Nude Turntable Project

Henry, You are in Positano? A very attractive women whom I met on a train only two days ago was on her way to JFK airport to catch a flight to.... Positano, Italy. Look for her, very short blond hair cut like a man's, mid-40s, the rest of her definitely does not resemble anything male. Of course, now I remember that there may be a Positano in Australia, given that one of my best friends has a summer home in Sorrento, near Melbourne.

Aigenga, I hate myself for taking the bait, but the fact that an idler drive sounds best in a well-designed plinth does not make it inherently inferior to other drive systems. Other drive systems present different unique issues that also have to be dealt with. Also, what I was trying to say about belt drives, however badly I phrased it, was that many current generation belt drives could be said to follow the no-plinth dictum but in fact they do have very elaborate underpinnings. What has been done away with is the wide open deck surrounding the platter. Losing that deck seems to result in a more open sound, possibly because it reduces direct reflections of sound energy emanating from the stylus/LP interface. (That's completely off the top of my head and possibly complete BS.) I think that's the major benefit of what you guys are doing, getting rid of the open deck. It's what I liked about Nottingham Analog tts. Yet in the last few years, the conventional plinth has reappeared among mainstream (i.e., <$10,000) belt drives. To wit, the VPI Classic, Well Tempered Amadeus, etc.

Hi guys - I think you will need to start a Victor TT owners thread soon.
Henry’s nude thread is partially responsible for ramping up my own vinyl lunatic phase. His Copernican thread was the real culprit however for me. Well lets call it 25% Nude – 75% Copernican.
Not sure whether to thank Henry or curse him. It did stop my speaker activity for a couple of years anyway.
Aienga - Great pictures. You look like you are having a lot of fun.

Mab33 – I can send you a document that shows how to construct a basic armpod. If you email me at bcpguy (@) bell (.) net

I will return an email with it. Remove parentheses when sending – I used to get a lot of spam.

Cheers Chris

Email on the way. Thanks Chris! Very kind:)

Mab33 welcome to the TT101 group. The idea of draining the vibrations from the bearing is quite interesting. It is a simple plastic thrust plate and a steel ball in a cup of oil. I drained and cleaned mine and refilled it with Mobil 1. I don't know if a more sophisticated ball - synthetic ruby or the like - would make an audible difference, but I am going to try it soon. I think that I would want to replace the plastic plate with a brass one before I fitted a draining rod as the plastic might not transmit the vibrations too well. If anyone knows of a brass or copper thrust plate that I can buy I would appreciate it and then I would replace both the plate and the ball.

If you are interested in the original plinth I happen to have a spare.

I would certainly try the double mat that I am using as it does the job beautifully.

Lew,
I wasn't baiting you. I agree that each type and indeed each model of TT has advantages and disadvantages. I am ignorant about idler TT's and so rather suspicious of them, but willing to accept that the best of them are truly good.

I don't agree that the lp/stylus interface has much effect on a plinth. My thinking is more about motor & contact from shelves & airborne vibrations that get loaded into and radiated as well as reflected from a broad plinth. I think the latest wave of plinthed tables is A: retro styling and B: easy arm mounting. Tomorrow I am going to start a thread on vibrations at the lp/stylus interface (which I have been thinking about) I hope to see you there.