Nude Turntable Project

Hello again, Halcro

After looking through your thread, reading your kind forum response and looking at your system photos I have a few more questions, please.

1) is there a "materials" reason to prefer cast bronze over aluminum, steel or brass?

2) are your tonearm towers solid or hollow?

3) where are your tonearm wires? inside the tonearm tower?

4) I didn't understand your term "packed" when applied to leveling the Tip Toes --a linguistic difference 'twixt here and there?

5) judging from your system photos, the shelf you mention is 'melamine', Formica or some kind of laminate over what we call particle board. Is that accurate?

6) How much did it cost to have your machinist fabricate the tonearm tower? Would it be remotely reasonable to have your machinist make two to send to the US (surface mail, no hurry) since he's already done yours?

7) What type of adjustable feet did you use for the bottom of the tonearm tower? made from what metal?

Thank you again, in advance, for any further support you can provide. A couple of close-up photos of a tonearm tower might help a lot.

Best Wishes,

David

Hi Halcro,
having been engaged in many other topics for a while I am a late runner up to this thread. This seems to be a wonderful project you are doing Halcro, diving into the world of experimenting with old school arms and TTs. I am still focused more on MCs as TBone seems to be too. Nevertheless when you have the chance why not going for an old EMT 997 Banana ( NOS) and using the wonderful EMT cartridges, they are not expensive in comparison to most modern MCs. One of my favourites is the TSD 15 lzi - sorry this modern MC is for SME, not for the EMT connectors. A very good start without investing into a new arm. Maybe we see more fantastic arms on your Victor in the future...

Good Morning, Halcro

I know we're well launched into the Holiday season, so I don't expect an immediate response to my query from Nov 29.

When you have time, I am most interested to learn further about the mechanics of your setup and the [metallurgical] reasons for it, as in the questions from my earlier post.

Trusting that you and your loved ones are well, I send thanks in advance for your assistance, and

Best Wishes,

David

David, a few answers to yur questions are in this thread already, may want to reread again. I would think bronze was chosen mostly for the weight.

Welcome Thuchan,
It's always good to have you drop by.
I know you've been busy with your own Project (horn speakers I believe?) but you were responsible for me getting the Fidelity Research FR-64s arm and after hearing how great it was, I wasted no time in obtaining it's big brother the FR-66s.
You of course discovered the joys of great 'vintage' analogue gear long ago (how many RX-5000 turntables do you now have?..............five?!!!!!) just as other dedicated audiophiles have like Cuong Pham in Vietnam who has 4 or 5 Thorens Reference turntables in every colour available?
So I'm quite surprised that you have not progressed onto the great vintage MM cartridges especially when you've had the Empire 4000D/III for 3 months now? Just mount it in your FR-66s and you will see what all the fuss is about?
Yes, now that I have the Victor TT-81 with my own arm-pods, I am able to mount any arm I can obtain. Who knows what the future will hold?
Good luck with your own Project.