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How good is the Obsidian plinth of Technics SP10 ?

Recently I heard an SP10 MK2 playing music at a friend's place. It was mounted on the stock Obsidian plinth. It actually sounded very good. I wonder how good is the Obsidian plinth compared to:

1. Typical after market birch ply plinths ?

2. Custom designed plinth like the Panzerholz plinths made by Albert Porter ?

Any ideas ?
pani
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chakster
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@nandric 

As far as I know only Raul owns the biggest kind. I am not sure if those are your AT616.


They are, i have 8 of them in mint condition. The best AT footers ever made, same as Raul's, 4 of them supports up to 60kg. They are not for sale yet, but when you will get your kendood from Lew we can talk about it, but i think he will never sell his kenwood :)  
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Dear chakster, I begin to believe that either your dad or you belong

to the so called ''Putins friends''. Such expensive footers and than

twice. ''Lews Kenwood''  is a kind of speaking. This does not mean

his sample but this model in general.  i have just seen one on A'gon

market for $5000. But transport and import duty in Holland (33%)

are the problem. I have the perfect tonearm for the second arm

place on this Kenwood: ''the arm'' or ''better Breuer'' (aka Sumiko

800). All good sellers compare prices all over the world. So I hope

that some German who understand English  and own the Kenwood

has seen this Ad. on A'gon. I can then collect the precious in

Germany and hope to get credit for your footers thereafter (grin).

lewm
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I will be happy to sell my Kendood to Nandric. But not the Kenwood. I had a copper platter made for the Kenwood on the premise that it would be a better EMI shield than the OEM stainless steel platter sheet or mat supplied by Kenwood. Maybe for that reason, the copper platter raises the performance level of the L07D by a considerable margin; it’s easy to hear. The L07D Owners group recommends installing some sort of EMI shield for best results, so I am guessing EMI is the crux of it. Also, I previously used an EMI shield of a different kind, with good results, but had been going without it for a year or two, because that shield became magnetized and nearly ruined an Orto MC2000. Big mistake to ditch the shield entirely. Copper looks fantastic on the L07D, too.

Ironically, I purchased the MC2000 from Nandric.
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chakster
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@nandric it's much better to have a friend in Japan than to be a putin's friend when it comes to high-end audio. My dad passed away two years ago, sadly, but he was the one who covered the cost of my very first soviet hi-fi when i was a teenager in the early 90s.   
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Dear Lew, Do you remember the first objections against DD TT's?

Exactly what nearly happened to ''our'' MC 2000. Considering this

danger I would not even dream to put a copper shield on my

''Kendood''. Copper conducts ...

Dear chakster, sorry to hear about your dad. The case is that I think

that you are much younger than I (and Lew) but i have no idea how

old you are. I am also sorry that you are not a friend of Putin. Poor

me I never had a rich friend. That is my ' fate''; I come from a poor

country (grin).

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