A Copernican View of the Turntable System

Hi Dgob - did you try the sp10 with just 3 of the 616's.
I realize they probably come in a set of four, but being this exercise focuses on simplicity and isolation does it not make sense to use 3 touch points instead of an extra one under the sp10. 3 will certainly hold it up.

Doesn't using 4 make leveling of the TT harder?

I use 3 mapleshade brass heavy foot spikes.

Henry I believe you use 3 tip toes?

Raul did you ever try it with three. Are they only designed to be used with all four?

Curious. Thx. Chris

Halcro, the Empire is equipped with a belt, and an extremely robust drive motor, one that is just about unstoppable. The speed of this machine is so stable that the usual effects of soundstage drift due to speed variation don't seem to exist- its soundstage is a lot like that of reel to reel.

I am of the opinion that a robust drive is what is important, more so than the *type* of drive. If it is wimpy it will not matter what kind of drive it is!

As a result, if you look at vintage turntables, you will see a following around certain models that were better at getting things right than their competition. All of these machines have very robust drive systems too- the Empire, the Garrard 301, the Technics SP-10.

I think this topic was covered elsewhere.

Dear Ct0517: With TTs I always used/use it three 616 footers . Normaly you don't need four exception with the heaviest ones.

Remember that each footer has a weight range from 2.5kg to 15kg.

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

I use just 3 tiptoes Chris.
Rigid de-coupling like spikes are far easier to ensure levelling with 3. With 4 you'd probably find that only 3 are making solid contact.
With isolators that use rubber or other 'giving' substances, 4 can often make contact if you want utmost stability ie if you don't want it to tip if you lean on it?

Chris,

As Raul and Halcro suggest, three seems the magic number. They have obvious advantages in making things level and stable (as with the tripod in general) and you can easily adjust the height of each individual AT616.

Hope that helps