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TT to another room, no vibs, better sounds?


Hi All,

A few years ago I thought I'd build a Turntable that is still about a year from being finished. The thought was mass is where it's at. If it's heavy it will take more energy to get it excited and vibrate.

After I picked up a few thousands dollars in parts my machinist asked me what I was trying to accomplish. My response was," The heavier it was the less it would vibrate."

He said, " Take it out of the vibrational environment and save money." I can do that soon and wonder if anyone else had the same thought and realized a cost effective improvement instead of spending more money on a better TT.

"Out of the mouthes of babes," Your thoughts,

ken
kftool
kftool OP
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Gerrym5,

Too many cables will always be a problem until you just realize that a Bose wave system will solve all your problems!!!!.

Moving gear to another room is a problem unless your system uses balanced interconnects or you have a big bank account. I realize that not many manufacturers offer gear with balanced ins and outs, and the gear that does is usually more pricey; that limits it's availability to many.

Here on Audiogon, and other forums, there are those that justify the cost and sonic benefits of mega buck single ended audio cables. To each his own.

FWIW, 95% my gear is connected with Belden- Quad Star - Mogami cable and Neutrik connectors. The few single ended cables I do use are quality cables, shorter than a few feet, and carry signals that sound fine to my ears.

As you said," learn and pick what works for you."

Ken
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gerrym5
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Granted, and I''m taking your advice in the spirit it was given. The Bose Music System does solve those damn cables I was complaining about. Wouldn't I have to stack around 80 of those puppies in two arrays of 40 each to match anything close to sound we'd like.

Congrats on your magnificent system. So much to admire, especially personally designed/built speakers and turntable.
Awesome.
dan_ed
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Balanced helps with noise rejection, but does not necessarily mean resolution will not be affected by the length, IMO.
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gerrym5
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I'll make a pair of Belden Quad Star Mongani pair with Neutrik cables and do a comparison when I get back home. My Lamm ML 2.1 amps are SE but do have non recommended balance inputs. Still, I'm willing to give it a try.
kftool OP
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Gerrym5

I mentioned the Belden cables because---.

I don't believe in single ended terminations, in or out unless they're is no other
choice. SE cables are fine if they're short!

SE cables are inherently more prone to noise and interference. Balanced cables shield both leads and the Mogami design incorporates three shields.

SE cables are OVERPRICED!

Balanced cables give you a 6db boost in level over SE cables, a plus.

Hardees Chicken biscuits are great if you have them butter both sides of the biscuit.
JUST CHECKING TO SEE IF YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION!!

The studios that record the music we listen to didn't use cables that cost $1,000 per meter. The GREAT recordings we revere from the golden years of audio were recorded on the same high end cable that my Altec M11 mikes used $.20 per ft in 1956.

Eight years ago I bought 1,400 feet of the best Belden Quad star Mogami cable they made at $1,60 per ft. It was the cable that was most used in studios and sound stages world wide and not because it was cheap; it was the most expensive cable Belden made except for that which was re wrapped with with special color covers for secondary sellers, AKA the cable barons.

Enough said about my personal preferences as I've probably made a few enemies that sell the, IMHO, high priced SE cables, but maybe it just my 68 years old ears!

Ken


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