Experience w/ Trans-Fi Auio Terminator Tone Arm?

Spiritofmusic,

Have you actually measured the space between platter and tonearm base? I see a couple of users of the T3Pro using outer rings with non-Transfi decks.

I cannot fathom how a clamp can damp the life out of an LP: Eliminating vibration in the LP will make it easier for the stylus to track the groove. Isn't it easier to walk on non-vibrating surface than on one that is moving?

Is there anyone in the Chicagoland area that has the Terminator Pro or the Salvation deck with which I can hear with my own ears?

Redglobe, you can use an outer ring with a non-Trans Fi tt using the Terminator. The problem is using the Salvation, it has an oversized platter the outer edge of which is mere millimetres from the Terminator arm base construction.
I agree with you, logic would suggest that clamps/rings to level out an lp while playing must aid cartridge tracking. Maybe there is something inherent in linear tracking that obviates the need for such a concept. I suspect it may be a good idea to invest in something like the Vinyl Flat to allow lps to lie as level as possible prior to playing.

Redglobe, I'm in the Detroit area. If you want to spend the time to come to Detroit, you can hear my T-3 on a VPI HW-19.

WntrMute2@aol.com

Wntrmute2, your system profile shows a VPI TNT with SME V. Just curious for your opinion of that rig vs. T-3 on HW-19. T-Pro replaced a SME IV on my TNT.

It is hard to compare the two. I seem to enjoy the way the music just seems to "flow" out of the rig with the T-3 in it. The system consists of a HW-19 Mk3-4ish. Sumiko Blackbird cartridge that feeds a DIY Phonoclone 3 phono stage. That runs into a ASL preamp and then on to a pair of Transcendent SC-150 mono blocks. Speakers are Snell E-IIIs. Cables are all DIY VH-audio fine silver wire jobs. The system while not as refined as my He-man rig is enjoyable in a way that is hard to describe. The music seems to just pour out and I attribute that to the tonearm as the digital side while nice, is not the same. I'll try and update my systems page.
Dave