Tonearm mount to the plinth vs arm board vs rotating arm board vs isolated tower
Sorry, no current pictures on-line chakster. I remember this Japanese super heavy stuff from Toho, i’d like to buy one of these for Victor TT-101 and Denon DP-80, tonearm base also looks very nice. Italian company Torqueo Audio introduced universal arm pods, here is one with Ikeda tonearm. |
That Toho stuff is fabulous.....👍 I don't believe they are still active....? Thuchan has one of their TONEARM PODS...immensely heavy 💪 I think it is made from cast-iron 🤔 But I've never seen their turntable bases before.... That company realised that weight/mass was a critical element in the separation of turntable base and arm pods 🧐 That was also the fundamental principle espoused in my COPERNICAN THREAD nearly 10 years ago..... And the reason I designed my arm-pods as CAST BRONZE. HERE are the finished armpods. What I DIDN'T appreciate at the time....was that the same principle of weight/mass applies to the TURNTABLE PLINTH 🥴 I began with a MINIMALIST PLINTH made of stainless steel as described in my NUDE TURNTABLE Thread. After learning my lessons.....I decided to design a turntable 'cradle' out of cast Bronze or cast Iron but the prices I received were very high. But a SOLID GRANITE CRADLE, whilst not as heavy as cast metal.....was GOOD ENOUGH and relatively affordable 🤗 I agree with @lewm about the 'beauty' of the Torqueo products....but the MASS is just not there 😢 |
Chak, To your knowledge, is Toho still in the business of selling those accessories? The Torqueo stuff is beautiful (like a seashell, apparently) but not as substantial as Toho’s. @lewm No, not anymore, they are gone. Toho also made their strange looking tonearm with bamboo arm wand (it’s on the same picture with cast-iron bases). |
