Nude Turntable Project

Hi Chris,
The Verdier has always interested me....and as you say......Nude....but also Copernican in concept?
One question I have.........what is the material of the tonearm mounting pods?
They look like wood? And how are they fixed to the base? And how do you organise a different one when you get a different tonearm?

Hi Henry there is no wood here.

As you are genuinely interested please find attached some email answers in my direct correspondence with Mr. Verdier. Your question is answered below. I also have updated pics in my virtual page that show the setup clearly.

Imo - Mr Verdier is genuine; but understand he is also a manufacturer with a business to run. This is very evident in how he addresses my setup ball questions. My vintage granito model never came with one.

His email answers are un-modified.

I am now going fishing Henry. I will be using a Cordell CC Shad Green/Yellow to see if I can snag a lake trout.
Cheers
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Dear ,
Thank you for your message.
A gap of 1cm is absolutely normal.
Can you tell me more about your curious tone arm?
Please accept my best regards.
J.C.VERDIER

Dear
Many thanks for the compliments you send me.
Thanks for the photos where I can see in what high quality of environment my turntable is installed.
For sure your pleasure is my pleasure and we share it with numerous users of my material.
Please accept my very best regards.
J.C.VERDIER

Dear ,
Many thanks for your message.
Your base is made of GRANITO .
Granito is a material composed by little pieces of marble becoming from different origin agglomerated inside a mold with cement.
And of course machined and polished to obtain a good looking.

The resonance of the plinth with its suspension is about 5Hz and it is well absorbed by the air cavities.

Please accept my best regards.
J.C.VERDIER

Dear ,
The arm board is made of 2 different aluminum parts: a cubic part and a plate .
Hopping that you enjoy the listening of good records.
Please accept my best regards.
J.C.VERDIER

Dear ,
It is not easy for me to choose what is better for you.

So I will tell you another time what is told.
The possible installation of the ball was poposed to answer some customers who want to try to use the ball.
At the beginning it was only optional .
But later , to normalized the manufacturing , I included systematically the kit steel ball + ceramic past.
For my part I am not in favour of using the ball in accordance with the original design .
Probably you have this original design so you don't have the steel ball.

Don't worry about the stories of pirates , for sure some of them tried to attract customers by copies , because they are not able to conceive a product by themselves .
I don't have any of them in hands and I have no comment on their working.
For sure that should be easy if only a steel ball could let a turntable work properly!

Have a good day and enjoy your records .
Please accept my best regards.
J.C.VERDIER

Dear
Your 1Kg center weight clamp does not ask problems.
We could put till about 7Kg on the Platine Verdier before the magnets can't sustain the platter.
Please accept my best regards.
J.C.VERDIER

The Verdier is NOT "nude" by the original definition put forth by Halcro after Raul. (Please go back to the beginning of this thread.) Nude means or is a synonym for "no plinth". No plinth means that those who adopted the approach mounted their tt chassis' on "feet", most typically the AT616 feet, with no physical union except gravity between feet and chassis. The Verdier has a plinth of the kind commonly used for many BD turntables, e.g., most of the Nottinghams, the Galibier, Redpoint, Teres group, Simon Yorke, etc, etc. I doubt that the makers of those other BD tt's would call their products nude by that definition. But you can call it what you want; just change the dictionary.

Dear Halcro,
I am sorry , I can not participate. I have no i-phone. I am pretty sure that my possible findings will not have any impact on my listening pleasure...
pls. go on

Very interesting indeed the conclusion to this magnetic matter could prove to be groundbreaking?

Yes, if your goal is to grow some beans.