I am having some great results with the la platine. i think it sounds pretty great. it is a very transparent platform i think. where i am at is as follows:
- tiny thread being used. i think this is cotton but not sure. motor as close as i can get it. i'm having very good speed stability and i am easily making speed.
- i haven't gone back to footers and i don't think i will. it's going well on the springs.
- i tried a grade 3 ceramic ball. it is 10 mm. turns out the ball i had was 12 mm. ceramic sounded ceramic. i've gone back to the steel.
- using very light synthetic oil with the ball in place i measured wow of 0.02% rms and got speed variation down to 0.15 rpm. it sounds fabulously speed stable.
- in trying the 10 mm dia ball i found my magnets are so weak that the platter sits flush on base. i have ordered magnets which are very slightly smaller than the existing ones. i am hoping i can get a little more magnet suspension into the equation
- in running a table that to a significant degree has weight on bearing as i am, i think it sounds that way. less gossamer and more "plastic". it honestly sounds alot like the garrard sometimes albeit with alot more music and resolution.
- the table has tonnes of jump/dynamics and bass. but you do have to potter with it to have it at its best. my tonearm i am using now is a fr64s. not having vta adjustment is killing me as each change i make with ball/platter "suspension" implies vta out of whack. i am sick of getting microscope out. i do think the platine allows ear adjustment like no other table i have heard. it is just so pure to what is occurring. i have ordered a vta adjustment mechanism and can't wait to be able to optimise on the fly so to speak.