Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?

lewm
  It has not been placed on the market as of yet, and mine is in very good nick so seems unlikly I would take the plunge.
This is the first time I have personally seen an original boxed TT-101
with all the bits
I also have a new TT-101 plinth 95% finished that will determine any future table decisions.
The current owner is well known and I will leave it up to them to comment further.

halcro
 The pictures I have seen show the original rubber mat on the platter
and the other in its original packaging.





 

Totem - where is this TT101 located ?  


Thanks


Peter

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Totem - where is this TT101 located ?

If I was at liberty to say I surely would have said.

Dear Totem, I was unaware that you already own a TT101. One is enough for most of us.  I bought mine in context with a QL10.  Thus, I got a UA7045 plus the QL10 plinth, which probably has its own unique part number.  Having already commissioned the creation of four different slate or partly slate plinths in my audio life (for Lenco, SP10 Mk2, Mk3, and Denon DP80, respectively), I was loathe to go through that process again.  Plus, I was for 2-3 years uncertain that my TT101 would ever function properly, until I found JP Jones on another website. So, what I did was to re-enforce the QL10 plinth with one-inch thick pieces of aluminum that pretty much cover the available space flanking the hole in the plinth that accommodates the turntable chassis; I bolted them to the wood laminate very firmly, to create a CLD effect.  Then I ditched the stock MDF armboard in favor of a machined piece of aluminum that exactly fits the rectangular space in the plinth; this alu armboard is in turn firmly connected to a second piece of aluminum running below it under the wood plinth proper.  This seems to work quite well to create a very neutral chassis for minimal cost.  If I knew how to post photos here, I would.

I use an SAEC SS300 mat on my TT101.  Mainly because it was sitting around unused.  Tonearm is FR64S with B60 base.  So, perhaps my tinkering days are over.  I put this all together as described. It's sounding great with an Acutex LPM320 cartridge, and I am not inclined to mess around with the package.  Even though another mat might sound a little better.  Even though the mating of the Acutex with the FR64S might seem to be a mismatch.

Is there any feedback here on the UA7045? Is its effective mass really so low as claimed by one source?

lewm

 I must have missed any previous mention of your plinth adventures 
regarding the QL-10/TT-101.

My new plinth for the TT-101 is a modified Artisan Fidelity "style" CLD 
design with sub plates to raise the 2 arm boards done in Rosewood.
I'm really enjoying getting back into woodworking.

Unfortunate that this site is stuck in the dark ages when it comes to some of the common niceties like pictures, messaging etc etc.

No experience with the UA7045, that is the shorter of the series 
the other being UA7--85 or something?