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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.
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Agree with Lewm, the DP80 is a fantastic machine.  The rebuild of the electronic circuit is relatively simple, have done a dozen or more in the past year or so.

Some time ago i posted a video showing the speed accuracy of the DP80 playing an entire LP side,  17minutes plus there are few tables that can perform in this class.

https://www.facebook.com/170947997876/videos/10154978712417877/

https://www.facebook.com/170947997876/videos/10154978713202877/

The videos show a DP 80 fitted with a time line a device that emits a laser pulse at incredibly precise intervals projecting a dot on the wall in the room the table is in - in this video the wall the dot is projected on is 26 feet away from the table - over 17 minutes the dot moves forward with just a few inches - if theres any calculous geniuses out there try to calculate this accuracy in percentages it is WELL below specified accuracy.

Good Listening

Peter

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Denon DP-80 versus Victor TT-101 
Anyone can comment ? 
lewm
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I own both but cannot compare them, because different plinths, tonearms, and cartridges. And they are connected to two entirely different systems, one feeding Beveridge speakers (TT101) and one feeding Sound Lab 845PXs (DP80). And, the DP80 sits idle in favor of the SP10 MK3 and Kenwood L07D.

It would be a close call.  These days, I am biased in favor of coreless motors, so the TT101 gets the nod from me in my Beveridge system.  That said, the motor of the DP80 was state of the art in its day, as noted above, and probably on par with any motor still being made for DD turntables, as far as that goes.  It's a little smaller than the motor used in the revered DP100 and DP308, but it's as big as it needed to be for driving the DP80 platter with precision.  Peter knows more about DP100 and DP308 than I.

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Lewm  

The DN308/DP100 Motor is quite a bit larger than the DP80 one.  Ill post a picture of the 308 motor on my systems page

Good listening 


Peter
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System rearrangement. This my current setup. Some nice gear in this lovely corner: Gold Note, Pass Labs, ZYX, JLTi, First Watt, Fidelity-Research, Luxman, Victor, Sony, Lustre, Micro Seiki, Zu Audio ... and more. I don't use digital, strictly vinyl !

Currenty under impression of my new Victor MC-L10 Direct Couple on Victor UA-7082 tonearm. What a great cartridge! 

Denon DP-80 on its way and the next in the most will be DK-300 plinth. 

I have one problem: i don't know how to place more than 2 turntables around my central rack with phono stages. May be i will have to make another (lower) table for 3rd turntable. 

*How do you deal with many turntables connected to the same system in your room ? 

I designed and made two metal racks especially for my Luxman PD-444 few years ago. And the rack in the middle (for amps and preamps) is what i designed myself about 19 years ago.  


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