A Copernican View of the Turntable System

Atmasphere,

I think what you say about the popular plinths for the Technics seems true to my experience. I know someone who used the SAEC solid metal plinth and who still swears by it. However, shipping costs for that monster from Japan are just too prohibitive: at least for me in the in the current economic climate. I think it is also made predominantly or completely from Aluminium and so there are likely to be resonance problems. However, I'm not too certain if they went along the same route as Acoustic Signature in a mixed metal approach similar to the one you have suggested.

I also agree about the most expedient approach and that is precisely (if I follow you correctly) what I and others have been trying to do. The only question is whether instead of pinning it to a platform, using the AT616 provides a suitable alternative. This leaves the question of finding a decent arm tower and the experimentation that Halcro and others seem to be undertaking seems fascinating along these lines to me. I'll try the spikes seated on some industrial absorption material and let you know how that goes.

Thanks again

Dgob,
I think it was mostly stainless steel by mass but I will try to dig up that information. I have a copy made by a metals engineer who tried to copy the SAEC plinth, and the thing has three layers of different metal with slightly different resonances. It does weigh a short ton.

FYI: a set of AT 616 footers just showed up on eBay. I would get them but my turntable repairs suggest to me I may not have a functioning sp10 to put on top of these beautiful footers. Sigh.

Sorry. Premature. A little bird (and my bottomless desire to buy new audio stuff) suggested that I grab the AT 616 footers, so I did. Now hopefully my technics will stop acting up and work properly so I can try these out.

I guess this is one way?
BIG
And these are others?
NOT SO BIG
Do they all sound the same?