Thanks for clarifying. From the specs they seem to be identical. I’ve opened them but not side by side. Yes it’s a spring loaded platter. Have been using the copper on it for a good while with no ill effects.
Plinth ideas for DENON PD-80 DD turntable
While my pair of Victor TT-101 still sleeping in the storage, i decided to buy another Flying Saucer.
The DENON DP-80, vintageknob always have nice images and info about rare stuff...
On that page you see DP-80 with DA-401 tonearm for hich compliance cartridges (i have this tonesm NOS). It could be an interesting project, it was hard to resist ...
The question is the Plinth for this Denon DP-80.
The original DK-300 plinth is an option, but searching for something better i found this one.
Custom made plinth is always an option and i have superb Audio-Technica AT-616 pneumatic insulators to use under the plinth.
But what do you guys using with your Denon PD-80 ?
P.S. some companies now producing even an iron cast plinth and graphite plinth, i have no access to graphite, but iron cast here is cheap to make a custom plinth.
The DENON DP-80, vintageknob always have nice images and info about rare stuff...
On that page you see DP-80 with DA-401 tonearm for hich compliance cartridges (i have this tonesm NOS). It could be an interesting project, it was hard to resist ...
The question is the Plinth for this Denon DP-80.
The original DK-300 plinth is an option, but searching for something better i found this one.
Custom made plinth is always an option and i have superb Audio-Technica AT-616 pneumatic insulators to use under the plinth.
But what do you guys using with your Denon PD-80 ?
P.S. some companies now producing even an iron cast plinth and graphite plinth, i have no access to graphite, but iron cast here is cheap to make a custom plinth.
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Dear chakster, There are shops who make all kinds of stuff from acrylic. The most use laser cutting. For my former Technics SH- 10 B 4 plinth I ordered 3 arm boards for 3 different arms. They use acrylic plates which can be glued together for whatever dimensions. But you need to proved them with schematics. They cost about 100 euro each. You can use the arm board from your Denon as example so the only thing you need to do is provide them with the spindle -hole distance for each tonearm. |
I own a Dp80. It is perhaps too simple to say that the platter is spring loaded. The platter is two concentric pieces,an inner piece that is about the size of the record label or a little wider in diameter, and an outer which goes all the way out to the periphery. The inner and outer platters are linked by flexible thin metal fasteners that act sort of like a spring to decouple the two sectors . This was Denon’s way of isolating the platter from the bearing, since the playing surface of the LP is almost entirely supported by the outer platter. So if you used a solid platter mat, like a copper one, the dissociation between the two pieces of the platter would be abrogated. I don’t actually know whether that would be so terrible, because the mat doesn’t couple to the bearing in any case. I would not hesitate to try a copper platter mat or some other solid mat, if that is of interest. |
Lewm I have tried coper mats on the DP80 and the springs (thin metal bands) are not sturdy enough to carry the copper platters unless very thin. Any mat should be not any larger than the inner spring loaded platter - Denon's original Rubber mat supplied with the DP 80 is. I've uploaded a few pictures on my systems page showing the detail. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/6431 Good Listening Peter |
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