Transfi Owners Ideas


I am a long time happy TransFi Terminator arm/Salvation TT owner and have added all of the modifications Vic has offered through the years. I am starting this thread in hopes that Transfi owners will share the tweaks and modifications they have made to further improve the performance. For example I understand that dgarretson has fabricated a carbon fiber sled to reduce the horizontal mass of the arm, I also understand that Terry9 has added weight to the wand to increase the vertical mass, I think, to create a better match for low compliance cartridges. I also understand that Harroldinthe barrel has worked with Andrey to create a brass manifold and a carbon fiber wand, again I think, to reduce the horizontal mass of the arm. I hope this thread will provide a central place where Transfi owners can share ideas.


PLEASE DON'T HIJACK THIS THREAD TO DEBATE THE BENEFITS OF PIVOT VERSUS LINEAR TRACKING OR TO DEBATE THE TERMINATOR VERSUS OTHER LINEAR TRACKERS. THANK YOU
sgunther
Is it beneficial to put stuffing in the smoothing tank? If so what type of stuffing? Also where can on get a pressure gauge for the air supply and what kind?
Thanks Steve
Guys, I've gone a little crazy w my Salvation/Terminator, originally bought in 2013.
In 2014, Vic fitted the mag lev to feet and bearing, and Reso Pods to platter.
The following are the changes I made.
To Salvation:-
LPS to replace stock psu to tt speed controller (Sablon Elite pwr cord/SR Black fuse/Symposium Acoustics Rollerblocks HDSEs under)
Symposium Acoustics Svelte pad to replace stock sorbothane pad under rim drive pod
Combination Stacore Advanced mass loading/pneumatics/cld isolation platform on North West Analogue Slateage slate stand (150kg total)
2.5kg vinyl periphery ring mounted on platter periphery as extra mass loading
0.5kg Pathe Wings panzerholz lp weight

To Terminator:-
Owen's Aluminium arm mount
Andrey's 2019 Terminator 
Hi Blow pump on Symposium Acoustics Svelte Shelf
Airlink 3kVA balanced power transformer to pump on Svelte Shelf

Remaining to be installed:- 

Roadrunner speed digital readout to replace strobe disc
Judicious use of Isodamp at cart/armwand interface
Kondo age-annealed silver wire/Cardas tags/Bocchinos RCAs tonearm wire

And the biggie...if it becomes available, commissioning a bespoke uber high quality battery psu-based tt speed controller and ultra low noise/smooth air flow pump.
Thanks for your input Spirit. I do have a couple of questions. First, I have three Symposium Svelte Pads, I tried them under the rim drive pod but it raises the pod to high so that it hits the platter when raised. I have a Svelte pad on top of the Pod which does a good job of reducing the Hum. I also have the Roadrunner Tach and the pod with the Svelte pad also hits the magnet for the Roadrunner. Either you made an adjustment or have a different version of the Salvation? Second, can you tell us a little more about the LPS (?) to replace the stock PSU?
Sgunther, I got Peter at Symposium to make a custom version of the Svelte to abs match the thickness of the stock sorbothane (hate that stuff with a vengeance).
Either 7 or 9mm thick, I forget.
The Roadrunner tach is now discontinued, replacement from SOTA Analog. I'll bear yr issues in mind before considering ordering.
LPS to Salvation speed controller features:-
High speed rectifiers
Oversized choke
Custom R-transformer 
Carefully selected caps