwood, and you've got something, IMO. Where are the electronics? Show us what is at the other end of those wires coming off the bottom of the motor. Thx.

You've given me further reason to hang on to my DP80. FWIW, the Technics Mk3 and the L07D are already in this configuration; all electronics are off-board. Steve Dobbins took the Mk3 one more step by eliminating the decorative "chassis" that houses the Mk3 motor and brake system. I don't think that would add much, because the Mk3 chassis is pretty much solid metal. There are no hollow spaces that could ever resonate. What it does do is to get that square escutcheon out of the way which would facilitate mounting of multiple tonearms on board the plinth or use of outboard armpods. I don't quite know how Steve managed to separate motor from chassis; it's not obvious from external inspection how that could be achieved without some cutting.

Dear Hiho: Now I understand and yes that's an option.

Now, I named from the first time Naked/nude because for me that was: naked/nude. I can't remember in no where something similar.

The subject is ( mainly ) that in what we name naked/nude fashion the quality performance is way better against other top TT ( BD or DD ) that came with plinth or what we are accustomed to named plinths.

Anyway, I take your point: thank's.

Regrads and enjoy the music,
R.

Lewm: "Where are the electronics? Show us what is at the other end of those wires coming off the bottom of the motor. Thx."

Here's a picture of the DP80 from bottom view of the gut. As shown, the motor has only three wires with a three-pin connector to connection "CN3" on one of the circuit boards.

Here are more pictures from the invaluable Japanese website Amp8.com

http://amp8.com/amp-etc/record/denon/dp-80-3.htm

http://amp8.com/amp-etc/record/denon/dp-80.htm


This approach of removing the raw motor from stock chassis to custom plinth has been done before, especially on the Technics SP-10Mk2 by Kaneta:

http://homepage2.nifty.com/~mhitaste/audiotop/audio_apparatus_page/sp-10mk2.html



P.S. One more thing about Denon or Sony direct drive turntables is that there's a tapehead to read the magnetic print on the platter inner-rim for the speed servo system so besides the motor wires needs to be rerouted and extended back to the stock chassis, the wire for the tapehead need that as well. I believe in the western world, the Mitch Cotter turntable uses the same concept using either a Technics or Denon DD table as the basis for the mod.

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