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Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II

“For those who want the moon but can't afford it or those who can afford it but like to have fun and work with their hands, I'm willing to give out a recipe for a true high-end 'table which is easy to do, and fun to make as sky's the limit on design/creativity! The cost of materials, including 'table, is roughly $200 (depending, more or less), and add to that a Rega tonearm. The results are astonishing. I'll even tell/show you how to make chipboard look like marble and fool and impress all your friends. If there's interest I'll get on with this project, if not, I'll just continue making them in my basement. The next one I make will have a Corian top and have a zebra stripe pattern! Fun! Any takers?”

The Lead in “Da Thread” as posted by Johnnantais - 2-01-04

Let the saga continue. Sail on, oh ships of Lenco!
mario_b
mario_b OP
147 posts
 
Hi Dave,
"To ream, or not to ream" the RS-A1 headshell, is the quadry facing Ian's over at LL, even as you write.
- Mario
hxt1
141 posts
 
Anyone here have experience running cinemag sut's with a denon 103r?
My 103 sounds great but I am getting stridency with the 103r.
any ideas? I only post here because it is all connected to my rega rb250 on my beloved LENCO!!!
dopogue
1,773 posts
 
Mario, that RS-A1 thread on LL is a hoot. Eight pages already, good grief. They keep trying to make sense of the arm and some seem to think the pivoting head follows the grooves sorta like an offset-head arm. Nope. I think you just have to recognize that nothing about the arm makes sense and yet it sounds fantastic, and until you can ignore the disconnect, you're in trouble:-)

Dave
mario_b OP
147 posts
 
Yeah Dave, it sure can be a gas with those boys. Lot of smart cookies, though. I often think we sometimes seem to be floundering about over there, only because there's a big lack of inhibitions empirically as well as socially. Things just go flying - it's fun. Note that you got an honorable on page 5 or so.
All best,
Mario
johnnantais
621 posts
 
Hi Harvey, the solution is inelegant but effective: increase the effective mass of your tonearm. The easiest way is with Blu-tak and quarters on the headshell, then move the counterweight back to compensate to achieve the correct tracking force. If this works, then the Twl tweak is the way to go, with weights attached to the sides of the main bearing to increase mass, more elegant too once the experiment is confirmed. There are weights out there which are meant to increase trhe mas of the cartridge, which increases the tonearm's effective mass. Elegant-looking solution too.

Hi Mario: I did in fact try my RS-A1 very briefly, and with the tapped headshell I simply didn't have an untapped cartridge in my arsenal to compare with the Concerto or the Benz LP, all simply outclassed. So it was down to the SME IV/Concerto (in my system superior) or JMW/Concerto (in Rick's system superior). I will be reaming out the threads, finally. I do LOVE the combo of RS-A1/Denon DL-103"E", which is not only neutral tonally and extremely detailed, but ROCKS like all get-out with incredible PRaT!!! Of course, the Grado's richness and midrange magic will always be the Grado's signature: the MAS/Grado Woody combo will be reserved for my Electro-Voice system.

Have fun all!!
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