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Lenco plinth? How big is too big?

I have an L78, upgraded Origin Live One arm, Empire MC-5 moving coil cartidge, and access to a sawmill with lots of prime cherry wood. I was thinking of a cherry plinth, 17 inches wide, 24 inches long, and six inches tall of cross layered one inch cherry. Then cut off the rear corner where the tone arm is mounted, in a sweeping arc of about 10 inch radius, and mount the tone arm on that detached corner. Use 1 inch thick isomolded graphite disks of 2 inch diameter topped by one 3/8" tungsten carbide ball, and resting on three such balls. Use three of these ball/disk combinations for each of the main plinth and the corner with the tone arm. What do y'all think? I would appreciate any suggestions before actually putting it all together. Thanks. Ralph
ralph1223
ralph1223 OP
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Good. Thanks. I'm looking forward to a big ole plinth. Now that I know it's ok, maybe I'll just make mine even bigger. :) I got the idea of cherry from a Garrard 301 article that mentions Shindo plinths: http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/garrard/301.html
I've read that maple is the most musical wood, but just have a feeling that cherry would have a darker richer sound, that might nicely complement my RD75 ribbions and Berning EA2-150 amp, which are very slightly on the lean side. I'll post pictures when it gets done. The sawmill guy is just now putting the wood in the kiln, so it will be a while. Thanks again, and I'm thinking on the CDL thing...
elwood
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be careful about the glue up of the wood. Thick alternating layers of wood can set up internal stresses that may result in warpage. That is why plywood layers are thin.
rwwear
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How big is your room?
mikeyc8
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Ralph: I noticed in that 6 Moons article from 2004 that it mentioned that Jonathan Halpern wanted to market a Shindo Plinth for < $1000, does anyone know if that was ever realized?
mosin
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Hi Ralph,

My turntable is 23.5 X 17 X 8. It's about as large as I can handle! Anyway, I submit that the size isn't quite as important as all the other components. How they work in unison is key to the final outcome. I believe you are best served by asking why every step of the process. In my opinion, the justification of every move during the project will yield a better result than any other consideration. In other words, don't just fly into it. Making a rational analysis for everything has a potential for a big payoff at the end. Try to consider every part of the turntable, and every part of the plinth, in a big way. If you do that, you can't lose.

In short, research everything, no matter how small.

Best of luck!
Win
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