A Copernican View of the Turntable System

T_bone,

I have made a few adjustments to my system. Having now further customised my arm tower to a weight of 6kg, I also used three spikes to couple it to the platform. However, and I really have no idea why this should be, the real transformation came in removing my Symposium Ultra platform and seating everything directly on my birch wall shelf: WOW!

I can now state that having the tt and arm tower on seperate axis of isolation works. I have owned a few tt's (including the Roksan Xerxes, Roksan Xerxes 10, SME 10, Clear Audio Master Reference and Acoustic Signature Mambo)and a variety of platforms and isolation. Yet I have never had the level of performance that I am currently getting from the nude Technics SP10 MkII with a completely decoupled arm tower. The inner detail, staging, clarity, ease and frequency extention all show major improvements to what I have heard before (outside of live venues of course).

I will continue to experiment with test tracks and human and technological support to confirm or challenge my perceptions. However, I have no axe to grind here but I would hasten to say that this must be tried out. The differences are not subtle!!!

Atmasphere,

I just recalled your referring to the fact that: "elastomerics... are more efficient if they are loaded properly!" This might answer why the removal of the Symposium platform had such a major impact. However, I did increase the weight of the armtower to over 6kg and this brought no major improvements - save stabilizing the imaging.

Whatever the reasoning (and I acknowledge that the loading was inadequate in this instance, particularly as the platform works wonderfully under the behemoth mass of the Acoustic Signature Mambo) the set up is really and truly wonderful. I remain amazed by this relatively cheap option and the gains it brings.

Nevertheless, I will still try a platter of the SAEC type at some distant point just because I have learned to never close my self off from possible alternatives and the gains that these might bring. The curent set up simply seems the best of the alternatives that I have tried and/or listened to so far.

Obviously and highly recommended.

Dgob,
Does that mean your TT is on pneumatic footers and your armpod is on spikes?

That's cool, Dgob. So many new things to try. I hadn't even thought of a wall mount shelf, but sounds like it's worth a try. Cool arm pod. How'd you make it 6kg?

T_bone: from his system pics it does look like he has the sp-10 on AT 616's and tonearm pod on spikes.

T_bone,

Yes, that's the way it's set up now. Really impressed.