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The lid closed ?

I was just wonder, for all of us audio guys who have a turntable with a plastic lid attached, does it make sense to totally remove it. All the super hi end tables do not have a plastic lid. Also if the cartridge is that sensitive to the room, the table, the motor, the speakers; being to close. Is it that sensitive to having the lid closed and picking up on the echo/ chamber created by having the lid closed.

Any thoughts?? I am inclined to remove mine
ghost_rider
vtvu
97 posts
 
Yes, remove the lid when playing. We should know. We make all kinds of acrylic covers for TTs but when we did vibration tests, we found that resonance from the cover affects vibration on the plinth, tonearm, etc., especially when loud music is playing.
Vinh Vu
Gingko Audio
grimace
624 posts
 
I have dogs and therefore hair, so use the cover but... its not so noticible with the table I have now (Sota) but with my old Thorens TD160 there was a real difference in sound with the lid on or off. taking the cover off, or even just leaving it up really opened up the sound noticibly. I'm sure it varies based on how well damped your table is and how sensitive your system is but try it, you might be impressed with the results.
ghost_rider OP
117 posts
 
Thanks to you for all your comments and experience. I will be taking it off tonight and checking out the difference.It will be very interesting to see,and I guess from what is said above, it will be some barometer of how sensitive the table is.

Cheers,
ghost_rider OP
117 posts
 
OK so my half decent turntable improved quite a bit. I hear more detail and the sound stage did in fact become more focused to the center.

Thanks again all for your input.
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