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Ultimate Idler Drive

I own several idler drive turntables-Garrard 301,401,501. Presto T-16, Thorens TD124 MkII, Rek-O-Kut L34.I own several DD too-TEAC TN 400, Technics SP10MKII, Monaco Grand Prix. I have to say though I heard the Saskia Idler drive TT at Oswalds Mill Audio the other day. Well if you havn't heard it you must. It furthers the art of turntable design beyond your imagination. I don't know many details, but I do know if you want rock solid music flowing from your speakers, so Louis Armstrong is actually sat about 12 feet away from you in your living room, this TT with an LP like "Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington For The First Time"|is the only way to go!
Maybe Jonathan Weiss, or the Winn Tinnon can tell us more details.
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dan_ed
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do yourself a favor get the Triplanar wired with another kind of wire. The stock wire they use (Cardas?) is very soft sounding (Cardas?) the arm is great the wireing NOT!

I could not disagree with you more on this issue. I believe the wire that is used by Tri is Discovery and it is very good. However, if you don't give it time to break in you may very well come to the conclusion that the wire is a problem. To each his own.
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robyatt OP
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You are right to each his own, but I found a Stealth rewired Triplanar far superior in all areas to my stock Triplanar.
dan_ed
2,451 posts
 
Interesting. Did Tri rewire yours?
lewm
13,042 posts
 
Robyatt, What is "Stealth" wire? Is it silver or copper, braided or solid core? Thanks.
sirspeedy
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From what I've learned,Stealth uses "solid core"(supposedly sonically superior to twisted strands in dynamics,and stage characteristics,and from a technical stand point)"single crystal" silver and gold in their cable make up.They seem to have superb shielding as well,but in honesty I cannot understand why gold would "sound" all that good.It's not a very good conductor of electricity.

That being said,I've got it on good account,from some advanced hobbyists that the Stealth phono cable is amazing!I've no doubt is is superb,so it should hold up in their product line,across the board.

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