Best TT plinth material, cost no object

Dear Ken: This is only my thoughts on the TT subject:

you are one of the more passionate human been in audio that I know and this kind of passion is the " drive " that carry on to a person to achieve almost any target.

I don't know which is your professional career ( studies. ) and maybe the science aplication to meet TT solutions is not a job to one person because it is not only that you have the knowledge but you need a full laboratory to find those TT solutions once and for ever.

So, I think that a institution like an University could be the best place to " fix " the TT questions. It is possible to ask this kind of help/support to these kind of institutions? through a friend that has contact with?.

I don't know it is only an idea because we find here in México ( through a friend. ) this kind of help in our self design tonearm and maybe you could make the same.

regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

Hey Lewm,

There is a very nice cutaway of the Kenwood table at: http://www.thevintageknob.org/KENWOOD/L07D/L07D.html

dave

Thorens has made the Thorens Concrete, made of... you guessed it, concrete.

I guess that pretty much cements Thorens place in history.

ken
Don't you just hate that:^) people who falsely advertise a product. There were so many different platter designs for the various maplenoll table. My first one (white ariadne reference) had a 30 lb platter that had been dropped and bunged up. I personally leveled and reformed that one to the point it worked pretty well. When I purchased my second maplenoll (ariadne signature), it came with the large platter that once again had been damaged. I took it to a machine shop and he leveled, and balanced the platter. It was approx 85/90 before leveling. the final weight is 82lb. The apollo table i recently purchased is a little lighter and designed a little different since it has a vacuum system as part of the platter.

Oilmanmojo,,

Hi to Mr Mojo.

I've been stung twice on Maplenoll tables.

A few years ago a friend of mine in the UK, who has saved me many dollars on a number of tone arms and other gear, found an Ariadine on Audiogon for $2,500. It was listed as domestic sale only, 9 / 10 condition with factory shipping crates but pick up desired. I fronted the cash and drove from Richmond to Pa. to pick it up. The arm was bent due to a baseball glove having been dropped on it and there were no crates. I lugged the table , with the 50 lb platter, back home and built a fantastic crate for it. It took a full sheet of 3/4 inch plywood, $100 of ethafoam, and a day to build it. Fed Ex got it there for $450 including duty.

The seller was an FM finatic so I took along a Wiengard 12 element yagi, one of two I bought and never used, I gave it to him gratis, that was before I saw the damaged table and no crates.

James loved the table and reciprocated, in spades, the next time I needed another tone arm.

Giving negative feedback to an Audiogon member that never had, or probably never will, sell anything again is no consolation for getting a raw deal. God will get him for that!

Ken