Walker Audio Proscenium Turntable: Photo Essay

Ledoux, interesting that you should raise this question, because I just had an update done to my air pump and one of the things Fred Law offered to add was a DRAIN to deal with just the issue you mention. Fred said that some of their far east customers did have problems with accumulated condensation over time. The air system apparently is effective at removing the moisture from the air, but in such high-humidity non-controlled environments the moisture removed was so great as to ultimately accumulate in one of the resonance tanks. The drain allows this accumulation to be removed periodically. In my home of Philadelphia, Fred suggested I only check this every 3-5 years. In the far east, I would think the check would have to be made more frequently!

FWIW, the several owners in Florida whom I've heard of all live in air conditioned homes, so the turntable is in a humidity controlled environment, unlike many homes in the far east. I would think the same issue would exist in Hawaii since most homes there are not air conditioned (unlike Florida) and the humidity is high. Perhaps some owners in these high humidity climates will comment.
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Afro18 (Marty), Lloyd's design philosophy and thinking about tweaks are outlined to some extend in some online articles, but you'll have to do some reading and piece it together. Here are some of the articles and interviews...

...Lloyd's own discussion at WalkerAudio.com of his philosophy
...and his approach to evaluating components

...Srajan Ebaen's article from 2002 at EnjoyTheMusic.com

...Mike Malinowski's interview at 6moons.com, and his review of the turntable

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"The magic is in the details."
..... Lloyd Walker

Rushton,

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU !!!

With all the insight and knowledge that Mr. Walker has (humm...might have to play that song on a Wes Montgomery lp), this information is nothing less than a miracle to have. I can't wait untill this weekend when I will start 'tweaking' my system with his insight.

Marty

Good luck, Marty. And you're welcome. The details really make the difference.

BTW, there are quite a few other articles/reviews that will give more insight into Lloyd's philosophy and the impact of his various products available on the web at Positive-Feedback.com, EnjoyTheMusic.com, 6moons.com, and elsewhere. I can offer links to more, or search the archives at these ezine sites.
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For those with continuing interest, Positive Feedback has posted a video with Lloyd Walker discussing his design philosophy and showing details of the turntable:

http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue23/toc23.htm
(scroll down the table of contents to "Videocasts")

Direct link to the video:
Lloyd Walker of Walker Audio
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