@xdr A few questions:
1. Were you using the thread drive before?
2. Will the motor spindle on the SOTA Eclipse accommodate a thread drive? I believe the reduction in W&F reading is due to the belt acting on the platter.
3. Have you tried a tape drive offered by Galibier, say?
4. Does the motor come with its own housing or do you have to build one? I meant to write to SOTA, but never got around to it.
5. What arm and cartridge are you using?
6. Would you say the sonic improvements were across the board and immediately noticeable?
@lewm Mr Verdier did indeed mention the braking as an integral part of his turntable. I assume for both La Platine and Novelle platine. And I assume the braking is achieved through the rubbing action of the oil in the spindle / shaft assembly, the viscosity of oil. Given that the Thoren was his inspiration, for me this is where it gets confusing. The Thoren is an idler drive table. Presumably the braking action should work on any drive system, idler, belt, thread...etc. However, @c0517 seems to indicate that it is a thread drive only proposition? Or does it work best on thread drive? And he doesn’t even use the oil, so what causes the braking? It’s seems to me a bit of weird science!
I would assume that adding oil to the spindle is the key. It is a lubricant. But with the magnetic decoupling of the platter from the plinth, it also produces the necessary friction for the braking action.
1. Were you using the thread drive before?
2. Will the motor spindle on the SOTA Eclipse accommodate a thread drive? I believe the reduction in W&F reading is due to the belt acting on the platter.
3. Have you tried a tape drive offered by Galibier, say?
4. Does the motor come with its own housing or do you have to build one? I meant to write to SOTA, but never got around to it.
5. What arm and cartridge are you using?
6. Would you say the sonic improvements were across the board and immediately noticeable?
@lewm Mr Verdier did indeed mention the braking as an integral part of his turntable. I assume for both La Platine and Novelle platine. And I assume the braking is achieved through the rubbing action of the oil in the spindle / shaft assembly, the viscosity of oil. Given that the Thoren was his inspiration, for me this is where it gets confusing. The Thoren is an idler drive table. Presumably the braking action should work on any drive system, idler, belt, thread...etc. However, @c0517 seems to indicate that it is a thread drive only proposition? Or does it work best on thread drive? And he doesn’t even use the oil, so what causes the braking? It’s seems to me a bit of weird science!
I would assume that adding oil to the spindle is the key. It is a lubricant. But with the magnetic decoupling of the platter from the plinth, it also produces the necessary friction for the braking action.