Tea Total is the Key, no fantastical stuff, followed by just a pure curiosity to learn a little about the what would be the best for the Vinyl Source.
For me it lead to the best environment that a Stylus can be functioning in.
In a very layman description, Vinyl Condition and Cleanliness/Purification within the Groove, Operational Energies Transferred to the Styli, Energies Transferred from the Styli.
I am fortunate to be able to have a support form very adept individuals, who are known for being able to produce methods or carry out work that reduces the effects of the above.
To receive a demonstration of a Vintage TT, with a modified bearing housing, using Modern Materials machined to be a best fit and have a lubrication that is hydrodynamic, is something when encountered is quite indelible, it is as memorable as the song 'Summertime', and has a similar impact, as once heard, one is happy to hear more.
I have a friend who took these ideas, to a further level and had a Spindle Produced that has a Steel section within the Bearing Housing and a option to use a Variety of Materials that are in contact with the Platter, there material of choice when I was demonstrated this design was Ebony.
My interest in the subject is no different to a savvy Modern Turntable Producer, they are looking at the similar materials and choosing these to work with their own dimensional tolerances for the materials to interface, this will then allow for their selection of lubrication that best suits those chosen materials and selected dimension tolerances.
On the subject of a Warp, I have tried out a AT-666 Vacuum Mat and was not satisfied with the sonic trait and how it was perceived as influencing the SQ during the replay.
I do intend on owning a AT-666 and trying it with different materials under it and upon it the LP, to see if the sonic trait can be altered to one that is being perceived as more to my preference. As usual these outcomes are all subjective, and the usual undertaking of later arranged group demonstration, along with the variety of listening sensitivities that comes with a mixed group, could easily produce a host of mixed assessments, that are the antithesis of ones own.
Not being Selfish, the final choice, does belong to the end user, but sometimes the comments made from others, does help with pinpointing traits that one may have been overlooking during their own evaluations.
