Garrard 301 - Project

@noromance I always state something along the lines of the experience encountered has been the one that most impressed and proved to be the one wanted to be maintained.

There is no longer any want to revert to experiences previously had. 

Bringing in alternative materials carefully selected for the roles to be used has never failed to impress as a betterment when I have been party to the changes being made. 

I can say this for Wire, Types, Connector Types, Bearing Interfaces in both TT Platter Bearing  and TA, TA Headshells and structure materials such as a Plinth or Sub Plinth. 

An interesting statement, I wonder who said it ?

"And it's quite possible that Panzerholz is superior to slate; I haven't tried it. To be honest, the foregoing information about the difficulties of obtaining and working with Panzerholz just shows the wisdom of ordering a finished plinth from Albert."

A clue maybe,                                                                                                               A user of PA Slate maybe and one who bolsters their being a advocate by making it known, OMA proudly use PA slate. I would stand proud if I were doing very well out the realisation of plagiarizing a British Companies concept for a Plinth Product at $3K a purchase.

@pindac Indeed. Although, I have a graveyard of parts that came with big promises. The most recent rejected items were the Korf ceramic headshell, the SPF 1.2kg copper platter, and the Audio Sensibility OCC phono cable. This is not to say these fine items are not excellent in themselves; they just didn’t work for me.

Bringing in alternative materials carefully selected for the roles to be used has never failed to impress as a betterment when I have been party to the changes being made.

@pindac I know who said it, obviously. I'm not sure it matters. This is not a trial by fire. 😉 I looked into using Panzerholz myself, having worked with plans and quotes with a respected builder. I may revisit. 

An interesting statement, I wonder who said it ?

Pindac, I thought you were never going to respond again to one of my posts?  How dreary that you cannot resist.  First, I never said slate was superior to Panzerholz. Second, neither OMA nor the British company to whom you refer was first to use slate to make a plinth.  The idea goes back to the early 90s at least, but then again, you dislike slate so why bring it up?  Also, I do recall the British slate plinths (can't recall who made them); they were insubstantial compared to the OMA products. Funnily enough, Jonathan Weiss said on his website, about 15-20 years ago, that he vehemently disliked me for commissioning my own PA slate plinths (he used more colorful language), using material from the same quarry he uses.  That was purely by chance; I had no prior idea where he was getting his slate. Nevertheless, I was not and probably am not welcome in his emporia (Brooklyn or PA), which doesn't faze me a bit.  And finally, as I understand it you use a Peter Reinders Lenco turntable, which I believe has a Corian plinth.  Who do you think supplied me with the program to have my Lenco plinth cut from PA slate? Answer: Peter Reinders, an exceptionally nice guy who acted in spite of OMA's objection. I used a waterjet operation in York, PA, to cut the plinths (for Denon DP80, Technics SP10s MK2 and 3, and Lenco) from slabs purchased in PA. At the time all this was occurring, slate was very much in fashion, and more to the point, the cost was much much less than the cost of purchasing a Panzerholz plinth for the SP10 Mk2 or Mk3 from Albert, who is another very nice person. And I needed to save the money. At the present moment, I have no doubt that Panzerholz or the like might be superior to slate, but I also have no doubt that slate is very good for the purpose, based on listening.